In the digital age, why do you still need a paper notebook?

With the development of the times, people rely more on digital devices in their work. But some people still choose to use paper notebooks to take notes. Every working method has a suitable person for them, whether they prefer to use handwritten paper notes entirely, digital notes entirely, or a mixture of paper notes and digital notes. They must all have their needs, and they also have different ways of using them.

In fact, under the framework of mobile digital work, the two major advantages of paper notes are "avoid digital interference" and "open the second window."

"Avoiding digital interference" is to solve the various "interrupted" situations that are prone to occur when using digital work, especially the digital work situation "on the move", which is usually the most common situation for notes. Unless you are a person who types very fast and is very accustomed to using digital tools, otherwise the number of "interruptions" will be more frequent and serious, and even make the work unable to concentrate. Such as in the following situations: forget how to operate this function, the operation is too complicated and occupy your own thoughts, pop up all kinds of irrelevant notifications. Downtime, delay and error caused by various performance, network and BUG.

If the troublesome recording process may cause you to miss the content of the next meeting, or make the boss wait for me, it is better to draw a sketch on the paper notes and write notes.

Opening the second window is to solve the dilemma of lack of skills in digital devices during mobile work. It is relatively simple to open multiple windows on a large computer at a desk to check data, write notes, and perform tasks at the same time, but it is not an easy task in meeting rooms, interviews, and mobile activities.

It is inherently difficult to open multi-window work on mobile phones (this function is available, but it is not as efficient as computers), and it is difficult to open multi-window work when the tablet screen is not large. What should I do when I want to take notes?

While recording with a mobile phone, write down interview records or listening experience. While using the mobile phone to inquire about the information, write down the experience notes. While I was using a tablet to make meeting minutes, I suddenly wanted to write down some of my extended ideas. Should I open an additional document window on the tablet? The information and thoughts that I received during class and lectures are scattered, and I want to write them all down without disturbing each other. A paper notebook can solve these problems.

You can also try to see what sparks can be sparked if you use handwritten paper notes with multimedia input digital notes? And in practice, in order to solve various problems of work and study, what better solutions can be extended?