I'm really bad at accumulating journals and not filling them completely. Now, I have moved to taking notes on my iPad using the Penultimate app with a stylus. It's just like writing on paper, except that I'm not accumulating paper, and I can even email the notes.

Pen and paper only. Nice and simple.

What's an "app"? My "tablet" is a yellow legal pad and my "stylus" is a Uni-Ball Micro.

laptop. i can back everything up to the cloud and all my notes are keyword-searchable. that alone makes lugging around my laptop (and always having it on) worth it.

i have gone the pen and paper route for field notes, but i find that i rarely revisit them. making notes is of no use to me if i never read them again.

Definitely a pen and paper kinda girl. It doesn't require charging, is easily replaceable and I feel it just looks better during meetings. This could be down to my love of stationary though!

Digital notes looks neat, but something about the mechanics of the movement of hand along the pen that really stick the information in my head. Handwritten notes are actually more organized for my mind.

I often take a messy notes in class with lots of diagrams, different colours, and rewrite it again at home. Once I rewrite it, I don't even have to read it again.

Probably different with subjects with lots of reading. I find that people in law school or history majors tend to prefer laptops. Those subjects benefit more from quantity of information than comprehension of complex concept.

Over the past decade (or more) I've tried various things for note taking. I always go back to paper and pen most of the time. It's simpler, though my iPad and iPhone are helpful at times.

iphone all the way - but I kind of miss my old filofax. I found such scope for prettifying and titivating and customizing that thing that it was a constant pleasure to use it. I missed the aesthetics of it so much that I tried going back. Didn't work at all - I've grown used to the way a computer functions.

I don't _love_ my iphone as much, but it functions well.

Also, I think it probably depends on how you retain information - If I take too many notes, I don't remember. If, otoh, I have to listen very attentively and take minimal notes - only dates, times, action steps - in order to remember. But I know others who need to write everything down to remember it.

Has anyone used the Evernote/Molskine combo notebook yet? I just got their advert email and was intregued enough to watch the intro video about how it works (you take an iphone photo of the page from the paper journal and it translates it into the evernote software).

Can't tell if it is too much useless work or if it could actually be the melding for the pen and notebook diehards.

I'm a hardcore note taker and I've always used notebooks and filed them when they were full. But sometimes, going back to find pertinent data is difficult. I'm a consultant and have many different clients so it could get pretty jumbled in the book. Then I got my tablet and it came with Supernote and I'm in heaven! I have books for each client, can use my stylus to hand write my notes and snap a shot of an equipment room for instance and drop it on the page I'm writing on. I can't believe how simple it is. I've tried apps before on my phone or what not but stopping to one finger type just ugh.. took to long. This is just as quick as my old spiral notebook without the paper or filing but I can organize! I vote App! :)

Always paper notebooks! I'm a writer in my spare time, and I like the half-size notebooks (spiral or book-form) to write stories in, but I like smaller sized notepads (that tear out easily) to write the lists I'm always making, reminders, etc.

I love the touch and feel of paper but I have been moving towards using my iPhone more and more for notes.

Notes on the iPhone easy to organize and with the phone always in my pocket I always have all my notes with me. I don't want to carry an attache case everywhere and i am not about to start carrying a "murse" just so I can have pen and paper with me.

That said I have been looking for a small, good quality, Bluetooth keyboard for my iPhone. It seems hard to find ones that are both up to serious use and compact. I did find one the other day on Kickstarter that seems to fit this description and I really hope it makes it into production.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jorno/jorno-the-pocketable-folding-bluetooth-keyboard?ref=live

In the case of work/school, I feel more engaged and focused using a pen and paper. Although I tend to take minimal notes, technology tends to lead to distraction- especially on long conference calls. Plus, I love office supplies (oh how I miss back-to-school shopping)!

For to-do lists, etc. tech is great because of the portability which makes updating on the go easy.

I am definitely a pen and paper person and I love a good journal! I've been an avid user of Evernote for the last 2 years and love the convenience of having my notes, lists, addresses anywhere I might need it (desktop, laptop, phone, ipad) at anytime. So, I'm trying out the new Evernote Moleskin notebook. I've only had it a couple weeks but used it at a conference this past week and now can easily put my hand-written notes with my digital stash...best of both?? Maybe.
http://evernote.com/moleskine/

Didn't see your note until I commented below...I'm trying out the Evernote/Moleskin, jury is still out, but I like it so far.

I just watched "Something from Nothing-the Art of Rap" and all the musicians still compose with paper and pen. Then I watched "Under African Skies" and so does Paul Simon. I found it interesting.

As a graphic designer/stylist, different color pens + my notebooks are my go-to. I can't seem to remember my notes if I'm just typing everything down, and it all looks the same on my computer. In my notebook, the mechanics, colorss and visual cues...aka doodles...all help me visually remember my notes as I'm writing it down. Although my phone definitely helps with the random reminder note. I'm even starting a new project...move away from Pintrest and start up a new inspiration "scrapbook" so to speak so that I can be more thoughtful about what influences me....and in the long run, remember those "analog" notes.

Pen & Paper. I'm not a touch typist and so can write faster than I type. Writing versus typing seems to help me remember more.

I do sometimes use my iPad with Penulitmate but the battery doesn't last for a day full of meetings.

i tried to find the link. but i had read a tribute to Jobs after his death and the author mentioned meeting with Jobs. He brought his iPhone and a yellow legal pad and pen. and proceeded to take notes of the meeting on the pad... not sequential ... line after line ... but as a sort of map ... he had notes written in different quadrants on the page.

wish i could see that!

I really wanted to take notes on my iPad. I haven't tried it since early this year, but I think I might give it a go again. I ran into a couple of different problems:
1. It was distracting. Not a lot of people had them and I would get questions about it and the meeting wouldn't move forward.
2. There were too many apps and they all had features I wanted in one app (cloud support, hand-rest, the ability to write and type, adding pics, and templates.)
I am intrigued by the Evernote/Moleskin collaboration and I might look into that. My trusty old note pad that I started using in '04 only has 4 pages left!

I use Evernote on my iPhone for most casual situations.
At work it is usually my paper notebook and a pen.
I've recently purchased a hard-bound sketchbook and a fancier pen. I plan on using that for doodling to note-taking to more doodling.

It depends on the kind of notes I'm taking: if I'm in a lecture where I'm just listening, I use my iPad with a bluetooth keyboard (works well because the screen is more adjustable than on a laptop) but if I'm interacting in a meeting then paper and pencil is best because I usually need to take less detailed notes and can later, when typing something up, refer to them (I find it easier to look at paper next to me while writing then a second window...)

It honestly depends on the application.

I prefer to use a journal - one per major project, organization, etc. I'm less distracted in meetings and can easily add drawings, diagrams, etc.

If I'm on the go and I don't have my notebook, I jot it down on my phone and then add it to my notebook later.

But if I'm working in a group setting where we may all need access to the same vital info on the fly, then I stick with a combo of Word docs and Dropbox. I coordinated a massive event back in April and Dropbox was a lifeline. I was the one creating most of the documents, but Dropbox saved me the headache of having to email everyone the most current version.

Oh and I'm a law student now, so almost everything for class is done on a laptop. I prefer to handwrite my notes but the sheer volume/speed at which my professors lecture makes that impossible.

I take research, HTML, CSS, notes on my computer via Scrivener. I use moleskins for French language notes. *DayOne app for journal.

At work I typically take meeting notes in a composition book. I also write voicemail messages, to dos, etc in the book throughout the day. But...the book is not my main go to for info. For example, I then transfer the to dos to my things app on my phone where I can categorize and prioritize, add to a project etc and add phone numbers if needed to my contact list on outlook soft or on my phone. I keep all books in my office just in case I do need to find some random note or identify a date I met with an employee, etc.

In my not for profit meetings or fun education (I take photography, social media and writing classes), I type into evernote on my phone or ipad. The great thing about evernote is it is also easy to take a snapshot or clip a web site right into the note as well.

I still write morning papers (stream of consciousness journal writing), keep a gratitude journal and work on my own personal "minimalist" project using nicely bound journals. Moleskines are my favorite.

In college? There was no such thing as laptops in the era of Duran Duran and spiral perms so I used a ballpoint pen and composition book. I've always been an early adopter ever since of tech for information gathering and organization including the palm pilot. When I hear people say they barely use anything on their smartphone except the phone I start to push apps (just call me an app pusher).

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Thank you

I currently use Evernote with my CamNote notebooks and app. I recommend it - you write in a CamNote notebook, digitise using CamNote app, it automatically syncs to your Evernote :)

This way - I don't lose my notes and they all get stored safe online :)

(If ur thinking 'Why not just use Evernote?' - CamNote makes notes really legible)