I used to keep my design/debugging notes on paper too, but the ability to use "grep" on years worth of notes convinced me to switch to plain-text files. (I still use paper for sketches and diagrams, since I haven't found any software that's anywhere near as good as paper for drawing.)
I've been contemplating seeing how well OCR can handle my handwriting. Fill a notebook, cut the spine off, feed it through a scanner and start a new notebook. That way I get diagrams, and the feel of writing on paper, but I can also grep.
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I used to keep my design/debugging notes on paper too, but the ability to use "grep" on years worth of notes convinced me to switch to plain-text files. (I still use paper for sketches and diagrams, since I haven't found any software that's anywhere near as good as paper for drawing.)
I've been contemplating seeing how well OCR can handle my handwriting. Fill a notebook, cut the spine off, feed it through a scanner and start a new notebook. That way I get diagrams, and the feel of writing on paper, but I can also grep.