The other aspect for me is that I can write better on a book with bound paper pages, than I can on a smartphone. I can type much better than either of those input methods, on a proper keyboard. But if I don't have a proper keyboard, I'm more skilled with a pen than with a simulation of a QWERTY keyboard on a 4.5" touchscreen.
But if you go to a meeting somewhere and you would have to choose between pen/paper or a smartphone which would you choose?
Typing speed may not be an advantage of phones [1] but your colleges will not see what you have planned.
I could write these thoughts I'm writing right now on paper for myself but I'm "thinking" with you.
Maybe it's hard to argue about it because these two things seem superficially similar. But like paperless offices, paperless note taking/planning will win in the end.
[1]: to be fair, you have been writing with a pen since you're 5 or 6. Most people never wrote anything on touchscreens bevor 2007.
If I was at a meeting, I'd certainly write on paper; that's one of the easiest cases! For one, it's more socially acceptable to be writing on a piece of paper than to be looking at a smartphone. When you pull out a smartphone, everyone assumes you're just doing something else (checking email, chatting on IM, whatever).
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The other aspect for me is that I can write better on a book with bound paper pages, than I can on a smartphone. I can type much better than either of those input methods, on a proper keyboard. But if I don't have a proper keyboard, I'm more skilled with a pen than with a simulation of a QWERTY keyboard on a 4.5" touchscreen.
But if you go to a meeting somewhere and you would have to choose between pen/paper or a smartphone which would you choose?
Typing speed may not be an advantage of phones [1] but your colleges will not see what you have planned. I could write these thoughts I'm writing right now on paper for myself but I'm "thinking" with you.
Maybe it's hard to argue about it because these two things seem superficially similar. But like paperless offices, paperless note taking/planning will win in the end.
[1]: to be fair, you have been writing with a pen since you're 5 or 6. Most people never wrote anything on touchscreens bevor 2007.
If I was at a meeting, I'd certainly write on paper; that's one of the easiest cases! For one, it's more socially acceptable to be writing on a piece of paper than to be looking at a smartphone. When you pull out a smartphone, everyone assumes you're just doing something else (checking email, chatting on IM, whatever).