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I don't take laptops into (real) meetings anymore, just my Moleskine and a pen. Has helped tremendously with thinking through problems and giving better feedback later on.

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I find the process of hand-writing notes, rather than typing them, helps me to remember the details that I've noted down. I don't often refer back to my notes, but that's kinda because I hand wrote it, and so there's some kind of visceral mind-body connection that seems to help in remembering.

Okay! This is fascinating, I've long meant to dig into the relationship between writing and memory.

I do also think if you were to revisit a specific note, you might find something interesting along the way—a fascinating byproduct of writing physical things down is sorting through all of the texture before and after it. https://twitter.com/HerbertLui/status/1564087803029630976

I do exactly the same, except I use a Rhodia or Clairefontaine pad, because Moleskines suck with liquid ink.

I've noticed a massive difference when note-taking on paper.

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