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It's like Rumshpringa for TODO apps. Everyone wants to rebel from the old norms and go do something different, only to end up returning to the reliability, clarity and comfort of a good pen and pocket notebook.

Big fan of the Rite-In-Rain notebooks, myself, and Fisher Space Pen's Cap-o-matic.

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Meme on why Rite-in-Rain is de rigeur: https://www.reddit.com/r/tacticalgear/comments/u6dq3i/fuck_y...

I'm a pencil person, though.

> Big fan of the Rite-In-Rain notebooks, myself, and Fisher Space Pen's Click-o-matic.

I carry this combo everywhere I go. Way less friction than taking out my phone, unlocking, and suffering the horrible experience of typing something on a virtual keyboard.

I do enjoy the looks I get from friends and family sometimes, as they all expect me to be high tech everywhere in my life but I'm probably one of the most low-tech people outside of work.

Interestingly enough, this just shows how different people like and hate different things. I personally can’t stand writing with a pen, and am very fluent and fast with a virtual keyboard and would never describe the experience as horrible. I’m writing this on one right now, and it’s great.

I also don’t want to carry an extra thing in my pocket when I already have a phone.

But I’m glad what works for you works for you!

The only productivity I do from my phone is reminder alerts.

Did you mean Cap-o-matic?

Yep, thanks for the correction

Just making sure I didn't miss a new pen coming out of Fisher.

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