MS Office OneNote 2003

[Asher]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger
Falls way short of a piece of paper.

I much prefer OneNote. I can type way faster than write, and my writing is pretty messy. Further, it's hard to go back and find data on paper. In OneNote I type it in the "Text to find" category and it opens the task pane on the right with all of the occurances of the word in my notebook, and highlights them. The "Find" stuff even works in handwritten notes via text recognition.

I'm even recording the lectures now via the audio notes: the audio files are small in size since it encodes the files in real-time to WMA9 Voice.

There's also half a dozen settings so you can add line to the pages, which can look like graph paper, college ruled, etc.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Skanky Burns
Seems promising.
Does it get messy with the "type anywhere you feel like it" approach?

Nope. When you click somewhere to type, it makes a box with a slightly grey background, with a bar at the top where you can click and drag it around.

If you drag one box on top of another, it simply merges them.

[DaShi]

How about PDA interfaces with it? Is there a PDA version?

[Asher]

Not sure if there's a PDA version.

[Ramo]

What's the use if you don't have a tablet pc?

[Buck Birdseed]

You use a stylist to draw images for you? How much money have you actually got? Have you got an interior designer to keep your locker tidy too?

[Q Classic]

audio memos. that's about it for desktops.

it's somewhat useful for laptops, too, but its purpose seems to be directly for tablets.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Ramo
What's the use if you don't have a tablet pc?

Works great on a laptop, too.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Buck Birdseed
You use a stylist to draw images for you? How much money have you actually got? Have you got an interior designer to keep your locker tidy too?

I hire all sorts of flunky humanities people to do my dirty work.

Send your resume to me via PM.

[Ramo]

Bah, I can't waste money on a laptop, and certainly not on a tablet.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Asher
I much prefer OneNote. I can type way faster than write, and my writing is pretty messy.

The thing about paper is the writing is absolutely freeform. I put down anything I need to, and there's no need to fiddle with the interface, thus risking losing your train of thought.

Originally posted by Asher
Further, it's hard to go back and find data on paper.

Ah, that's why I used to rewrite my notes when I get back to the dorm room. Helps with retaining the material, too.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Asher
I get about 20 spams a day,

Lucky bastard. I get about 100+ a day on my main email account.

[chequita guevara]

I hate laptops. They keyboards just suck for my short, fat fingers.

[Urban Ranger]

You need to change the address. Beware of bots harvesting addresses from websites.

[MattH]

Originally posted by Asher

I hire all sorts of flunky humanities people to do my dirty work.

Send your resume to me via PM.

Around here German majors go for about $20/head.