Re:Zettlr – FOSS markdown editor for personal knowledge mana...
by polyfractal on Saturday July 04, 2020 @01:07PM
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Eh, not so much generation as different way people think. I'm not old, have multiple laptops, desktops and smart phones. More often than not, when I need to seriously think about a paper I print it out and annotate the margins, underline, highlight, etc. I have a notebook (and fountain pens!) that I use to write out plans or projects or sketch designs. I have pads of flip paper for short-term (weekly) TODOs, and bullet-journal longer term life planning.
It's just a different way of organizing one's life. I spend enough time in front of the computer, sitting at the kitchen table to jot down notes or sketch out a project idea works better for me than trying to try the latest XYZ digital notebook app.
There is a kind of generation gap here I think.
I have 3 devices at arms reach while writing this, but it would take me 5 min to find a working pen and a blank piece of paper.
If I used it pen and paper more it would be closer to me now, but it would be the same wherever I go. Then I’d need to capture that paper or bring it with me until it has no value anymore, which is a PITA.
Our current society is tending to a paperless state, writing stuff on paper is just not fast, natural or reliable act anymore.