<div dir="auto">I used to use a spiral notebook for everything.<div dir="auto">I was the only one at work who could go back and review decisions and meeting notes.</div><div dir="auto">A few years ago I switched to using an Excel worksheet with tabs for each subject.</div><div dir="auto">Easy to search and keep notes more organized, per subject, than the notebook.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">-Bill</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 11, 2023, 1:55 PM Harry Forsdick <<a href="mailto:forsdick@gmail.com">forsdick@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394">I think both are right:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394"><ul><li style="padding-bottom:0.6001em">Writing something down leaves a more lasting impression in your memory</li><li style="padding-bottom:0.6001em">Using a digital program to record ideas uses less paper.</li></ul><div>The question becomes why is it so difficult to adopt to handwriting on a digital tablet to record our notes? If we could do this, we'd have the best of both worlds: less paper, better memory - analog or digital -- with the ability to search either.</div><div><br></div><div>-- Harry</div></div><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:left"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="2"><font color="#0b5394"><br></font></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="2"><font color="#0b5394"><br></font></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><br></div><table cellspacing="5" cellpadding="5" style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:19.2px;background-color:rgb(238,238,238);margin-left:0px;margin-right:auto"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font-size:10pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.forsdick.com/resume/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Harry Forsdick</a><br><a href="http://lexingtonphotoscan.com/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Lexington Photo Scanning</a><br><a href="http://lexingtontmma.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Town Meeting Member Precinct 7</a><br><a href="mailto:harry@forsdick.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">harry@forsdick.com</a><br></font><a href="http://www.forsdick.com/" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">www.forsdick.com</a><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></td><td width="5"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"> </font></td><td valign="top" style="font-size:10pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><a href="https://goo.gl/xZXT2F" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">46 Burlington St.<br>Lexington, MA 02420</a><br><a href="callto:17817996002" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">(781) 799-6002 (mobile)</a><br><font color="#0b5394"><a href="http://meet.jit.si/HarryForsdick" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">meet.jit.si/HarryForsdick</a> (video)</font><br><a href="http://forsdick.weebly.com/home/my-websites" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Click</a> to see my other websites<br></font></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 4:44 PM Paul Lewis <<a href="mailto:jeplewis@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">jeplewis@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:small">ChatGPT agrees with John.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:small">-P-</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 3:46 PM Drew King (<a href="mailto:dking65@kingconsulting.us" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">dking65@kingconsulting.us</a>) <<a href="mailto:dking65@kingconsulting.us" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">dking65@kingconsulting.us</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div lang="EN-US"><div dir="auto">I agree.<br><br>Although, less paper is used each day. Not just for handwriting but in all aspects. <br><br>If I could, I'd brick up my Mailbox so the postman couldn't deliver any more paper.<br><br>Digital will replace paper 100% at some point.<br><br>I used to use notepads to take notes every day, and I exchanged it for the evernote app. I can retrieve information on my tablet, on my phone, and on my computer. It's much more convenient and searchable than a bunch of notepads of paper.<br><br><br><br><br></div><div dir="auto"><div>-- <br>Drew King<br><br></div></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="auto">On April 11, 2023 2:34:22 PM EDT, <a href="mailto:jjrudy1@comcast.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">jjrudy1@comcast.net</a> wrote:</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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