Laptops. PDAs. iPhones and Blackberries. With so many options for taking notes and compiling information, it’s no wonder that many professionals only use pens to sign documents. The days of the handwritten note is almost behind us, but there are always times when lugging around a laptop or trying to keep up on the small keyboard of a portable device just isn’t practical.
Whether often or not, there will always be a need for a pen and paper. The problems are many when it comes to using the “old school” method of capturing data or forming ideas.
- Paper can get lost.
- Paper can get damaged, i.e. the infamous coffee cup ring.
- Paper notes must be transferred to digital for easy editing and backing up.
- With lots of handwritten notes, there is the need to store and organize in ways that may be archaic to some.
For those of us in the digital world where the need for pen and paper comes up, there is the Mobile Digital Scribe by IOGEAR. It offers the best of both worlds — write it with a pen and store/edit it with a computer.
In a review of digital pens, Wired points out the convenience of being able to write directly to computer using regular ink and regular paper. With the new mobile version, you don’t have to be connected to a computer, offering the flexibility to write in one place and move it to a computer later.
If things continue, handwriting will make a comeback (as long as it can be backed up and edited digitally). Handwritten notes can be more easily organized on-the-fly and allow the notes to include drawings, sketches, and diagrams. As a society, we have grown so used to taking digital notes that we sometimes forget the simplicity of the pen. With the Mobile Digital Scribe by IOGEAR, it is easy to take handwritten notes and still be able to quickly and conveniently convert them to digital. Whether it’s for editing purposes or just to have a backup, this ability makes the old Bic an obsolete tool for today’s professional, especially the mobile ones. Even students can receive a great benefit from digital pens as they are able to exchange notes more quickly across campus or to different campuses.
Handwriting is not dead. In fact, we may be seeing the beginning of a resurgence.
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