Thinking of a Filofax

[Ricoh]

Have we all gone just a bit too far with electronic gadgets, the iPad etc, relying on technology just a step too far?
Like Bruce Robbins http://www.theonlinedarkroom.com/201...ne+Darkroom%29 I have my iPad stuffed with notes and I must admit to being a bit lazy when it comes to backing the device. Perhaps I should get myself a trusty Filofax and a biro. I like making notes, I'm at it all the time, but the trouble up 'til now I often can't remember where the notes are; enter the Filofax.
Anyone else having a Filo moment?

[pdk42]

Re: Thinking of a Filofax

Have we all gone just a bit too far with electronic gadgets, the iPad etc, relying on technology just a step too far?
Like Bruce Robbins http://www.theonlinedarkroom.com/201...ne+Darkroom%29 I have my iPad stuffed with notes and I must admit to being a bit lazy when it comes to backing the device. Perhaps I should get myself a trusty Filofax and a biro. I like making notes, I'm at it all the time, but the trouble up 'til now I often can't remember where the notes are; enter the Filofax.
Anyone else having a Filo moment?

At work, I've tried lots of electronic note-taking (iPad, Windows laptop, Windows tablet, Android phone), but I keep coming back to a good old-fashioned A4 hard-backed notebook. Searching not always the easiest, but way more accessible and much better still at being able to convey diagrams, text, stick-in material etc. I have a stack of them about a meter and a half high going back 20 years!

[Graham_of_Rainham]

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No Backup with a Filofax! When it's gone it's gone...

Cloud sync works very well.

[Otto]

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Never used a Filofax ...

[MJ224]

[Ricoh]

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At work, I've tried lots of electronic note-taking (iPad, Windows laptop, Windows tablet, Android phone), but I keep coming back to a good old-fashioned A4 hard-backed notebook. Searching not always the easiest, but way more accessible and much better still at being able to convey diagrams, text, stick-in material etc. I have a stack of them about a meter and a half high going back 20 years!

Although retired now, when I was employed it was mandatory to keep a written log book, an A4 book bound and serialised. I also had a 'yard' or more when stacked one on top of the other. Apart from the obvious benefit of note keeping, ie capturing the thought patterns leading to an outcome, it also developed discipline. I remember my boss asking to inspect my log book more than once.

[Ricoh]

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Same here. I think my problem is that I have too many, each with a separate common theme.

[Ricoh]

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No Backup with a Filofax! When it's gone it's gone...

Cloud sync works very well.

Could use a scanner...

The 'cloud' by Jeez... I'll pass on that, thank you.

[Naughty Nigel]

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I have a very good memory for detail but appalling handwriting so I prefer to write up notes on my laptop, or on my iPad with Bluetooth keyboard. I do hand write some notes and scribbled diagrams using an Evidence Book, which I scan to PDF files.

The beauty of computerised notes is that they are very quick and easy to search.

One of the best things I did was to invest in a document scanner to scan the piles of letters, reports, data sheets and other information that I have gathered over the past twenty years or more, all of which is useful and relevant. By running OCR on these scanned documents the text is searchable, and can be copied and pasted into Word documents and so forth.

[090657]

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I use two diaries. One `week to view` based at home and one tiny diary i carry with me- both put in sync with a biro. Works for me. And very cheap to buy from The Works.

[Jim Ford]

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One of the best things I did was to invest in a document scanner to scan the piles of letters, reports, data sheets and other information that I have gathered over the past twenty years or more, all of which is useful and relevant. By running OCR on these scanned documents the text is searchable, and can be copied and pasted into Word documents and so forth.

I've photographed documents with my E5, cleaned up the images if necessary in PS and run an OCR program on them.

I've had mixed results from PDF files I've been sent, where the original is a page from a 50 year old archive, and the page wasn't flat. Sometimes the results have been rubbish.

Jim

[OM USer]

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A day per page A4 sized diary. Just tape in extra sheets if its a long meeting.

[Ricoh]

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One thing I like about the Filofax - it has the 'backspace' and 'delete' functions - ie unclip, bin-it, and start again.

[wornish]

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When I worked I always used a Time Manager, ( a variant of Filofax) It cured me of "Hapsy Flapsy" i.e carrying paperwork back and forward to work in a briefcase with good intention but never actually doing anything with it, plus helped me keep a clean desk i.e. no piles of paper on my desk in todo and pending piles. ( They are just distractions)

[drmarkf]