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Yes, to mostly doodle.
or when writing down stuff in a format that is more difficult to do on screen
I'd rather be phishing!
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Rarely, when taking notes during meetings mostly, for the rest all digital 
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Not in my day-to-day work, but when I'm constipated I like to work it out with a pencil.
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Must be a very flexible pencil?
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"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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That sounds more like "Pin the tail on the donkey" to me 
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ouch!
This internet thing is amazing! Letting people use it: worst idea ever!
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Ah, you're a mathematician.
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OriginalGriff wrote: Ah, you're a mathematician.
No, I'm a joke thief 
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Ah, but we're all that! 
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I use paper for doodles, maths, design, shopping lists, and all manner of other things.
(This would have made a good survey question)
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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- Yes, for deriving maths formulas.
- For marking and correcting in my recitation book.
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You forgot to mention the blessed whiteboard: the best place to visualize designs and realize when you're being stupid.
"Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity."
- Hanlon's Razor
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I just came back from a discount store nearby and bought one for the reason to make notes
With friendly greetings,
Eric Goedhart
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My problem with whiteboards is that I'll write something down and leave it there for months. After that much time, so-called "dry erase markers" might as well be permanent markers...
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Rubbing alcohol can be your friend, but only if your office is well ventilated.
"Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity."
- Hanlon's Razor
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Effective in the short term but will eventually render the board useless. The alcohol destroys the lubricating layer of the board. Best to use a whiteboard cleaner that doubles as a conditioner.
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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Pro tip, thanks!
"Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity."
- Hanlon's Razor
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David Crow wrote: Best to use a whiteboard cleaner that doubles as a conditioner.
This is starting to sound like a shampoo commercial. 
Actually, my best solution for dry-erase marker that won't go away is to draw on top of the existing marks, and immediately erase, while the new marks still haven't yet dried. You might go through a lot of ink, but I've salvaged an otherwise pretty much ruined whiteboard using that method.
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I mentioned that earlier, but it won't work on a board gone bad. Once the lubricating layer of the board is gone, it cannot be cleaned no matter what you use.
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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dandy72 wrote: After that much time, so-called "dry erase markers" might as well be permanent markers...
Write over the dried marker with a fresh one and it should wipe right off.
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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I just wrote that as a reply to another proposed solution.
Yeah, it totally works...but you have to prepare to use a lot of ink, depending on how bad you've allowed it to get.
Let's call that a lesson learned.
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I've replaced my pen/pencil usage during work by about 99%.
For quick bits such as jotting down info from a voice mail, I pull up notepad and type the relevant details like numbers, then delete it after the fact.
In meetings, I have a 13" HP Spectre x360 convertable, digital pen, and OneNote for taking notes. I don't use the handwriting to text feature, better than it used to be but still completely useless. Previously used paper and pen to do the same but I never copied them into any digital format so organizing them for future use didn't happen and after a dozen pads of paper it was a stack of unsearchable data.
For information recall and parsing out the useless details, I personally find it is better to hand write notes instead of typing them. Many of the studies being conducted on memory retention back me up.
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All the best stuff is paper (scrap) and pen.
Shopping Lists, phone numbers, other real-life content:
To begin with, it's much more portable. Actually, that's pretty much good enough!
Some development stuff, too. I've tried to make text-editor checklists and stuff, but so far they seem to just persist endlessly in the editor, where I have to decide whether to keep them or not, and if I do keep them (=save file), where, so I don't end up with a shyte-load of old scrap files.
One problem, however, is it's hard to keep cleaning the marker off of my monitors.
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Despite using digital notes rather extensively in all forms--Windows 10's Sticky Notes, One-Note, and even small plain-text files--my desk still seems to find itself covered in paper notes.
I swear I don't know how this happens.
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