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Hell I work harder now then when I got paid for it...but now it's fun and there's no deadlines.
Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film. Steven Wright
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My Dad says "I don't know how I found time to go to work!" 
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As you get older it's important to stay active. All the people I know that have retired in front of the boob tube all died within a year.
Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film. Steven Wright
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Mike Hankey wrote: died within a year.
My dad had once relayed to me, before his passing, that this was something he had observed as well. I believe 5-6 work mates of his, all died within 16 months of retirement. All of them shared one trait that was interesting - they were not active at all after retirement.
modified 2-Aug-18 7:48am.
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Absolutely!
Think about any piece of machinery, if you don't use it it rusts and deteriorates the human body is a machine and needs to be exercised.
Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film. Steven Wright
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I am surprised by how many of my younger work mates come to meetings, presentations and brainstorming carrying an old style paper notebook. When I was that age, 15-20 years ago, noone wanted to be seen in a meeting room without a portable; that would mark you as pre-cambrium.
Nowadays, it is no longer necessary to emphasize your modernness to the same degree. Obviously, everybody has smartphones, with more processing and storage capabilities than the old portable. But they are not as good for jotting down notes (certainly not if you have got big hands!), and not for curves and similar sketches. So the notebook is a nice supplement to the smartphone.
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I have a (much) younger work colleague who brings her laptop to every meeting and takes notes during the meetings.
Trouble is she is one of "those" typists who seem to make more noise than an elephanting elephant! Half the time the noise of her typing drowns out the speaker, and gods help us all if we're using a squawkbox on a dial-in.
I'd suggest to her to bring a pad and pen but she's a "clicker" too 
Wouldn't mind so much if she actually shared the notes with us 
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CHill60 wrote: I'd suggest to her to bring a pad and pen but she's a "clicker" too
This is why I never buy click pens! I fidget so the click part is just too tempting. Makes it worse when I actively resist clicking because then I don't pay attention to the meeting!
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Even something that can handle so-called "digital ink" (as much as I despise the term) such as Microsoft's Surface, in combination with software that is designed specifically for it, really isn't all that great. I'd still rather carry pen and paper for those occasions.
And although the camera might be useful for taking a picture of someone's whiteboard scribbling...the result leaves a lot to be desired.
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It's a matter of great irony to me that in many of the meetings I get invited to, I'm the only one who arrives completely naked - no laptop or [electronic] tablet. Most of those meetings I'll be the only computer/software-type there.
I carry a small paper tablet and a pen[^], along with my reading glasses. Yes I'm old, dammit, now get the ![Elephant | [mastadon]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/elephant.gif) off my lawn!
Software Zen: delete this;
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I'm not sure what a portable is, but I keep notes on my phone - I just write them into my phone after the meeting because using a phone during a meeting tends to seen as not paying attention. Although usually I go back to a computer and type it up, it's just easier that way.
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Oh no is Mike above 35 
With friendly greetings,
Eric Goedhart
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Notepad.exe & StikyNot.exe.
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Yup, on my second log book. My 30th Propelling pencil. Much easier to scratch a circuit diagram on dead wood...
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Yes, and not just in the office.
A paper notepad during meetings (mindmaps mostly), adding notes or comments to any printed material. Outside the office there is a moleskine for notes, and a "dry erase marker" on the toilet to write on the toilet-door. Any door is a whiteboard
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"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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Moleskine makes the best field notebooks I've ever used. I love the perforated ones, fantastic for leader books.
"Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity."
- Hanlon's Razor
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A good external memory which fits neatly in your pocket
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"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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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?
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"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.
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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