I’ve always struggled with the ability to capture a moment, a college class, a presentation, a meeting. There is often no pattern, reasoning, or order behind note-taking abilities. Mind mapping, bullet points, verbatim, argh! Anyway, point being, I have always had a hard time trying to find just the right way to take notes. By paper, iPhone, or Laptop.
Paper was always tops for flexibility but not very searchable or sharable. So I conformed to the computer and the closest thing I could find was Evernote. Unstructured text documents and it required the keyboard be used despite my need for more of a ‘mind mapping’ process. But recently, I think I may have found the holy grail (at least for me). It’s called the Pulse SmartPen made by Livescribe. It’s part pen/microphone/camera/storage device that allows it all to come together for me. Watch my demo/review of what I’m talking about but all I can say for now is so far, so good.
Oh, and for those interested in the church sermon and sketchnotes I did today, see below.
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janinemcbee
December 7th, 2009
Brad, and just in time for Christmas. I've already begun talking with Santa. You scare me. I've not been one easily tempted by gadgets, unless they had something to do with the kitchen. You're tempting me to a different play zone where knowledge nerds rule. Note taking that fills in the gaps for you when you didn't completely capture the thought or idea, searchability, ease, fun…sounds like a commercial in the making.
Thanks for sharing innovative thoughts and processes!
bradgarland
December 9th, 2009
I agree, it's a bit of an addiction no doubt. But when I look at gadgets, I see if I can find immediate use case for myself, my business, or for my employees. If so, I'm willing to pull the trigger for a single case since it's just messing with my workflow only. Try/Learn/Try/Fail/Succeed!
I feel it's one way that keeps me on my toes and innovating!
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December 14th, 2009
[...] to this crowd-sourced, roundtable format. I tried to take some notes during the event and had my snazzy pen taking up all the good audio points so I’ll include the first discussion of the day on what [...]
Robert Karlheim
January 12th, 2010
This pen is AWESOME! I too have picked one up and it has made my workflow so much easier. It is not only practical but totally cool. As a tech junkie myself I coudl not pass thsi one up. I tried the Logitech one from a few years ago with much failure. The Livescribe Pulse Pen is almost PERFECT! Thanks for sharing