Why Paper Usually Wins Over Technology
Lately I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about this question, why does paper so often win over technology? There are so many times that despite having incredible technology on my phone and computer, that I resort to plain old pen and paper when sketching ideas, taking notes, or brainstorming.
It was only until a few months ago that I finally rid myself of hand-written to-do lists in favor of the popular Things App for Mac and iPhone. If we have some of the most advanced technology in the world, why would someone prefer grabbing a nice pen and a moleskine over jotting notes in Pages?
The Benefits of Paper
- familiarity (the user experience is learned from a very young age)
- easily accessible
- quick…jotting a note is much faster then launching an app and then proceeding to type
- it feels better…can technology provide the same feeling that beautifully sketching out ideas in a moleskin can?
The Benefits of Technology
- virtually limitless paper
- sharing, printing, saving is much better than stacks/folders/books of notes
- attachments…it’s much easier to attach photos, web-clips, link to something else
- easily adaptable… most word processing apps are filled with templates for a variety of possible needs you might have.
If somehow we can find a way to utilize technology to create an experience that takes the best of both worlds…we may be able to make an experience that is better then writing in a moleskine.
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