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Ask Slashdot: What Is the Best Note-Taking Device For Conferences?
First time accepted submitter Duncan J Murray writes "I will be attending a 3-day science conference soon, consisting mainly of lectures, and was wondering what people thought would be the ultimate hardware/software combo note-taking device, taking into account keyboard quality, endurance, portability, discretion & future ease-of-reference. Is a notepad and pen still king? What about an Ipad? N900? Psion 5mx? A small Thinkpad X-series? And if so which OS? Would you have a GUI? Which text-editor?"
keyboard quality: full travel keys
endurance: 8 hours on 4 AA batteries. Replacement batteries are cheap and ubiqutous
discretion: no flip up screen
portability: 3 pounds
future ease-of-reference: plain text files are the easiest to search & archive
and hang out at the bar - you'll have a better time
That's because they are wannabe hipster douches. It's like RubyCon...the only good it does is gather a bunch of them together hoping a terrorist takes them out...
They never do :(
The best note-taking device for conferences is a graduate student. They do good work and only require a modest amount of feeding.
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If it helps, I made up some ridiculous stories to fool your friends with:
Duke Nukem Forever released
most of game involves jokes about Half-Life 2 Ep. 3
Kim Jong Il, Gaddafi Dead
mad, mad world now almost 7% less mad
Apple now biggest computer manufacturer
HP says it never liked PCs anyway
Seal Team Six Kills Osama Bin Laden
then finds, kills Higgs boson
Windows, Ubuntu adopt new kindergarden UI
OS X still ignoring touch revolution
Newt Gingrich Runs For President
convinced he'll find his base among moon-men
Liberals Protesting Unemployment, Poverty
Starbucks shares sharply higher
Steve Jobs Dead
meets with Apple board three days later
My Little Pony Now Cool
teenage boys squee in delight
NASA Ends Space Shuttle program
asks if they can bum a ride with anyone
How can I believe you when you tell me what I don't want to hear?
WordPerfect 5.1 beats all, hands down. That blue background... so soothing. Just the thing to get you in the mood to write.