and pencil for jotting ideas

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A quick list of advantages of the good old way of taking notes:

• When ideas flow, only pencil can keep up with their speed.
• Doodling actually helps with the idea flow.
• Ideas are random, typing is linear.
• You can get away with drawing something on paper to depict a long sentence. Doing the same on a computer will mean sidetracking into finding a clipart.
• No pesky distractions, including those from the spelling or grammar checkers.
• My best UI design always starts on paper
• Easy to create mind maps.
• Paper is truly portable, I can take it anywhere.
• Only once I have all the thoughts on paper, do i try to organise them and make them electronic

How about you? What do you prefer, electronic or paper based note taking?

PS: I do like freemind when I am in mood for electronic note taking.