By
Jordan McMahon,
a technology and gadgets writer at the Strategist.
He’s been covering technology since 2017 and previously wrote for Wired, Wirecutter, and Reviewed.com.
This year, I’ve mostly ditched note-taking apps in favor of writing things by hand. I’ve been carrying a notebook instead, and it’s mostly been great — I remember more of what I write manually, and nothing beats the tactile satisfaction of a good pen gliding across a smooth sheet of paper. But notebooks eventually run out of paper, and you can’t sync your notes across physical notebooks the way you can across multiple devices with a software-based system. Digital notebooks try to bridge that gap. With these e-ink based devices, which are basically tablets with limited, writing-specific features, you can have an unlimited number of virtual, subject-based notebooks with you at all times. You’ll never run out of room mid-thought, and many offer syncing solutions that let you access your notes from other devices, like your phone or computer.
