A friend of mine is an extremely talented developer (between jobs actually) and he loves his tech gear. Specifically smart phone tech.
We had a long argument about usefulness, because as a Writer, I carry a small notebook and pen. Our joking back and forth went over stuff like "Battery Life" (Phone has a concern, notebook does not) and "Water Resistance" (neither scores that great), "Cost and Maintenance" and so on and so forth.
For my needs - writing notes - the little old school approach won, but it was inferior for his needs.
Digital becomes a real boon when you are creating knowledge networks; connecting pieces of information, or tagging them. This metadata is, as far as im aware, best suited for being stored digitally.
Disclaimer: I'm working on a knowledge management app thats core focus is connections and tagging (amongst many other useful features)
We had a long argument about usefulness, because as a Writer, I carry a small notebook and pen. Our joking back and forth went over stuff like "Battery Life" (Phone has a concern, notebook does not) and "Water Resistance" (neither scores that great), "Cost and Maintenance" and so on and so forth.
For my needs - writing notes - the little old school approach won, but it was inferior for his needs.