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I'm a fast typist too (about 600CPM) but I can't draw as fast on a computer as I can on a piece of paper. To me, paper still beats a computer for the initial 'idea' gathering because I like to just write anywhere on the paper and connect lines, circle important things, etc..

A computer is a great tool for documenting important things that I need to keep, but for scheduling my day I just use a notebook. I can browse through them for a couple of days but most pages will not be needed in a few weeks from now.

The important stuff that comes from this I do digitize with a tool like draw.io. Which I hate to use actually, it's not user-friendly to me, but it's what we use at work.



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