Paper vs Technology

Leon Ho has a great editorial in today’s Guardian about the whole ongoing paper vs technology controversy in the Getting-things-done community.

"[A]s technology has advanced, more and more of us have moved to computer-based personal information managers, lured by the promise that once you move to a paperless way of organising things, your life can become easier - and much more organised."

Ho advocates for paper, specifically his collection of index cards that helps him keep track of appointments, to-do items and so forth. Not only is paper cheaper, he summarizes, it avoids the nightmares of uncharged batteries, data loss and worries about theft.

Who needs a PDA when I’ve got paper? [Guardian]

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