Do you still use paper and quill to record notes... or a laptop?

I thought I would ask the opinion of HR professionals.

Throughout my career I have hand written my investigation and disciplinary notes, some going on to 30 – 40 pages long (and a very saw hand).

What is common place now, is it still to use the old fashioned quill and paper or do people tend to use laptops?

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  • I've never done an investigation/disciplinary, but I do plenty of research, make notes in meetings, summarise reading, and in a different role record walk directions.

    I find a laptop/tablet is too intrusive when other people are involved, and prefer handwritten notes from books/articles as I like to do diagrams etc. I very rarely want direct summaries on the computer; I would tend to restructure my original notes if circulating to colleagues, or use them to write a paper combining different sources. I sometimes scan handwritten stuff in.

    Voice recording works well for some things (with permission where it involves other people), though I find VR software output needs careful checking and listening back/transcription can be very time-consuming.
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  • I've never done an investigation/disciplinary, but I do plenty of research, make notes in meetings, summarise reading, and in a different role record walk directions.

    I find a laptop/tablet is too intrusive when other people are involved, and prefer handwritten notes from books/articles as I like to do diagrams etc. I very rarely want direct summaries on the computer; I would tend to restructure my original notes if circulating to colleagues, or use them to write a paper combining different sources. I sometimes scan handwritten stuff in.

    Voice recording works well for some things (with permission where it involves other people), though I find VR software output needs careful checking and listening back/transcription can be very time-consuming.
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