i had a conversation yesterday with accomplished engineers from vmware and openai.
pen, paper, and whiteboards have been invaluable tools for them, but they were surprised to find that out in hindsight.
we discussed about the counter-intuitive short-comings of digital tools: a lack of contraints constraints creativity. digital whiteboards like figma have infinite canvases; most to-do list apps have infinite lists. but, a sticky note has so much space before you run out of it, so you intuitively think... maybe i should not keep adding tasks to this thing.
there is also the aspect of object permanence and the link between memory and multi-modal sensory stimuli. in other words, if you can feel the thing, you can remember the thing better.
pen, paper, and whiteboards have been invaluable tools for them, but they were surprised to find that out in hindsight.
we discussed about the counter-intuitive short-comings of digital tools: a lack of contraints constraints creativity. digital whiteboards like figma have infinite canvases; most to-do list apps have infinite lists. but, a sticky note has so much space before you run out of it, so you intuitively think... maybe i should not keep adding tasks to this thing.
there is also the aspect of object permanence and the link between memory and multi-modal sensory stimuli. in other words, if you can feel the thing, you can remember the thing better.