Are Legal Pads Obsolete?

How To Take Notes On The Kindle Scribe. Are the once ubiquitous yellow legal pads obsolete? I have used them for decades, and I used to buy them in large packages. I took notes in client conferences, court hearings, depositions, and many other situations where I needed a record of my thoughts. I ripped the pages out and put them in a file specific to the matter. Of course, then I did the legal pad two step, trying to find them later on. I have spent many hours searching for an address or phone number or preparing for a trial or deposition, when the essential information was stored on a legal note page somewhere. For the past several years, I have experimented with digital pens that wrote on special dot paper; but, that just created more paper to store and locate. Then, I found EInk note pads that stored the pages electronically, which eliminated the need for legal pads; but, still created the problem of storing them in a computer, and finding them later. Now, however, the Kindle Scribe has made the process seamless. I make notes as described in this article, and store them in a Notes file that identifies the note by client, and matter. I print the pages by sending them to my computer, and storing them in the client's folder on the computer, and also print the pages and store them in the paper file. When I need information, I just go to the client's folder on the computer and read them digitally. Or, if I want to, I can look at them in the paper file. One thing I never do anymore is prowl the office store for yellow legal pads. Yes, Virginia, yellow legal pads are obsolete, if you want them to be. Do you still buy and use them? How quaint.