| authors |
Ferrar, Steve |
| year |
1997 |
| title |
Computers and the Creative Process |
| source |
Challenges of the Future [15th eCAADe Conference Proceedings / ISBN 0-9523687-3-0] Vienna (Austria) 17-20 September 1997 |
| doi |
https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.1997.x.t8c
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| summary |
For many years I kept all my personal details, appointments and notes on a Psion Organiser. One day I
started questioning the efficiency of this and my motivation for doing it. On analysis, (which I suppose I
should have carried out before I bought it) I realised that, compared with a paper-based system, it took
me longer to a) record information and b) retrieve it. But almost more importantly I realised that scanning
information to build up a picture of say a particular week or month was not nearly as easy. As for
annotating with a pencil or felt tipped pen......how I suddenly longed for the good old days and a
paper-based system. I have now reverted to a Filofax, which even at the exorbitant price of £22.50 was
still a lot cheaper than a Psion. It is a random access device, with a large permanent storage capacity, is expandable and in
easy-to-access hardcopy format. It is infinitely flexible. There are no batteries to run down and I can still
get into it if I forget the password! |
| series |
eCAADe |
| email |
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| more |
http://info.tuwien.ac.at/ecaade/proc/ferrar/ferrar.htm |
| full text |
 file.pdf (47,905 bytes) |
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