I’m seriously considering getting the Livescribe Pulse Smartpen - I would then be able to record while writing with the same instrument. Currently I prefer to record my conversations as I interview people to ensure I quote them accurately; this tool looks like it could be a great complement to a speakerphone (or if I’m interviewing face-t0-face).
While at first this may look like an unnecessary tech geek indulgence, I’m thinking about the times I’ve written my favorite articles and they are almost always ones that had the best quotes linking seamlessly through the text and this almost always occurred when I could focus on the conversation with my subject as opposed to frantically working as a sloppy stenographer trying to jot everything down. When I can list bullet points related to the main themes of my subject’s comments and really listen such that my follow-up questions are valuable and pertinent, that’s when the material for an article is really worthwhile.
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