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I own a reMarkable 2 and agree with you. I stopped using it, because I realized that it's worse than paper at paper things and worse than a laptop at digital things. It gave a promise of the best of both worlds, but it seems like you're getting the worst of both worlds. It's hard to explain, but lets say you're in a meeting and need to write stuff down and you can either use paper, a laptop or a reMarkable. The cool thing about paper is that you get the whole story about the progress of the meeting. You talk about A, B and C. You get to D and realize that B does not really work. So you cross B out and rewrite it. Or maybe you draw an arrow from B to a space below D and add some context for B. When you return to your notes a few weeks later you not only have A, B, C and D. You have additional context of a B-variant that does not work because of D. You can have a "oh yeah, that was a thing" moment. With reMarkable you are more likely to just fix B by erasing it and writing it and moving C and D down if more space for B is needed. So you may lose context coming back to your notes weeks later. You could argue that one could just use reMarkable just like paper and you would be right, but in that case why not just use paper? Another thing that is great about paper is that it comes in many forms. I use a small pocket notebook with perforated pages for quick notes and ideas I want to jott down that I later reflect and expand on. When the idea has grown it's ready to move to a better place. Maybe it's a just a idea that should go to my journal. Maybe it's a project and I should use a dedicated project management system. Maybe it's just a thing that I wanted to write down to remember later and it's now done. So in the end the notes in that specific notebook get removed. At the same time I use a larger A5 bound notebook for journaling. In addition to that I use an even larger A4 notepad with removable pages for brainstorming sessions. I have written on pages, removed them, ripped them in smaller pieces and rearranged then on a table or a magnetic whiteboard before. What I'm trying to say is that paper is really flexible while the reMarkable limits you to the size of the device. Sure you can zoom out but that's not the same as a big table with all of your ideas. Also, paper will not run out of battery. What about if you would like to look at two full pages of different notest side by side. You would need to flip back and forth, buy a second reMarkable, or print one note to compare it to the other one on the device. On the other hand if you're in a meeting that is not brain storming focused, but rather a progress update where you want to pin tasks to specific people, assign deadlines and send a summery, then a laptop with a dedicated project management system or even just a plain text file is faster and more convenient then writing stuff by hand in reMarkable, converting it to typed text with it's OCR and then trying to send it out with the device.

As a reminder, it is to replace paper, it is not to replace an e-reader or iPad or laptop. It's useful for people who have a laptop and still use paper pads to write notes. This allows you to take notes without the carrying pads of paper.

Very interesting thoughts!! I love horror films and I''ve always thought about it, why do I love these, but some people really hate it. Great video and looking forward to watch more of your content! I've already subscribed.

Excellent video I love this kind of reviews because they offer you a raw, honest and realist perspective. THANK YOU!!

I enjoyed this video. It was concise yet informative. It addresses some of my questions about the rM pp. Thanks for taking the time to make this.

For knowledge management, I think you missed the utility of expanding PDF margins for notes, the tags tool, and the quick swap to move between a PDF and a notepad.

don't stop what you're doing. great work. happy to find you

Love the genuine and reflective thinking, also love the quote growth is messy! This reminds me of the book Mindset by Carol Dweck about growth mindset vs fixed mindset, which is a good read and relevant to this topic. It is referred to as self theories in the academic field, where researchers have found links between the mindsets and performance goals and mastery goals.

Love the storytelling, and the cinematography! ♥️♥️

this is something ive been facing since so long, and this video has definitely healed a wound from my heart. Thank you.

Actually. I imagined a plot... No matter how many lifes I would life, I would live in the Corean mountains!

keep up the good work

"Since when were they ever meant to be flawless"

Thank you for sharing, I needed this

I love your videos. Keep them coming

I got it the beginning of November and you are spot on. I thought I could read pdfs and even tried comics just to see if the colors would be useful amd I dont even read comics but its so bad the text contrast and clarity and for reading the front light is too dark for color eink and I always use no to dim light on my small eink devices. Thank you I will also test it out for writInf use cases and if still doesn't work for that I will return. Its not good for reading with the 229 dpi of only color.

Hey, I'm thinking of buying this device to use purely for screen sharing. I am an online math tutor and could use it to write down math problems and show drawings for explanation. I've always used a simple drawing tablet for this, but I find it extremely unwieldy and impractical. I would prefer something that feels more like paper. Something that also simply allows smaller writing on a larger surface, which is still legible without having to zoom in, so that a lot can still be seen on the screen at the same time. So it's not even about saving the fonts online, it's all about screensharing and then capturing and livestreaming them. The fact that I could also use it offline at university and on the train would be a bonus, but that's not the main point. Do you think the Paper Pro is a good choice for this? So far, no drawing tablet has convinced me and I don't need the functions of other tablets as it would really be purely for this purpose. Is the screenshare function good enough for this, or is there a high delay, for example? If anyone knows of alternatives for exactly this purpose, please let me know...

Great review, very insightful and well made. Thanks, instant sub 😊

i am looking at these tablets as an easy substitute for my thousands of sketchbooks, rather than simply note-taking, so not all of these issues are relevant to my concerns - HOWEVER this video is extremely informative and thorough, and really helpful even if it's for a different use case. thank you for providing a balanced perspective.

Think about the last time you procrastinated? You mean the one before this moment of watching a video about procrastination?

I love the structure of your review and how you relate the device's capabilities to the more complex realities of replacing paper. Great video. Thank you.🤟

Do you think it would be useful for taking notes at school?

Very impressive for a woman and for someone whose native language is not English, well done! 👍🏽

The way you hold pen made me really confused.

Thank you for your opinion. I am attempting to improve my learning abilities by organising a structure to analyse and process information. The whole analog vs digital conundrum places a tricky fork in the road. I definitely agree that manual handwriting is so much more effective than keyboard typing. However the use of notebooks is a field full of landmines. I love the feeling of writing but have so many issues with notebooks: the primary one being the spine of the notebook really affects my hand and wrist placement thereby causing discomfort. I have never heard anyone complain about this but it really takes me out of my zone if I am writing for a considerable amount of time. Was looking in to the Remarkable to solve this issue. Your reference to knowledge management has forced me to rethink my entire approach. I only now see the tremendous benefit that a program like Obsidian brings to the table. Having a structured knowledge management system is crucial for a solid foundation. I am studying the Trivium which classifies the learning phases into knowledge, comprehension and wisdom. Building a robust knowledge system is paramount. Do you perhaps have any insights of using an Apple iPad Pro? I believe that integration with Obsidian for linking and indexing of info would be better that way. Any thoughts on effecient mind mapping software to compliment this process? Great channel by the way.

Excellent review. That's exactly why I don't like the RM and why I went for Supernote (this doesn't fix all of the above issues for sure but navigation across notes and interlinking is a huge argument for it).

Amazing critical review of superb quality! Love the flow and logical structure!

Best video ever on Zettel Kasten on TH-cam. Intelligent Explanation along with clear example. Keep up the good work.

I much prefer my Boox device as I can install the Kindle app (and others, even Obsidian) on it, so it's 2-in-1.

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Oh the scrolling delay is a deal breaker for me! To me it seems that it rather combines the cons of paper with the cons of IT, not their strengths. I rather stick to Notion plus Notebook.

Paper is better than digital always.

Thank you for this review! These were the things I was looking for, but which no one seems to mention. Personally, if I were to get one, I'd like it to not only replace the writing aspect on paper, but also the reading and finding information within a book or notebook. For now, it seems to be too clunky for that. Let's see in a couple of years if there's a significantly improved version or not.

iPad is much better! iPad mini for the win.

My perfectly beautiful system is fountain pens with high-quality notebooks and obsidian for archival, IT and Technical recording of information that needs to be well-organized. I've tried riding with my iPad and things like that but it just doesn't make sense. Why am I going to write handwriting into a digital format? I'm keeping the slow and not really getting any of the good of typing in obsidian or something. In other words I fully agree with what you're saying

The first “Machiavellian” person I met started out as an “aggressive nice person”. Beware.

RMPP is paper … you need ebook and iPad separately

one of the first truly honest reviews of a remarkable product. Thank you.

I do no have a RMpp, i have a boox note air 4 c. While i agree withsome of your points, i do not agree with what you say about analog writing. While yes there is permanent, the same thing goes for digital as well. Its still permanent. You can lose physical stuff just as easily as digital. My only gripe with analog is the fact that it takes up so much space, and the fact that if you do mess up you have to go through so many extra steps to fix it (whiteout) or you have this ugly scratched out word on your page. With e-ink, its as easy as erasing whatever it is you messed up. I like the fact that everything i have written down is in one place, and i can have virtually unlimited writing space at the tip of my fingers in a small form factor. In the end. It all really comes down to personal preference. I truly enjoy using an e-ink tablet over a notebook.

Get the Remarkable 2. Simple black and white. No messing about. Love mine. Ive been writing more Haiku Poetry and exploring ideas and future plans. All in one place now.

I completely agree with you. reMarkable's minimalist ethos has gotten really, really old. if I'm going to be working in a digital medium, I'd like to have access to the things that digital media make possible. I can't draw, so it's extremely useful to be able to generate shapes without having to freehand everything. there are plenty of times I would like to be able to legibly and consistently label things, so I want the ability to put text in arbitrary places on a page. I want to be able to find things without flipping through pages, so linking, searching and tagging of content (not just notebooks or pages) is critical. reMarkable forbids or only incompletely implements these things. it's maddening when you're trying to get work done! this is the main reason I sold my rM2 and got a Boox Tab Mini C.

No shot right? Anybody should be able to figure out that a technology cannot help you with your own learning, you can do a lot with a book, paper and a pen, you don’t need special tech to be productive in your learning

The fact of modularity is important.

Their strategy is to buy off influencers. So far it's working. Someday they might be forced to improve their product...

👍 true things

Unexpected channel to find. Thank you. I found you via your e-ink device video, but this video is a treasure... This task was in my GTD system before I found this video: "Build existence that hoards/glorifies/treasures attention-ruthlessly/fiercely eliminate all but the best attention" I agree with almost all of your video except "Attention is a zero sum game". I have found that when pursued ruthlessly, you can expand attention capacity. Meditation, movement, external communion practices like shinrin yoku/nature exposure and brutal elimination of extractions can allow to increase attention capacity and utility...think both longer and deeper to yield greater insights. I do absolutely agree that the current world makes this more difficult, but just don't agree that we can't improve our attention capacity.

Thank you for the video. It introduced me to the concept of "tangible permanence". I'm considering an e-ink tablet for the main reason of keeping my goals/time/task management dashboard permanently visible throughout my day. While I could display this on a regular screen, it feels nicer to have a display which can remain "on" indefinitely without power. Paper fills this, but constantly reorganizing daily priorities/backup needs/multimodal collection and synchronizing of ideas makes paper less desirable. You've shown that the Remarkable tech isn't right for this, but other e-ink devices could be especially ones that support 3rd party apps (e.g. Android ecosystem) Boox Go 10.3 e-ink tablet looks interesting as something that can be hung on a wall with daily goals displayed via something like a GTD app (and such goals can be checked off). Tangible permanence seems to have more effect than having these goals in an app buried in a phone/tablet/pc interface. But also, the device can be taken down from the wall for taking notes in meetings where typing is impolite, drawing/design work, working in the sun, reading, information retrieval when power is very limited (e-ink great for low power usage). Also devices like the Boox can run Android PKM apps such Obsidian and Logseq (and other categories like GTD, mind mapping...) Although you can't do it with Remarkable, I'm interested in your thoughts on an e-ink writing tablet that directly supports PKM and where handwriting is searchable.

I feel that reMarkable had a huge budget for the Paper Pro marketing with all the paid reviews from tech users on TH-cam. I really love your honesty on the review. Food for tought for sure.

Thank you. I use mine for about 70-80% of what I was using paper for previously -- meeting/discussion notes, game notes/planning, project planning, doodling, quick notes, etc. I still do personal journaling and my calendar on paper. I also use note cards for reading and speaking notes. I had the r2 for awhile I til it broke and really missed it. I got the Pro instead of a new r2 mostly for having color in game books and character sheets. I also read a novel on it, which was quite satisfying, especially since i could read in bed with the light.

Hi there. Judging by your accent I presume you are from south east Asia :) Got myself a RPP too. Not sure whether you have figured out a way to handle the notes taken in the RPP in a PARA or Zettle system? Would love to hear from you. As linking “analog” to a digital workflow is something I had not quite figured out.