Notetaking Styles Comparison

 While notetaking on paper has it's advantages, I think it's safe to say that notetaking online has far more advantages, many of which are personal, but count nonetheless.

For starters, physical notetaking is useful for really only one reason: you obtain a physical copy of notes that is very easy to access and view. Other than that clear advantage, it's really not that beneficial. For starters, you need to organise these notes manually and that can take time. Furthermore, if your handwriting becomes a bit messy, then good luck reading it when you need to revise from it, and, linked to this, if you're like me and a bit of a perfectionist (or OCD I really don't know which one it is), you'll hate when your work looks messy and unorganised. The main pain when it comes to physical notes is that they're physical, and can easily be lost. Due to this if any key pages of notes become damaged or lost - that's gonna be rough for you.

In stark contrast, electronic notes (such as this blog) are much more useful for precisely the inverse reasons as the physical notes. Easy to organise, practical to view (unless stored within a folder within a folder within another folder within another folder within yet another folder - folder-ception), and being easy to make look good with minimal effort, this is clearly the better option. I can type way faster than I can write, so electronic notes once more prove insanely useful for me to employ, and once more, these notes are much harder to lose. However, they can still be lost if stored on an HDD or SSD, as these drives can easily become corrupted, and in rare instances, some computers may require a full memory wipe (I've been there before, it really isn't fun). 

Basically, this is why I'm using this blog - it's drastically more efficient and practical in the long run for this coursework element. Unless I forget my password. Then I'm in trouble.