Vincent van Gogh would still be scribbling on paper

That is even if he had a Computer or a Laptop. Hypergraphia, as they call it, is a mental condition of compulsive urge to write, all the time. Learned it reading this post on http://www.fourhourworkweek.com, about the art of taking notes, organizing notes and a lot more. Pretty exhaustive!

But Hypergraphia! I now know what Hypergraphia is.

You glance through my work table and you would see all signs of a serial Hypergraphiac. What can I say, to move anything made of paper from my desk is a known anathema, as next thing you would know is me tracing you down to reclaim that thing for I'm likely to have written something eternally important on it.

All my books are heavily bristled with notes of all shapes and sizes. But this post did give me something to cheer about as many of the techniques, like the index, are pretty close to what I do to keep my notes organized, although I don’'t use notebooks.

And then likes of Vincent van Gogh and Dostoevsky (actually my favorite writer) were Hypergraphiacs. I'm not complaining any more. Bit of crowd psychology at work here, but if it is at work, its because it works, it does work in my case as I'm already feeling better! But I'm not yet sure if I really am Hypergraphiac. That was a mental note!

This post also goes a long way in re-conferring on notes taking its somewhat lost glory. I side by the writer that a lot of techies ( including yours truly ) are still putting aside notepad.exes and exes of all sorts plus, recorders and technology in general in favor of old fashion notes. (Although I do find using my digital recorder a lot more convenient in the events when to write is either not an options or is too inconvenient.)

I found an acknowledgment of it all in this interview tilted How Bob Iger works, on CNN. Here Disney's CEO Bob Iger tell us how he is able to strike such a graceful balance between personal and professional lives, Churchill, and that he still write notes. In his own words :

"It's rare that I will spend time with our talent. But I try to let them know if I've appreciated something they've done, like when Katherine Heigl from Grey's Anatomy - whom I've never met - won an Emmy. That's when I'll take my fountain pen and use my trusty Disney stationery, and write a nice, simple note. I think that goes a long way with people."- Bob Iger, CEO, Disney.

[ Source: CNN ]

A pretty reassuring post for a latent Hypergraphiac :)