Simon Janes
I use paper. I mean really use it. Making digital backups of my pages. One thing you have to do when you use paper, set and forget about changing your formats. Using 10.5"x8" binder paper (aka loose-leaf filler paper) of substantial weight. When you use both sides of the paper, you really cannot afford to use cheap paper. Lined or not, what really matters is consistent size and weight of the paper. But like a binder, I don't want to fiddle with PDF tools---what I have discovered is the digital "Comic Book" format is perfect for this. Using 7z, you can make a .cb7 archive which is just your images. A digital binder.
🌈 Thomas Rosen
@sj I looked it up on wikipedia and the comic-book-format seams like it's just a zip/7z/... with another file extension.
Simon Janes
Yes. Very easy to DIY. I'm surprised there isn't a zine-culture rebooting around this.
🌈 Thomas Rosen
Is there any information file in the zip, on how the pictures should be arranged? Or stuff like a title and a short description?
Simon Janes
As best as I can tell, there's no metadata and the sequence of pages is based on the lexical ordering of file names.
Simon Janes
Free form notes, sketches, diagrams. Things that for the same reasons why paper books are often superior for. You can more often than not, write it down faster on paper than fighting with digital tools, tablets, &c.
Martijn
I have been considering getting something like that going. Do you use any specific scanner?
Simon Janes
I use a Canon CanoScan 9000F Mark II.
Martijn
Ah, nice. I was wondering if you were using a Doxie or some of the other tools that seem to target the "paperless" office space.
Simon Janes
Something like travelingmailbox.com though is pretty cool.