There is a way to get the best of both electronic and paper worlds, though, which is to use a Livescribe pen and notebook.

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Since I happen to have some experience throwing these things together, I sat down last night for a brainstorming session, armed with nothing more than a pen, a notebook, a bottle of gin, and a lime wedge.

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Like all of us, she has humorous idiosyncrasies (leading a technology firm while still using a pen and paper notebook), she has felt like a failure (divorce at a young age) and success has not always come easily (arriving at Harvard feeling woefully unprepared relative to her peers).

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Sharp Electronics unveiled its Mobilon TriPad PV-6000, a Windows CE-based computing device that can be used in three different operating positions: standard notebook (clamshell), pen tablet (slate), or easel mode.

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She also singles out the "ultimate working woman's set": a passport cover, personalized notebook or agenda, lovely pen, chic business-card holder and small makeup bag with some of her favorite things.

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On the upside, you can use objects of various sizes, from a pen all the way through to the corner of a notebook.

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"The compelling combination of pen and true multi-touch offers users the freedom to select the input method of their choice, whether it be the pen or their fingertips, when interacting directly with their slate, tablet, notebook or other computing device, " said Amichai Ben-David, CEO, N-trig.

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