Digital notebooks is a category that still divides opinion. For those who use them, they couldn’t be without them. For those that don’t, the idea of using an electronic device to recreate the experience of writing on paper only brings up one question—why not just use actual paper?
Well, there are a few compelling reasons. For one thing, digital tablets generally offer some kind of syncing, meaning you can write something down on your digital tablet and then easily pull it up later on your computer or phone. And then there’s handwriting recognition, which allows you to turn your written notes into text you can copy into digital documents. All of these are compelling features, which we pointed out while reviewing the reMarkable 2 Tablet and its colour upgrade reMarkable Paper Pro.
But there’s another, perhaps underappreciated, reason: the ability to use any kind of paper you want without having to keep that paper in stock. Want lined paper? Sure thing. Need graphing paper for some math problems? You’ve got that too, along with dotted paper and even blank sheets if that’s your thing.
Which brings me back to reMarkable. My main problem with its devices has been that it really doesn’t offer that many kinds of digital paper. Search the internet for “reMarkable templates” and you’ll find all sorts of third parties trying to fill this niche, some free and some for a fee. Most of these are PDF files, while some require you to jailbreak your device in order to add them as templates. I’ve usedsome of these workarounds, and their existence points to how many people are looking for more kinds of paper out of their reMarkable tablet.
Thankfully, it seems someone at reMarkable is paying attention. Recently the company launched reMarkable Methods, which is now part of the reMarkable Connect subscription. This offers a collection of both templates for reMarkable notebooks and purpose-built PDF files. To get started you need only head to the website and browse.
Courtesy of Justin Pot
