Thanks for the tips. I’ve tried paper but it just doesn’t work for me for a number of reasons:

• I can type a lot faster than I can write. Someone noted that if I wrote by hand, I’d be more involved in the meeting. My experience has been just the opposite. I’m much more involved if I’m on a computer, as I take less time taking notes. I have better eye contact with all participants if I’m on a computer, because I don’t have to look at the computer as much when I’m typing. I have to look at the paper the whole time I’m writing by hand in order to stay in the lines. :) Furthermore, everyone at our meetings has a laptop open, so I’m not the only one.

• My hand gets crampy after writing for a while, even after trying every ergonomic pen and writing technique out there. (This problem is probably due to my very limited range of wrist flexion, an anatomical quirk I was born with.)

• Since I got a laptop, I’ve made a goal of going as paperless as possible. If my notes are going digital eventually, why not just take them digitally? Transcribing them after the fact was, for me, a waste of time.