To a Hammer, Everything's a...

Tools influence us in subtle and not-so-subtle ways. My latest-and-greatest tools (toys) are my Pulsepen and more recently OneNote.

Because the pen records my writing and audio as needed, I find a subtle pressure to write legibly, organize my thoughts, and speaker clearly when recorded.

I'm also enjoying OneNote. Even without a pen and tablet, who would have thought it cool be so awesome. Do people use "awesome" anymore? How about stinky cool?

Anyways, we're heading for a show down because both tools overlap in responsibilities.

I think the pen will win for meetings and capturing, organizing, and sharing thoughts "in the wild" away from a computer; while the software will be my super-duper-uper-smoocher research tool and educational assistant.

Speaking of tools, check out Craig Roth's post about matching collaboration tool to the right scenario.