Do you own a dictaphone to record your thoughts?

[Aik]

I was thinking of getting a small and easy to use dictaphone which I would keep with me all the time and record anything with just a press of a button. Especially when hiking (on shrooms).
Do any of you own one? How useful is it? Is it worth getting one?

 

[Anktark]

If you own a smartphone, there should be an application for that.

Personally, I use an equivalent of a notepad. It forces me to structure my thoughts more and then I don't need to listen to my ideas later to see what they are about.

 

[Nibbler]

Years ago, I used to call my voicemail to keep a record of my ideas. Now I have like 10 notepad docs--all called Unnamed(1...) or Ideas(1...)--scattered on my desktop.

Recently I began using both Trello (free online tool) and also QuickFox, a Firefox addon that you can create tabs of ideas (or notes, for "normals" who don't have ideas) in case I'm not on the internet.

I should add: I have considered using a voice recorder, but I decided against it because I wouldn't transcribe my notes (I'm getting more prolific than I used to be back in the VM days). And I would probably not go back to listen to them all to "organize" them. I wouldn't know where to begin, and so then ideas would be lost in a sea of disorganization.

I'd rather go straight to the typing source and put them in type the first time. They are still disorganized, but I can run a computer search with keywords. Or I can also merely scan a document really fast with my eyeballs.

 

[Tannhauser]

An old-school notepad and a pen works for me. It has the advantage over a dictaphone that it doesn't make you look like a mental patient if you use it inside a coffee shop, for example.

 

[Perfectly Normal Beast]

i feel it is wiser to leave no record of the majority of my thoughts

 

[Bad Itch]

I have one that I picked up for work. It got used maybe twice. The trick is to commit to using it... I got mine for a very specific purpose and ended up not really needing it, that's why it never saw much use.

In the specific context of hiking (on shrooms) I think a dictaphone is a good way to go. Bringing your phone to use an on-board or online app for taking voice notes or otherwise (on shrooms) opens you up to all sorts of expensive, silly, tragic mishap potential. Notes in a note pad can be difficult to wrap your brain around again later if you don't make GOOD notes (on shrooms).

A dictaphone can be smaller to lug around than a smartphone and can fit in smaller pockets. The new, solid state ones are pretty light, and of course no moving parts like the micro cassette recorders had (and no tape!!).

Dictaphone will have simple, one button or voice activation, so you avoid having to allocate a button on your smartphone for one-touch access to your voice recording app, and you never have to unlock your screen or stop what you are doing to type stuff out and subsequently end up derailing whatever tangent your trip had you chasing.

If you can find a cheap one you can't go wrong trying it out to see if it meets your needs. I may not use mine like, evar, but I know how to use it and I know precisely where it is if the need ever arises - it's cool enough to be on stand-by.

Happy hiking! (On shrooms)






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[TheManBeyond]

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