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lucw | 1 year ago

The article should start with more context, what is a notebook ? I know what it is, but the author is particularly bad at introducing his article.

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xanathar|1 year ago

Especially given that 'notebook' is also a synonym of 'laptop' and I was like, wtf, I don't have a mainframe to be less lazy.

blitzar|1 year ago

I dont want to nitpick here but a 'notebook' is a small book with blank or ruled pages for writing notes in.

All the greats carried one and I too carry one.

mrweasel|1 year ago

I still have no idea. I assumed it was a paper notebook, but then Excel is brought in, so now I think it's an Excel feature. In either case I have no idea what their are on about.

kwstas|1 year ago

Agreed, even something like "coding" notebooks if brandname usage is a concern would help. It took more time than I'd like to admit to understand that they weren't talking about physical notebooks...

p4bl0|1 year ago

Indeed. I have to admit it took me some times to understand this was not about a specific small-ish form factor of laptops (e.g. Chromebooks like)…

hypercube33|1 year ago

My first assumption was something like interactive notebooks like Polyglot or something but reading this I really have no idea either