Digital Pen
When you need notes, a digital pen recorder can save your time by Fabio Lavanna
The other day, I found myself into one of those typical one-man shows that my boss keeps calling meetings. Basically it goes like that: He talks, then talks, then talks again, and others are supposed to listen attentively to each single word he says (especially because recording is ABSOLUTELY forbidden due to privacy rules in our line of business). And just when one starts to wonder about being on a tropical beach, or at home watching TV, he asks your opinion and you have to wake up from your world of dreams and utter an acceptable reply.
At a certain point, I noticed that one of my colleagues was writing down short notes, while others were scribbling all the time, and he also had a second pen on the table, and kept it pointed in the direction of our boss, while writing with another one.
During a coffee break, I asked him what is it that he was doing, and he informed me that yes, we all know that our boss is a maniac of secrecy, but he found his way to record our meetings: he was using a digital pen recorder to avoid having to take written notes, by recording the speeches and listening to them later at home, filtering out the relevant information.
Apart from the fact that I would not take my work home with me (and that