"There's this wonderful device called a notebook. It needs no batteries and can be transported in a purse, or even in your coat pocket. It never crashes or becomes technologically obsolete. Best of all, you can be equipped with a notebook and pen for under ten dollars. People who haven't tried it don't know what they're missing."
They can also be read in bright daylight, unlike, my Palm and laptop. However, none of them work well in the rain. For that, you need stone tablets...
I missed the era of writing on stone tablets, but just barely. When dealing with snippy techies from AOL I tell them that I learned to write in grade school using a pen that we dipped in an ink well -- it's true!
My big problem with penmanship class was that we were expected to hold our wrists so flat to the desk that the teacher could balance a half dollar coin on them. This was supposed to prove that you were moving your arm, not your fingers, thus avoiding cramps. I never mastered that lesson.