Project/Lab Notebook for documentation, note taking, etc.

[J_Brown]

Fully agree with you, OneNote is great! I use web version to write down all necessary information and mobile app to read it when it is necessary.

At the same time, such paperless thing are good for work-related notes, but for other thoughts usual paper notebooks seems to be better. For example, I use such simple notebook like No.5 herein https://onplanners.com/notebooks/best-pocket-notebooks most for its "crafted" style - looks fine even after carrying it each day. As for me, we even think another way when use paper notebook and pencil

[eugenenine]

Have Onenote at work.  The problem with it is remembering to copy/paste all your notes into something else.

[BillB]

+1 for OneNote.

I keep a paper engineering notebook for times when I must use paper, but important things I will transcribe to OneNote anyway.

For me, there are few pluses to paper notes these days, and having instantly shareable and searchable records is far more valuable.

[Zbig]

+1 for OneNote.

I keep a paper engineering notebook for times when I must use paper, but important things I will transcribe to OneNote anyway.

For me, there are few pluses to paper notes these days, and having instantly shareable and searchable records is far more valuable.

Also, OneNote is also available for stylus-operated devices like my Samsung Galaxy Tab S3. Being able to quickly jot something down on my tablet and then view/edit/augment it further on any other device, makes pen and paper completely redundant for me.

[rstofer]

My first job as an engineer, the corporate office issued us fancy custom engineering lab notebooks with features like this:

The notebooks were serialized and logged.  The pages were non removable and stamped with page numbers.  There was a signature section on the bottom for your signature and a witness signature.  The idea was you were supposed to log everything in the notebook and if you had a patent-able idea to have a witness sign and date it so it could be used as evidence in court if necessary.

Anybody else had this experience?  I haven't worked at a company in the past twenty years that did this.

It's still done, particularly in the tech industries.  Probably it is most notable in the semiconductor business where patents tend to be important.

https://westcampus.scusd.edu/sites/main/files/file-attachments/engineeringnotebook.pdf

For a hobbyist, these notebooks might be useful but they don't have a search feature.  I tend to keep my project stuff on a file server.  Datasheets, code, notes, drawings, CAD/CAM/Mach3 files, pretty much everything.  OTOH, I am not extending the art.