Others thought I had gone over to the geek side some time back though I always resisted the adoption of a geek identity. But now I give-up, I've no more strength to resist (indeed "resistance is futile" - The Borg). "Hello, my name is Ron Barnett and I'm a geek." Let me explain.
Last night on the way home from work I stopped by Target and picked-up a Smartpen. Inside the "pen" is a camera, a microphone, an audio speaker and 2 GB of memory. One uses it as a pen and as one writes all text, drawings, doodles, etc. are recorded by the cam and concurrently the mic records any sound in your environment, such as a lecturer or discussion at a staff meeting. All of this can then be transferred to computer for processing, e.g. search, conversion to a Word document, uploaded to the cloud, e-mailed to others, etc.
Moreover, what's amazing is the pen talks! For example, if I wanted to return to hear what Jane said in a staff meeting about xyz I just touch the tip of the pen on the notes that are on paper about Jane and the genius pen plays that segment of the staff meeting recording where Jane is speaking! I don't have to listen through the recording searching for her words.
I've just been playing with the genius pen so far but I can't wait to try it in the real-world. Truly your geek friend now -