He drives his wife crazy by waking in the night to jot down ideas on a bedside notepad.
Every day for weeks, she took a few minutes to jot down a handful of things she was grateful for.
Especially if your card doesn't have a photo, a person who gets it is likely to want to jot down a couple of reminders about you.
He was also an excellent equestrian, known to bring his horse to a halt so as to jot down a thought, employing his saddle as a makeshift desk.
Popup Note lets users open an S Note instantly as a pop-up window to jot down a quick note during a phone call, checking email or watching a video.
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If you're in a rush to jot down some fleeting bit of brilliance, you'd be best advised to forego the pen and smash away at that onscreen keyboard with your thumbs.
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He now uses his iPhone's notebook app to jot down phrases that float into his head, because he couldn't read the handwriting in the many notebooks he filled over the years.
The stylus is a big plus, at least for users who like to jot down notes, create sketches or annotate documents in a way that's much more precise than using a fingertip.
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For example, when a user pulls out the S Pen during a phone call, the S Note application automatically pops up on the screen, allowing users to jot down a quick note.
Yet the person making these statements will likely be addicted to his iPod, wearing a T-shirt and blue jeans, and using Microsoft Word to jot down his "cultural" statements on his Intel-based PC, with some Google searches on the Internet here and there interrupting his composition.
Again, the feature doesn't have much going for it in the proficiency department, but we can see it being useful when you've absolutely got to jot down a note -- or, you know, draw a coffee cup -- and breaking out the smartphone just won't do.
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Only this time, nobody has to jot them down on a cocktail napkin.
No sooner had I given up on the prospect of service and instead begun to lazily jot down some notes in my journal, than a cleaning man would slope up and inquire what I wanted.
The tiny device used a simplified form of handwriting recognition to let busy executives jot down important notes and telephone numbers.
Sure, January is over, but you can mush out to the car and jot down your mileage as of today.
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The rating company pays a panel of listeners in every radio market it measures to keep a weekly diary of their radio listening habits, and jot down which station they listened to and for how long.
Ahead of time, take a notebook, jot down a few points to help you remember your best stories and note three questions to ask about the specific job and the company.
LoRusso says a good way to check your sleep habits is to note your levels of fatigue during the day and jot down other symptoms you might be having.
The new Reminders and Notes apps help you remember important tasks and jot down your thoughts quickly, while iCloud automatically keeps everything up to date.
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Customers could scroll through the options and select what they want, rather than have a customer-service worker jot down their order on a piece of paper and pass that along to another employee who fills it.
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"With Keep you can quickly jot ideas down when you think of them and even include checklists and photos to keep track of what's important to you, " she added.
Do they come up with excuses in the middle of a conversation to pull out their smart phone -- something like "let me jot something you said down so I don't forget it, " and then sneak a look at all their messages?
Whatever you jot in them, on any device, is immediately whisked up to the Internet via iCloud, then back down again and onto every other device.
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