Different devices and my love of paper

The consistently wonderful Seth Godin makes a point I've seen elsewhere about distraction. The devices we use for work are too close to the devices we use for play. This causes a net reduction in work. Very true. He suggests using an iPad for one and the computer for the other. Makes sense. I've slowly been working to do a version of the same thing: falling back in love with paper. I take most of my notes on paper now. I print out most stories so I can mark in the margins. This robs me of the ability to search digital copies of it all but serves several important purposes: 1. I learn more when I write by longhand. (There's something to this). 2. I engage with the material when I review and sift and sort the paper in a way sticks more  than it does when I move things around on the screen. 3. It keeps me off the bright screen which already dominates my day.