I’m old fashioned and learn the old way: you print what you need to study, get a pen and a highlighter, have a seat next to a table and get to it.
My current position offers me ample downtime but I’m not allowed to carry a portfolio with my study materials around and I don’t like folding my A size papers (ANSI standard) because I end up ruining them that way.
A smartphone’s screen is not very big and highlighting text with it is a nightmare. This is medicine I’m studying, meaning lots of graphics to locate veins, nerves…
I don’t find it practical but maybe you do? If so, any tips?
I could create an epub or pdf file from the materials and use LibreraFD to access them. I don’t know.


When I went back to college about 10 years ago, I did everything on an iPad. From note taking to studying. Everything was done digitally and synced to online backups.
how did you write things? with the touch screen? not sure if apple had a stylus already back then…
Apple didn’t have a stylus, but there were third party styluses with rubber tips available. It worked well for its time.