For consumers, abandoning cash is often about convenience, though some are worried the poor, elderly and disabled can lack access to technology and credit, or just prefer notes and coins.
Willingness to take part in the study was high, with none of those approached refusing to take part, and only one respondent in Burkina Faso and one in Ghana preferring notes to be taken instead of the interview being recorded.
Our experts preferred handwritten notes for thank-you cards because they offer some personalization while also getting the job done.
Saw no benefit for themselves, preferred own notes.
(If response yes) Will you accept it when offered? (If response no) would you accept one if you were offered in the future?" These or any other treatments participants reported they had received or preferred were noted on an assessment form, as well as interventions they did not want.
These were less reviled than "real" financiers whose speculations left notes worthless; many preferred a fake note bearing the name of a sound bank to one issued by a shaky, though legitimate, institution.
9. Forget e-mail — Schwartz prefers handwritten notes.
(Older people prefer new notes; younger ones are not so fussy).
The tech industry has responded with various gadgets targeted at those who prefer taking notes the old-fashioned way, from tablets oriented around using a stylus (hello, Surface!) to so-called "smartpens" capable of recording what you write as you write it, saving you the effort of snapping a photo of your notes when you're done.
If people actually prefer handwritten notes in cards, why are we not writing them?
In several songbirds species, females prefer song notes consisting of fast trills [ 78- 83], suggestive of a selective pressure for the evolution of faster song elements that require faster movement of syringeal structures.
