"I confess. I'm a notebook nut. I own dozens and dozens of them. Everything from cheap reporter's notebooks to hand-crafted Italian leather beauties."

"I wondered: Am I an analog dinosaur, or are there others out there like me?"

"The first stop in my investigation was, frankly, discouraging."

"At first glance, a Starbucks on the campus of George Washington University points to the dinosaur conclusion. So plentiful are the laptops and tablets that they outnumber the double-mocha-half-caf-triple-shot-Frappuccinos."

"But when I look more closely, I spot plenty of paper here as well."