There will be many pancake-themed debates and discussions over the next few days: Do you prefer thin or thick pancakes ... Mayra put the waitress notebook away for a while, and headed abroad ...

So if you are the new owner of one of these fantastic devices—whether an e-reader or a full-fledged digital notebook—here are four settings you should change right away to get the most out of it.

I've known several highly technically competent people who still use paper day planners ... a simple notebook is flexible in a way that no app can match. I view plaintext tools like Calendar.txt ...