Studies show that the most creative engineers get their best and most useful ideas only after doodling and jotting down what turn out to be outlandish ideas  Now that many engineers do their work with computers instead of on paper, however, doodling is becoming much less common, and some experts fear that the result will be fewer creative and useful engineering ideas
These experts argue that this undesirable consequence would be avoided if computer programs for engineering work included simulated notepads that would allow engineers to suspend their seriouswork on the computer, type up outlandish ideas, and then quickly return to their original work
No engineers who work with computers keep paper and pencils near their computers in order to doodle and jot down ideas.