Physical workspace Digital workspace Arranged by you Arranged by the computer Freeform, messy, informal, playful Neat, sorted, structured, sterile Write notes, draw sketches, underline, highlight anywhere on the page Only make marks in spaces delineated as drawing canvases by the computer Rip out pages, photocopy article excerpts, tape sketches and printouts to the wall, put things side-by-side One document / page at a time (mobile) Flip between document tabbed views Arrange windows side-by-side (desktop) Everything there was brought by you Things stay where you left them Computer refreshes web pages, reorders document lists, or suggests new content Window or tab arrangement often lost between sessions Everything together Photos in one app, PDFs in another, e-books in a third, text files…