For those planning on taking laptops with them, someone recommended evernote to me: http://www.evernote.com/
It's supposed to be a much more 'intelligent' programme that remembers notes you've made and links up key themes and words for you, thus filling in the blanks left by our addled and overloaded memories. I haven't got to grips with it yet but it's supposed to be really handy. Perhaps Michael can give us his verdict.
As for the classic hardback vs moleskine, I'm with moleskine every time. I don't care if it's more expensive and impractical, I want to feel like Hemingway!
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A couple other links about note-taking:
http://savageminds.org/2007/08/10/fieldnotes-20/
http://savageminds.org/2008/04/16/three-new-tools/
Endnote seems interesting. I'm not sure exactly how it works, but it looks like it keeps your data somewhere and then you access it, which is nice in that you can get at it anywhere. But if it is only kept online, that might not be so great since you would need a connection. Hrmm, actually on second peek it looks like it syncs (like an ipod), so that shouldn't be a problem. Anyway, I can't try it, since I use linux, and it is only for windows or mac (use linux everyone!). I haven't looked into note-taking schemes yet, but I mean too... With computer notes, I find it hard to hit that balance between an organized and useful system and a system that I will actually use consistently instead of for a novelty period of a few weeks...
And second to moleskine! I liked Martyn's phrase, the "Roles Royce of notebooks"...
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