Abstract: A personal recordation device includes a housing having first and second portions movable relative to one another. A keyboard coupled to the housing first portion and a display is coupled to the housing second portion. A processor is positioned in one of the housing portions and is in data communication with the keyboard and display. The device includes a memory device in at least one of the housing portions and is in data communication with the processor. The processor includes programming to cause data input through the keyboard to be stored in the memory device, and for the input data to be selectively organized in general pad, notepad, report, and engineering modes. In the general pad mode, input data is organized by date within a single file whereas in the notepad mode the input data is stored by date in a plurality of files.