This week’s addict emailed me a hot tip: I just got home from a recent trip to Canada. I am not sure if you know this but there’s a store there called Dollarama and they sell moleskine-like notebooks for $2. They are a good alternative to the real thing and a LOT cheaper! She also [...]
Curt Roper has lived out a fantasy many of us have: he designed his perfect fountain pen friendly notebook, and manufactured it so he could not only have a lifetime supply, but sell it to others too! Let’s take a look at the sample Hitlist notebook he sent me: I like the design– the cover [...]
It’s interesting to see how a notebook, particularly a Moleskine, and particularly a red one, can become a political symbol. Canada’s Liberal Party Leader, Michael Ignatieff, was spotted at a party conference jotting notes in a red Moleskine, and it seems to have whipped up a lot of commentary, sometimes rather snide : “Perhaps Michael [...]
I’m always kind of fascinated by notebooks that are produced for very specific purposes. Here’s a great example: These are among the products made by a company called Triform, apparently for Canadian police officers and security guards. Why do they need these specific notebooks? Do individual officers have to purchase these themselves? Why? Wouldn’t you [...]
