Moleskine Monday: New Planner Colors
A fun video from Moleskine about their planners in new colors:
Category Archives: Diary
Take Note Conference
A reader named LC tipped me off to this interesting conference happening this coming weekend at Harvard: “Take Note” brings together scholars from literature, history, media studies, information science, and computer science to explore the past and future roles of note-taking across the university. Panelists will discuss the history of note-taking in different disciplines as … Continue reading Take Note Conference
Shateek Palmer: A Teenager Writing in Notebooks
A wonderful essay by Shateek Palmer, a young man who turned to writing to cope with a difficult life: The first time I ever wrote about my feelings was when my grandmother was placed in the hospital. I was 9 years old. I knew I had to be strong for her, so I wrote about … Continue reading Shateek Palmer: A Teenager Writing in Notebooks
Journaling School
For anyone who needs some inspiration when it comes to filling their notebooks, it’s time to get schooled: Journaling School! Journaling School is a series of posts on the blog “My Life All in One Place: A Blog About Rediscovering the Filofax,” by Ray Blake. Each post looks at a different aspect of journaling and … Continue reading Journaling School
How to Start Journaling
Rookie has a great post about ways to get started with keeping a journal, including visual journaling, writing down overheard conversations, logging daily activities, and more. The author shares some nice photos of her own journals, including these: Read more at Rookie » Where Your Book Begins.
Moleskine Monday: Helen’s Book Blogging Journal
I love this post about using a Moleskine diary to plan out posts for a book blog: Read more at Fennell Books – Feed Your Book Addiction – Book Reviews & Musings – Blogging Inspiration – Capturing the passion.
Notebook Addict of the Week: Molly
This week’s addict blogs at The Princess and the Geek, and says she has “so many notebooks, mostly half filled with random dribble, personal entries, fanfiction, short stories and ideas, dream and inspirations.” Here they are: I’m curious about some of those patterned covers and whether the notebooks came that way or were customized… … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: Molly
How Did Your Notebook Collection Start?
A reader named Marjorie wrote to ask how my notebook collection started. It’s hard for me to remember exactly, because I’ve loved notebooks since before I can even remember! My parents have said that when I was about 3, I was already folding pieces of paper in to little booklets to scribble on. A few … Continue reading How Did Your Notebook Collection Start?
Moleskine Monday: Blogging on Paper
I love this idea– writing and drawing a blog in a notebook and then scanning the pages into an online blog. I’ll have to try it sometime! Takashi Betsui’s day job at an ad agency in Tokyo is decidedly digital, but his blogging life is much more analog than you’d expect. In fact, … Continue reading Moleskine Monday: Blogging on Paper
Earl Shaffer’s Little Black Notebook
Here’s something pretty cool from the website of the Smithsonian: I had never heard of Earl Shaffer but that notebook accompanied him on quite an adventure: Earl Shaffer was the first person to walk the entire Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine in one continuous hike. Shaffer had no expert advice, no previous footsteps to … Continue reading Earl Shaffer’s Little Black Notebook