The Most Important Work
At the end of last year, I had the pleasure of reading Walter Isaacson’s wonderful biography of Leonardo da Vinci. One of the things I was most struck by ...
Author: Patrick Rhone
Why I Don’t Use Digital Productivity Tools (or How a Notebook Makes Me More Productive)
A Guest Post by Curtis McHale It seems that every day we are graced with a new digital productivity tool or an older one is talking about the next version with ...
Slice Planner
I’ve been using the Slice Planner off and on for a while but the past few weeks it’s become my daily driver. Every morning, I use it to time block m...
The importance of revisiting notebooks
The importance of revisiting notebooks — Austin Kleon Almost every writer will tell you how important it is to keep a daily diary or notebook, but very few emph...
How to Save the Day, Repeatedly, with a Notepad – Michael A. LaPlante – Medium
How to Save the Day, Repeatedly, with a Notepad – Michael A. LaPlante – Medium “On many of the jobs I’ve held, even if someone did not know my name or pos...
A new (to me) concept for keeping a notebook. – Shaunta Grimes – Medium
A new (to me) concept for keeping a notebook. – Shaunta Grimes – Medium “I don’t number the pages. I don’t keep an index. I don’t do fancy handlettering. Someti...
The Pen Addict before The Pen Addict
Some of you may know that I had a long running and fairly popular podcast many years ago called enough. It was hosted by myself and Myke Hurley, who now runs th...
Why Paper Works – Mike Vardy – Medium
Why Paper Works – Mike Vardy – Medium Paper works because it is only limited by what you’re willing to put on (and into) it. Paper provides an escape from your ...
The Posh Pen Paradox: when writers and artists fear their tools
The Posh Pen Paradox: when writers and artists fear their tools Money plays into this fear, with the idea that you should only invest expensive materials in to ...
The 25 Essential Tools of Excellence (v2), 3: The Back of An Envelope – Nicholas Bate
The 25 Essential Tools of Excellence (v2), 3: The Back of An Envelope – Nicholas Bate Sometimes an idea is bubbling. A plan, a product, a solution, a brea...