Perspectives on Paper: Understanding Its History, Culture and Art
Perspectives on Paper: Understanding Its History, Culture and Art She began with a question: “What are students’ note-taking practices?” There...
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DNA of Long-Dead Cows Read from Pages of Medieval Books| New Scientist
DNA of Long-Dead Cows Read from Pages of Medieval Books| New Scientist Seven years ago, Matthew Collins at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and his colle...
Hemingway’s Mighty Pencil
If you write with a pencil you get three different sights at it to see if the reader is getting what you want him to. First when you read it over; then when it ...
A Brief Review of Two New Notebooks from Jet Pens
I recently purchased two new notebooks being offered by Jet Pens. As many already know, I’m a notebook addict and despite my lack of need can’t seem to stop buy...
John Gruber Shows His Work On Markdown
John Gruber shared a shot of a notebook on Twitter showing his earliest work on Markdown. I use Markdown syntax for almost everything I write on the Internet an...
Shawn Today
Shawn Today It was just about a year ago that I began buying a dozens and dozens of books in my research for The Focus Course. I bought physical copies because ...
Paper now. For the future!
If you wanted to ensure it lasted for 150 years – you’d choose paper. — Garrick van Buren (@garrickvanburen) September 14, 2015 What we believe in.
Keep a notebook quote by Jack London
“Keep a notebook. Travel with it, eat with it, sleep with it. Slap into it every stray thought that flutters up in your brain. Cheap paper is less perishable th...
Never Mind the Bleedthrough
by Dwayne Lively A lot of fountain pen users lament that many notebooks, even some expensive ones, allow enough bleedthrough and ghosting to render the backside...