In April of 2020, I took a month-long tour of my pencil cups, posting brief profiles each day. The individual posts are still up, with the tag pencils, but I’ve decided to create a dedicated page for all the entries here.
An incredible collection, with some interesting reflections, on pencils from around the world. Robert is someone who really uses pencils so his thoughts are worth taking seriously. Nice to see them collected in a single place.
I blew $720 on 100 notebooks from Alibaba and started a Paper Website business | Tiny Projects
Can you build a website from a piece of paper?
Turns out, the answer is “Yes” and it is so fun to see.
Absolutely stunning sketchbook/journal pages. Click here for more.
Execupundit.com: Let’s Have a Letter Revival
Remember letters? You know, from way back in the days before phone calls and faxes and email and texting?
Mr. Wade would like to have a revival and he’s preaching a gospel we believe in.
I use Trello to keep track of things, note progress, and squish special projects onto one “board.”
Handy enough.
But my real guide for the day is a simple notecard.
Yep. Mr. Wade is onto something here.
I’ve been running my whole day-to-day life off of 3×5 card for about 20 years now.
On the front of the card I write down the tasks I’d like to get done (and really believe I can get done) that day.
On the back of the card, I capture any incoming tasks that pop up or things I need to write down — like a scratch pad (i.e, things that won’t get done today but I’d like to keep for some other time).
As I get stuff done, I mark it done. Things that don’t get done either get moved to the next day’s list or deferred for later. I notate all of that using my Dash/Plus method for each item at the end of the day.
I keep the card upright, in my face, and looking pretty using Ugmonk’s Analog card holder (just the holder, I use my own 3×5 cards).
Simple. Effective. Never runs out of battery. What we believe in.
Watch this short film about a little shop in California that makes books the way they did at the turn of the century.
Lovely find by Harry at The Study
Why handwriting beats typing – On my Om
As a non-native English speaker, I always found (and still do) that writing things down by hand, and then bringing them into the digital realm, allowed me to create better drafts.
Very interesting.
(via Swiss Miss)
Why I love my paper dictionary – Austin Kleon
All sorts of interesting, serendipitous things happen when you use a paper dictionary, because when you look for a specific word, you have to brush past all sorts of other words before you find the one you’re looking for.
This is important.
The Cramped contributor Harry Marks offers this lovely little video ode to his Smith Corona Typewriter.