Shawn Mihalik

Reasons to keep a personal journal or sketchbook | Boing Boing

Posted on December 17, 2017 by Shawn Mihalik

Reasons to keep a personal journal or sketchbook | Boing Boing So I strongly recommend a paper journal over an app, at least for those looking at journaling as ...

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Posted on December 1, 2017 by Shawn Mihalik

People often ask how I find the time to write so regularly; whether notes, letters, blogs, op-eds, or even books like this. But the reality is I’m always ...

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PenMuse

Posted on November 19, 2017 by Shawn Mihalik

PenMuse This is a neat project from Matthew Lang. And I’ve always loved the idea that, if what you’re looking for doesn’t exist, you should cr...

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Napoleon’s Kindle: See the Miniaturized Traveling Library He Took on Military Campaigns

Posted on November 7, 2017 by Shawn Mihalik

Napoleon’s Kindle: See the Miniaturized Traveling Library He Took on Military Campaigns Not only did Napoleon possess a traveling library, but when that traveli...

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Beatrix Reviews The Baron Fig School Set

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Shawn Mihalik

Beatrix Rhone reviews the new School Set from Baron Fig. Our own Patrick Rhone’s daughter stars in this ridiculously cute video review of the new School S...

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David Sedaris on Keeping a Diary in the Age of Over-Sharing | The Atlantic

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Shawn Mihalik

David Sedaris on Keeping a Diary in the Age of Over-Sharing | The Atlantic

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Perspectives on Paper: Understanding Its History, Culture and Art

Posted on November 3, 2017 by Shawn Mihalik

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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Posted on November 3, 2017 by Shawn Mihalik

The more than 7200 pages now extant probably represent about one-quarter of what Leonardo actually wrote, but that is a higher percentage after 500 years than t...

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TAGGED MEMO PAD: A Waterproof Pocket Notebook | The Pen Addict

Posted on November 2, 2017 by Shawn Mihalik

TAGGED MEMO PAD: A Waterproof Pocket Notebook | The Pen Addict Did you know that those tags are stapled onto your clothes BEFORE they get washed? If you think a...

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Posted on October 6, 2017 by Shawn Mihalik

Paper is a wonderful technology for the storage and retrieval of observations. Five hundred years later, many of Leonardo’s notebooks are still around to astoni...