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Essay

Please Print (A Journaling Rant)

Posted on May 19, 2020 by Patrick Rhone

In these historic times, many people have turned to journalling as a way of keeping account for the next generation. So when the grandkids ask what it was like ...

Essay/Opinion

The LDS Church Uses Pencils

Posted on October 5, 2018 by Patrick Rhone

Reader Angus Macfarlane reached out to me recently with an anecdote I found fascinating. He agreed to let me share it below: Patrick, I’ve been a long time read...

Essay/Review

Timex Expedition Scout Review (or Why Watches Are Kind of Like Paper)

Posted on August 5, 2018 by Shawn Mihalik

I know, I know—The Cramped is about analogue writing tools, not watches. But this post isn’t about watches, not really. It’s about choosing simple tools that do...

Essay/Idea

The Most Important Work

Posted on May 22, 2018 by Patrick Rhone

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 ...

Essay

Why I Don’t Use Digital Productivity Tools (or How a Notebook Makes Me More Productive)

Posted on May 15, 2018 by Patrick Rhone

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 ...

Essay/News

The Pen Addict before The Pen Addict

Posted on April 16, 2018 by Patrick Rhone

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...

Essay/Opinion

Why the Composition Book

Posted on January 28, 2018 by Patrick Rhone

by Steve Best The following is a guest post from friend of the site Steve Best. He’s someone whose work I’ve known about for some time now. His blog is very coo...

Essay

In Praise of Moleskines

Posted on July 28, 2017 by Shawn Mihalik

By Johnny Gamber I am writing to praise what’s become — to my mind — the humble Moleskine. The brand seems to be flourishing these days. There are always ...

Essay

What I Talk about When I Talk About Running Journal

Posted on April 19, 2017 by Shawn Mihalik

By Sean Sharp I recently finished the book by Haruki Murakami titled, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, which, for lack of a better descriptive phras...

Essay

Handwriting will not die…

Posted on February 15, 2016 by Patrick Rhone

Despite those who say it’s dying. That it’s obsolete. That, more and more, machines will take over the tasks we use handwriting for. That schools wi...

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