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On Keeping A Daily Log – Rhoneisms
A Short History of the Daily Planner – by Jillian Hess For this New Year post, I decided to look at how people have used daily planners in the past. What ...
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...
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.