Kooky video full of life hacks using binder clips! Office supplies will save your life! Or at least make it more convenient.
Source: Video: Life Hacks with Binder Clips — The Well Appointed Desk
This is very cool and a lot of fun.
Bic Cristal Ballpoint Pen Review — Pen Addict
Bic Cristal Ballpoint Pen Review — Pen Addict
For a blog that reviews pens you would have thought I would have reviewed one of the most famous pens in the world by now. But I hadn’t, despite many, many calls to do so. Why has it taken so long for me to review the Bic Cristal ballpoint pen? I have no idea.
A reminder that you don’t need fancy, you just need functional.
MLK — On Nonviolent Resistance
From my Commonplace Book. Happy MLK Day!
Getting back to Journalling – The Thinking Man
But, can a digital solution replace paper journals? I doubt. I don’t think anything can beat the experience of writing down on paper, the freedom of doodling, writing asynchronously. Technology has a long way to go if it wants to replace paper.
World Sketchnote Day – A Showcase of Sketchnotes
World Sketchnote Day – A Showcase of Sketchnotes
For 24 hours on January 11th of each year (starting in 2016), sketchnoters and sketchnote enthusiasts across the world will celebrate the technique that disrupted note-taking and visual communications!
Mark your calendars.
Cultural Offering on Journaling
I have never tried journaling but have appreciated reading my great-grandfather’s journals. Most of D.C.’s journals were lost to mold and mildew but I managed to save a few and consider them family treasures. He wrote about his daily life, his dogs, his wife and children, and his job as a postal carrier. But his most interesting stories were about fishing at the river, hunting, and everything that happened during his long walks.
Cultural Offering on Journaling
Today is the day to write the treasures your Great-Grandchildren will cherish ten thousand tomorrows from now.
How to Write a Thank You Note | The Art of Manliness – YouTube
How to Write a Thank You Note | The Art of Manliness
For more than just men. Good tips for everyone.
Instagram photo by Shawn Mihalik • Jan 3, 2016 at 12:05 PM
I have yet to put my finger on exactly why, but I’m incredibly enamored with this shot from my friend Shawn Mihalik of some pens in a jar.
Perhaps it is the simplicity of it. Maybe it’s because it is very easy to get swept away in expensive paper and pen nerdery and this is a reminder that simple, basic, and cheap works just as well. While it is nice to have some fancy fountain pens in a slick case, some pens in a jar is all we really need.
Review: Classroom Friendly Pencil Sharpener
This Christmas, my school aged daughter got a Classroom Friendly Pencil Sharpener from Santa. I had seen several glowing reviews of it over the over the past few months and I was hoping that by sending those to the North Pole Santa would take a hint about what I thought she needed in her stocking.
It seemed that looking for a sharp pencil to do her homework had become a nightly struggle. The one sharpener we could ever reliably find around the house was the one built into our paper shredder. Let’’s suffice to say that pencil sharpening was clearly an afterthought to the paper shredder manufacturer based on it’s poor performance.
So, I was hoping that Santa would leave a good, rock-solid, sharpener that would be easy enough for an eight-year-old to use and, possibly, last for at least a few years. Maybe, even until college. Boy, did Santa deliver!
I’m not a “pencil guy” but if you were to ask Santa for just one pencil sharpener it should be this one. It’s easy to use, built like a tank, and most importantly in perfectly sharpens pencils — leaving a long, strong, needle-sharp lead. It’s designed to never over-sharpen. It simply stops taking off lead and casing once both have reached perfection. And it does this every, single, time. I know because my daughter was so thrilled that she spend a few hours sharpening every pencil she could find (about 50 or so).
So, if you are looking for a great, affordable, and good looking sharpener that will give you perfect pencils every time, put this on your Christmas list. Perhaps, if you are very good, Santa will bring you one too (or you could get one yourself for about $20 from Santa’s helpers at Amazon )