The Importance of Writing by Hand
The Importance of Writing by Hand Should I lose all my important writing, I’d prefer being able to say it died in the flames of an unquenchable fire, or the mer...
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Phone Box Libraries | The Hickensian
Phone Box Libraries | The Hickensian On a ride this weekend I finally got to see one of the fabled Phone Box Libraries. Classic, but now obsolete, red phone box...
Starting a “Special” Journal – This One is a Little Sappy… — The Clicky Post
Starting a “Special” Journal – This One is a Little Sappy… — The Clicky Post Instead of feeling the need to go to the store, pick out a ...
The Fountain of Ink – The Thinking Man
The Fountain of Ink – The Thinking Man. I’ve asked myself why I’ve been using only fountain pens for almost twenty years – A throwback to simpler times? n...
What We Use | The Cramped
What We Use | The Cramped. Another new page added to the site — What We Use. This is where we will catalog (with brief reviews) what tools we, the site contribu...
Thinking slowly – Matt Gemmell
Thinking slowly – Matt Gemmell These older, simpler tools, with all of their baggage and inefficiencies, compel us to front-load the thinking process. The...
How to improve your handwriting | Life and style | The Guardian
How to improve your handwriting | Life and style | The Guardian. Cherrell Avery, once a calligrapher-in-residence at the V&A, gives handwriting lessons to a...
Chicago’s Last Tannery — The Distance
Chicago’s Last Tannery — The Distance. “It needs to be the best it can be because that’s really our competitive advantage,” Skip said. “We’re not cheap. If you ...
You Win, Pilot Metropolitan — The Pen Addict
You Win, Pilot Metropolitan — The Pen Addict Ever since it was released, the Metropolitan has been gaining steam. I liked what I saw when I reviewed the origina...
Analog Markdown — The Newsprint
Analog Markdown — The Newsprint. Most recently, my written notes have been marked up in Markdown too. The reason for this is simple: Markdown is so easy to use,...