Comments on: What’s in your notebook? http://patrickrhone.com/2008/05/12/whats-in-your-notebook/ Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:59:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Laura http://patrickrhone.com/2008/05/12/whats-in-your-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Laura Thu, 29 May 2008 16:41:32 +0000 http://dev.patrickrhone.com/2008/05/12/whats-in-your-notebook/#comment-46 <p>Uniball Vision Elite, bold, with blue-black ink; with 2 Moleskines:</p> <p>Black 3 x 5 pocket size contains:</p> <p>~ Packing lists ~ Gift ideas ~ Lists of books to read ~ Lists of DVDs to Netflix ~ Lists of music to potentially buy</p> <p>Red 2008 Weekly Planner + notebook contains:</p> <p>~ Work schedule (meetings, etc.) ~ Personal appointments ~ Family events ~ Birthdays, anniversaries ~ To do lists (despite efforts, haven't completely converted to GTD & the next actions) ~ The occasional fortune from a fortune cookie ~ Lists of creative projects</p> Uniball Vision Elite, bold, with blue-black ink; with 2 Moleskines:

Black 3 x 5 pocket size contains:

~ Packing lists ~ Gift ideas ~ Lists of books to read ~ Lists of DVDs to Netflix ~ Lists of music to potentially buy

Red 2008 Weekly Planner + notebook contains:

~ Work schedule (meetings, etc.) ~ Personal appointments ~ Family events ~ Birthdays, anniversaries ~ To do lists (despite efforts, haven’t completely converted to GTD & the next actions) ~ The occasional fortune from a fortune cookie ~ Lists of creative projects

]]> By: Steve http://patrickrhone.com/2008/05/12/whats-in-your-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Steve Thu, 29 May 2008 15:31:30 +0000 http://dev.patrickrhone.com/2008/05/12/whats-in-your-notebook/#comment-45 <p>Gear: Moleskine squared pocket notebook, Pilot V Ball Grip extra fine (0.5) or a Staedtler lead-holder with 2mm lead</p> <p>entries of late:</p> <ul> <li>dates and times of several appointments, to be transferred to the Backpack calendar</li> <li>phone number for animal control, to help get rid of the raccoon in the garage</li> <li>two story ideas</li> <li>one very dodgy draft of a poem</li> <li>list of bike parts needed for a project</li> <li>list of bike parts to sell</li> <li>small scale sketch of our vegetable gardens</li> <li>list of plants in said gardens</li> </ul> Gear: Moleskine squared pocket notebook, Pilot V Ball Grip extra fine (0.5) or a Staedtler lead-holder with 2mm lead

entries of late:

  • dates and times of several appointments, to be transferred to the Backpack calendar
  • phone number for animal control, to help get rid of the raccoon in the garage
  • two story ideas
  • one very dodgy draft of a poem
  • list of bike parts needed for a project
  • list of bike parts to sell
  • small scale sketch of our vegetable gardens
  • list of plants in said gardens
]]> By: Laura Tubb http://patrickrhone.com/2008/05/12/whats-in-your-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Laura Tubb Tue, 27 May 2008 20:22:06 +0000 http://dev.patrickrhone.com/2008/05/12/whats-in-your-notebook/#comment-44 <p>What an intriguing question...</p> <p>I use a Moleskine squared notebook with a vast selection of cheap pens I buy from gas stations, drug stores, Walmart, etc. This is the brand new notebook I am currently working in, though there are about 10 more that are in various stages of progress:</p> <p>-Poem I am working on written within the confines of a drawing of a tree. -Journal entry surrounding poem draft and tree. -Page covered completely in pen ink. -Song lyrics ("Hey you, with the pretty face...Welcome to the human race..." -Mr. Blue Sky) -Mini inspirational cards tucked in for a future art project.</p> What an intriguing question…

I use a Moleskine squared notebook with a vast selection of cheap pens I buy from gas stations, drug stores, Walmart, etc. This is the brand new notebook I am currently working in, though there are about 10 more that are in various stages of progress:

-Poem I am working on written within the confines of a drawing of a tree. -Journal entry surrounding poem draft and tree. -Page covered completely in pen ink. -Song lyrics (“Hey you, with the pretty face…Welcome to the human race…” -Mr. Blue Sky) -Mini inspirational cards tucked in for a future art project.

]]> By: Sophie Brown http://patrickrhone.com/2008/05/12/whats-in-your-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Sophie Brown Sat, 24 May 2008 21:07:46 +0000 http://dev.patrickrhone.com/2008/05/12/whats-in-your-notebook/#comment-43 <p>I have 10 Moleskine notebooks all going at the same time. Very much like the character in "A Confederacy of Dunces" with Big Chief tablets littering the the floor. Some strictly for my diary, a watercolor notebook I have not touched, and a new softcover pocket-sized weekly planner (as for some reason I didn't get around to buying one fast enough back in December). This is how bad I am: I never did figure out if a notebook computer and a laptop computer were the same thing.</p> I have 10 Moleskine notebooks all going at the same time. Very much like the character in “A Confederacy of Dunces” with Big Chief tablets littering the the floor. Some strictly for my diary, a watercolor notebook I have not touched, and a new softcover pocket-sized weekly planner (as for some reason I didn’t get around to buying one fast enough back in December). This is how bad I am: I never did figure out if a notebook computer and a laptop computer were the same thing.

]]> By: J.D. http://patrickrhone.com/2008/05/12/whats-in-your-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-42 J.D. Sat, 24 May 2008 15:44:39 +0000 http://dev.patrickrhone.com/2008/05/12/whats-in-your-notebook/#comment-42 <p>My blue pocket flexible Miguelruis notebook contains: *Model numbers of dining chairs from a furniture store. *The address of the Carl & Anne Braden historical marker. *Titles of books I'd like to read ("Alice Waters & Chez Panisse" by McNamee, "This is your Brain on Music," and a book about William James). *Many notes about a play I'm writing. *Address of a friend's grown up kid, so I can send her a note. *Quotes from things I read: "There is no enlightment outside of daily life." Thich Nacht Hahn *Names of restaurants that I hear about and then want to eat at (both local and ones to travel to). *Things I hear people say: A guy at Maker's Mark distillery telling me that "Very few can taste or feel white lightning on the tip of their tongue. Those that do have a very sensitive palate." *A note that my beloved is one of the very few who can taste white lightning on the tip of her tongue. *Things my beloved tells me to write down, like "easel, Sharpie." and "Joseph & the Technicolor Dreamcoat." *Words from magazines glued into my notebook: e.g., Crossroads. *For some reason I wrote down the dimensions "24 x 25 x 4" and I don't know why.</p> My blue pocket flexible Miguelruis notebook contains: *Model numbers of dining chairs from a furniture store. *The address of the Carl & Anne Braden historical marker. *Titles of books I’d like to read (“Alice Waters & Chez Panisse” by McNamee, “This is your Brain on Music,” and a book about William James). *Many notes about a play I’m writing. *Address of a friend’s grown up kid, so I can send her a note. *Quotes from things I read: “There is no enlightment outside of daily life.” Thich Nacht Hahn *Names of restaurants that I hear about and then want to eat at (both local and ones to travel to). *Things I hear people say: A guy at Maker’s Mark distillery telling me that “Very few can taste or feel white lightning on the tip of their tongue. Those that do have a very sensitive palate.” *A note that my beloved is one of the very few who can taste white lightning on the tip of her tongue. *Things my beloved tells me to write down, like “easel, Sharpie.” and “Joseph & the Technicolor Dreamcoat.” *Words from magazines glued into my notebook: e.g., Crossroads. *For some reason I wrote down the dimensions “24 x 25 x 4″ and I don’t know why.

]]> By: Thom http://patrickrhone.com/2008/05/12/whats-in-your-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Thom Sat, 24 May 2008 02:34:22 +0000 http://dev.patrickrhone.com/2008/05/12/whats-in-your-notebook/#comment-41 <p>Going backwards in my Moleskine squared pocket notebook (p.112 at present): * handwritten calendar attempting to plan my month-from-hell * reminders for my month-from-hell * wordcount estimates for a project (I'm an editor) * notes from some financial software testing that I'm doing (looking for something to replace Quicken on my Mac) * diagram capturing thoughts about office layout * writing drafts (lots of these) * notes from recent recruitment interviews * interview questions for a podcast * list of requirements for a dress I want to make ...and the list goes on</p> Going backwards in my Moleskine squared pocket notebook (p.112 at present): * handwritten calendar attempting to plan my month-from-hell * reminders for my month-from-hell * wordcount estimates for a project (I’m an editor) * notes from some financial software testing that I’m doing (looking for something to replace Quicken on my Mac) * diagram capturing thoughts about office layout * writing drafts (lots of these) * notes from recent recruitment interviews * interview questions for a podcast * list of requirements for a dress I want to make …and the list goes on

]]> By: Mara http://patrickrhone.com/2008/05/12/whats-in-your-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Mara Fri, 23 May 2008 19:19:25 +0000 http://dev.patrickrhone.com/2008/05/12/whats-in-your-notebook/#comment-40 <p>My notebook a ruled Moleskine pocket sized one It contains</p> <p>Songtexts Notes I took by reading different books about story writing a link and email list some vocabulary notes I took while reading English novels (I´m from Germany) quotes Story ideas Name lists some Gaelic words notes out of some wicca and witchcraft books notes on Darkover/Cottman IV "The Lady of Shalott" a Victorian poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson and it is signed by an German Fantasy author who is in the agencies I would like to join. (if they take me ^^)</p> <p>And I´m only at page 40. so it could become quite interesting in the future.</p> My notebook a ruled Moleskine pocket sized one It contains

Songtexts Notes I took by reading different books about story writing a link and email list some vocabulary notes I took while reading English novels (I´m from Germany) quotes Story ideas Name lists some Gaelic words notes out of some wicca and witchcraft books notes on Darkover/Cottman IV “The Lady of Shalott” a Victorian poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson and it is signed by an German Fantasy author who is in the agencies I would like to join. (if they take me ^^)

And I´m only at page 40. so it could become quite interesting in the future.

]]> By: Curtis James http://patrickrhone.com/2008/05/12/whats-in-your-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Curtis James Fri, 23 May 2008 09:48:10 +0000 http://dev.patrickrhone.com/2008/05/12/whats-in-your-notebook/#comment-39 <p>My notebook is a Moleskine and has been filled with handwriting courtesy of a Lamy Persona fountain pen, oh and sometimes a Conway Stewart Silver dinkie.</p> <p>It contains the up's and down's of the past few months</p> <p>It has a pretty girls writing in it</p> <p>Each entry details where I am, time, date, music I'm listening to at the time</p> <p>It would make tedious reading</p> My notebook is a Moleskine and has been filled with handwriting courtesy of a Lamy Persona fountain pen, oh and sometimes a Conway Stewart Silver dinkie.

It contains the up’s and down’s of the past few months

It has a pretty girls writing in it

Each entry details where I am, time, date, music I’m listening to at the time

It would make tedious reading

]]> By: Rodney Stein http://patrickrhone.com/2008/05/12/whats-in-your-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Rodney Stein Wed, 14 May 2008 17:11:05 +0000 http://dev.patrickrhone.com/2008/05/12/whats-in-your-notebook/#comment-38 <p>My notebook:</p> <p>Field Notes Brand Pocket Notebook</p> <ul> <li>Notes from Geek Gather events.</li> <li>Lists of podcasts and websites to check out.</li> <li>Random thoughts about fountain pens, research regarding fountain pens, short journal type entries made with aforementioned fountain pens.</li> <li>Sermon notes</li> <li>Diagram of Patrick's dash/plus markup system.</li> <li>Various quotes I like.</li> <li>Directions to a friends new house</li> <li>A list of retail stores to call every day when i was scouring the planet for a Wii.</li> <li>More notes about fountain pens and ink.</li> <li>Short list of movies and DVDs I want to purchase.</li> <li>Random doodlings and scribbles on many of the pages</li> <li>A running total of birdies I have made while playing Disc Golf this year.</li> </ul> <p>:-)</p> <p>~R</p> My notebook:

Field Notes Brand Pocket Notebook

  • Notes from Geek Gather events.
  • Lists of podcasts and websites to check out.
  • Random thoughts about fountain pens, research regarding fountain pens, short journal type entries made with aforementioned fountain pens.
  • Sermon notes
  • Diagram of Patrick’s dash/plus markup system.
  • Various quotes I like.
  • Directions to a friends new house
  • A list of retail stores to call every day when i was scouring the planet for a Wii.
  • More notes about fountain pens and ink.
  • Short list of movies and DVDs I want to purchase.
  • Random doodlings and scribbles on many of the pages
  • A running total of birdies I have made while playing Disc Golf this year.

:-)

~R

]]> By: Michael Armstrong http://patrickrhone.com/2008/05/12/whats-in-your-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Michael Armstrong Tue, 13 May 2008 08:14:26 +0000 http://dev.patrickrhone.com/2008/05/12/whats-in-your-notebook/#comment-37 <p>My Moleskine Reporter has: - a nice black fibre tip pen, - a couple doodles, - a few story ideas and starts that I really should transfer to the laptop - handwritten set lists from a couple concerts in my custom shorthand, - two phone numbers, - three email addresses, - 1 woman's name, - three other notes I do not understand.</p> <p>The name, phone numbers, and email addresses are neither connected, nor do they have any context I can recall; effectively rendering the information useless.</p> <p>Being more a tech junkie than a paper nerd, my laptop is better considered my notebook. It has all the real information in it: - Calendar with concert schedule, personal appearances, homeowner's association meetings, - Spreadsheet to track photo sets, - Several thousand photos awaiting shot selection, - Task list with photo ideas for mytwincities.net, - A couple hundred story ideas, - Roughly 20 stories and blog entires in-progress.</p> <p>Losing my laptop would be like losing my mind. Backups happen regularly and automatically.</p> My Moleskine Reporter has: - a nice black fibre tip pen, - a couple doodles, - a few story ideas and starts that I really should transfer to the laptop - handwritten set lists from a couple concerts in my custom shorthand, - two phone numbers, - three email addresses, - 1 woman’s name, - three other notes I do not understand.

The name, phone numbers, and email addresses are neither connected, nor do they have any context I can recall; effectively rendering the information useless.

Being more a tech junkie than a paper nerd, my laptop is better considered my notebook. It has all the real information in it: - Calendar with concert schedule, personal appearances, homeowner’s association meetings, - Spreadsheet to track photo sets, - Several thousand photos awaiting shot selection, - Task list with photo ideas for mytwincities.net, - A couple hundred story ideas, - Roughly 20 stories and blog entires in-progress.

Losing my laptop would be like losing my mind. Backups happen regularly and automatically.

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