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Day 5, The August Break, 2013 - { close up }
There's always something quite special about starting a new notebook. It fills me with a sense of oportunity and endless possibility, a feeling of excitement about what could happen. It's a simple act that holds so much potential.
In November of 1993, my work was getting ahead of me and so I decided for the first time to record everything in notebooks (before that I used Day-timers). In the UK they had these nicely bound blank books call Black n' Red, and I bought the A5 size (210 x 148 mm), which is a very handy form factor to take with you everywhere. Since then, I have continued to use bound books of one design or another for taking and keeping notes.
I write everything in my notebooks, meeting notes, phone numbers, to-do lists, part dimensions, phone messages, addresses, etc. Everything that might ordinarily get scribbled on a piece of scrap paper goes into the notebook instead. That way you never lose anything you wrote down, it's always available (though it often takes a fair bit of digging around to find it).
I used A5 Black n' Red and OSTAline notebooks until I moved back to the US, where they were no longer available. Then in June 1996, while I was working at Cisco Systems, I started using cardboard composition books.
After I left Cisco in 1999 I used a couple of A4 sized blank books (not shown), but then by September 2001 I had procured another Black n' Red book and used it until August 2005 (the time I was taking in getting my current company started). After going through a couple of no-name A5 blank books I found in France in 2003, I was finally able to source a handful of Black n' Red books here in the US, through an internet supplier. Google tells me they are now widely distributed in the US.
A new, smaller journal. I hand-bound it myself and added the tabs for a little bit of fun. They're more like placeholders, so I can get to where I'm working easier.
Old notebook left on the desk in abandonded gunpowder factory, which was used during WWII. Notes regarding deliveries dates from 1942,
Using this free tutorial:
oneredrobin.com/2006/11/30/how-to-make-a-notebook-pencil-...
Blogged here:
melissagoodsell.typepad.com/day_to_day/2007/09/ohhh-ahhh....
January 24th - Saturday. Second day of strategy residential. It was a very good meeting although I was pretty exhausted afterwards.
Not too tired though to celebrate Burns Night. I had haggis and drank scotch and attempted to read some Burns and toast the haggis. Not everyone joined in!
Reasons to be cheerful
1. My first whisky session in at least 9 months. Nice.
2. Haggis.
3. Successful 2 day meeting.
I just found that Shanti asked whether Midori's Traveler's Notebook is acid free or not in Dec 2007! She got the notebook as a Christmas gift from her husband and wondered if the notebook can preserve her diary/writing forever.
So I did a test tonight with pH testing pencil and to my surprise....
Well, the paper is acid free but the notebook cover is not! Rest assured that the inside pages of the refill can keep your content in near archival quality, just don't put any important stuffs on the cover or the pages touching the cover if you are meticulous about preservation. Side note: friend at KOLO album told me that in some cases the paper can be acid free in the beginning but as time goes by, the trace lignin inside the paper can make the paper goes yellow and further deteriorate. For more information on Acid-free paper and archival quality standard, visit:
Acid-free Paper from Wikipedia
The ANSI/NISO Z39.48 Standard from Stanford University
Selection from North American Permanent Papers
More on Scription blog: moleskine.vox.com/library/post/acidity-test-on-travelers-...
Back view of my polymer clay notepad. I textured it with a beautiful piece of lace, then used Pearl Ex powders to highlight the raised portions.
Then insert this Notebook 3 and 4 duo underneath the first two notebooks, i.e. between the cover and Notebook 1 and 2.
More on Scription blog: scription.typepad.com/blog/2007/09/how-to-put-4-notebooks...
my stack of blank notebooks. from left to right:
- moleskine large weekly notebook planner 2014, le petit prince edition
- little prince diary, gift from a friend, purchased in hong kong
- hardcover notebook, souvenir, purchased at the vatican museum
- staple-bound softcover notebooks, souvenirs, purchased at vertecchi, rome
- hand-decorated softcover notebook, souvenir, purchased at il papiro, rome
- hardcover notebook, souvenir, purchased at cartoleria pantheon, rome
- moleskine large weekly notebook and small daily planners 2013, le petit prince edition
- moleskine weekly notebook planner 2012, pacman edition
- moleskine large ruled and small plain notebooks, the hobbit edition
- stone paper softcover notebook, souvenir, purchased at the royal ontario museum, toronto
- moleskine large weekly notebook planner 2011
- moleskine large ruled and small plain notebooks, star wars edition
- moleskine large ruled notebooks, indigo exclusive edition
- large hardcover twine-bound notebook, gift from brother, purchased in mexico city
- moleskine large ruled and small plain notebooks, le petit prince edition
- moleskine large weekly notebook planner 2010
- large hardcover notebook with handmade paper
- moleskine small blank notebook, peanuts edition
- moleskine large ruled notebooks, indigo exclusive edition
- moleskine small ruled notebooks, van gogh edition
- tarpaper notebook, souvenir, purchased at la feltrinelli on via di torre argentina, rome
- stifflexible notebook, souvenir, purchased at la feltrinelli on via di torre argentina, rome
- leather cover notebook, souvenir, purchased at san lorenzo market, florence
- handmade notebook, souvenir, purchased at montserrat
- softcover notebook, souvenir, purchased at park guell, barcelona
one year ago:
160 pages.
Page size:
130×90mm
Papper: Papperline White, Red
Silk
Hard cover, handbound classic notebook
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160 страниц.
Размер страницы:
130×90mm
Бумага Papperline White, Red
Шелк
Книжный переплет, полностью ручная работа
Handmade notebook.
Cover screenprinted on wood. Back and spine is one piece letterpress printed in 1 color.
Available at: shop.elcalotipo.com/
Libreta de notas con cubierta de madera estampada en serigrafía. La trasera y lomo es de una pieza estampada en letterpress a 1 tinta.
A la venta en: shop.elcalotipo.com/