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For as long as I can remember my brother, Andy, and I have loved quizzing each other on movie quotes. See if you know any of these from the 80’s: “You’re not dying. You just can’t think of anything good to do.” “Dead or alive, you’re coming with me.” “You keep using that word, I … Read more

Before I started using this notebook I couldn’t answer this. Over the past month I’ve made the monk manual a daily habit and I wanted to share some of the things I found and also do a thorough review on the quality and craftsmanship that has clearly gone into this book. The monk manual is … Read more

Over the past year, there has been a growing trend with notebooks on crowdfunding sites such as Kickstarter and Indigogo.  While moleskins have been popular within the tech startup world, the surge in premium notebook startups made me curious as to why they have been doing so well in this digital landscape.  To show you what … Read more

I am Team Notebook all the way and the reason I have taken a month of time to see if notecards would work better for everyday use. The result…I like the notecards for one specific thing and I will never stop using them for this one thing. When reading, I stash a pile of notecards … Read more

With the news that Hoverpen 3 is coming to Kickstarter on Feb 8, I wanted to review the first two models to show how great these pens are. HoverPen 1.0 I did a full review of the Hoverpen 1 back in 2019 when it first came to Kickstarter and was impressed with the design, construction, … Read more

As this is the third cold pen test we have done, this was by far the most revealing test and had a clear winner at the end. At the request of a couple of readers, we used only cheap, everyday pens to see what would hold up in the winter cold weather environments. If you … Read more

So now you bought all the notebooks, what are you going to do with them all? I am constantly using paper notebooks for everything from sketching new product ideas, writing, note-taking, and daily to do lists. During the pandemic lockdown I worked on using my notebooks for more creative pursuits, and found some great Skill … Read more

In theory, these notebooks should be awesome, on paper, they are far from it. With the Karst Stone Paper notebooks, I was intrigued by the design process of using stone to make paper. The process is very interesting and to help the planet move away from cutting down trees is a great idea…but after testing … Read more

The latest project from UGMonk is a beautiful walnut card-holder, with a simple, yet well-designed to-do system. We always seem to think we can get more done in a day than what’s actually possible. The physical constraints of the Analog card force you hone in the fewimportant things to tackle each day. No more endless … Read more

These notepads were designed to sell out. Ana Reinert and Bob Atkins took a limited amount of vintage typewriting stock, wrapped it in a letterpressed cover, added some well-designed writing templates, and then priced it so low that no one could say no. Ana Reinert is the owner of WellAppointedDesk.com and has a great online … Read more

This is about an interesting pen called the Yookers Eros Felt Tip Pen. I found this on a special deal at Goulet Pens and really like the ability to use some of the fountain pen ink I have sitting around. I picked up the Extra Fine and Fine tips (.8 and 1.0mm respectively) Why it … Read more