Practical Notebook
Michael Bierut wrote a wonderful blog entry sharing his 26 years of practical notebook use. What’s so impressive is his consistent use of simple, inexpensive notebooks, his lack of rigid adherence to a methodology, and the randomness of his note taking – even including photographs and drawings made by his children.
notebook covers 1982-2008
This is such a refreshing inspiration, and a strong antidote to the time wasting, office supply fetishism that dominates most online productivity conversations. If I let go of the (silly) notion that each notebook/journal entry needs to be a work of art, I’m much more likely to actually use a notebook to get things done – maybe even something nice.
reference
Beruit, Michael. “26 Years, 85 Notebooks.” http://designobserver.com/archives/entry.html?id=38831.
Wreck This Journal. http://www.wreckthisjournal.com/?page_id=2.
