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I wrote about Moleskine Notebooks some months ago. While reading a post at FreelanceSwitch I noticed another post that I had missed before. Skellie has written The Monster Collection of Moleskine Tips, Tricks and Hacks. That is a terrific post for Moleskine lovers as well as other fans of pen and paper.

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Published on July 9, 2008
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Put Things Off has a post about Moleskine Notebooks: The Ultimate Guide (and how to rank your addiction). The post is a great introduction to the various types of Moleskine notebooks. Nick Cernis introduces the Moleskale, a way to rank your addiction to Moleskine notebooks. At present I only achieve a 2, I own one.
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Published on April 3, 2008
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I often advice other people to write things down, to get it out of the head and seeing things in perspective. Since many years I keep a private diary but I have not used writing in a more organized way for my projects and business.
Maki at Dosh Dosh writes about The Benefits of Keeping a [...]

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Published on March 3, 2008
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I am a fan of using pen and paper, it is nice to see others post along the same lines. In The Power of Analog Writing is this part which I agree on:
Putting down plans, notes, ideas, and hunches in a notebook can be a great way to help organize your mind, as well as [...]

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Published on February 26, 2008
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Previous posts in this mini-series are Be productive using pen and paper and The back-to-paper movement.
My old concept was using several to-do-lists, kept at home, and small notes. It has worked for me for many years, simple yet good enough. I have used emails to/from work to keep track of things to do or what [...]

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Published on November 18, 2007
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Part one in this mini-series is Be productive using pen and paper.
I continued my reading and went to Why techies are leading the back-to-paper movement. This is an excellent article by Douglas Johnston of DIY Planner. Since I already am using pen and paper I am not really part of the back-to-paper movement but it [...]

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Published on November 17, 2007
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Even though I have worked with computers for 35+ years I still prefer to manage my own tasks using pen and paper. I have a paper calendar, not any high tech solution and when it comes to my to-do-lists I am writing lists - by hand. At work I use the calendar in Outlook for [...]

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Published on November 16, 2007
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