Posts Tagged ‘pen’

9 Places to Always Keep Pen and Paper Handy

Wouldn't it be nice if ideas came to you when they were supposed to? You sit down, decide to be creative, and boom: you're creative. The juices flow, the ideas are endless, and your brilliance just runneth over onto the page. Unfortunately, that's not the case. For most of us, our creative and inspirational moments come at random, unpredictable, and often totally inconvenient times. There's no rhyme or reason to it… Continue reading

April 21 2009 | By David | Tagged: capture, inbox, notebook, organization, paper, pen, ubiquitous capture | 25 comments»

10 Affordable Pens Geeks Love

Look in the pocket or bag of any self-respecting geek and you'll find a pen. Or two. Or 12. I have about 40 pens within a 3' stretch of me where I'm writing this. Of course, I don't use all of them. They're the detritus of years of experimentation, checking out new pens all the time, in my ever-present quest to find The Perfect Pen - or at least my next… Continue reading

April 13 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: office-supply, pen, Productivity, writing | 71 comments»

Miniaturize a pen

The folks at Instructables have once again posted a "why didn't I think of that" project. The idea is simple, yet really useful: cut a Bic pen in half. A Bic pen that has been halved becomes much less intrusive, and becomes a real convenience. It is really easy to carry in a pocket (especially for those of us carrying a Hipster PDA). Surprisingly… Continue reading

January 17 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: hipsterpda, pen, project | 3 comments»

A Time for Paper?

The folks over at DIYPlanner.com are really into paper, and because I wrote a piece for them, it caused me to really analyze what I do in my life with paper, and what I do electronically. I've come to realize that in my case, there's a time for paper and a time for a more electronic means. MindMapping I am a fiend for the process of using mind maps for… Continue reading

May 9 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: gtd, paper, pda, pen, Productivity | 6 comments»

DIY Quill Pens

Want to make your own elegant quill pen? There is a detailed how-to on cutting a quill pen from feather. It looks pretty damn cool to have one on your desk and use this to write on your moleskine notebook. The section of the how-to describes from cutting, to preparation, cutting and re-cutting:

... First, a bit about feathers. How many people have actually held out the wing… Continue reading

October 21 2005 | By Leon | Tagged: DIY, howto, pen | no comments»