Tonight I’m recording my third appearance on the venerated pen podcast, The Pen Addict (episode 71) which should be available for download by Friday (I think).
Topics to be discussed may include pencil love, cameras and enlivening your cube dwelling. Tune in to find for sure if we stick to the topics. Or send us a suggestion on Twitter @wellapptdesk or @dowdyism.
If you haven’t listened to previous appearances of yours truly on the Pen Addict Podcast, you can find the episodes here and here.
This week, Levenger is selling the Pelikan M205 highlighter pen set with BB (double broad) nib and bottle of fluorescent yellow ink for $87, reduced from the regular retail price of $175.
Sale is good through Sunday and the discount code is HILITE9.
This pen can be filled with other inks and would work as a lovely yellow demonstrator if a highlighter fountain pen doesn’t appeal to you. I really wanted the new demonstrator green version of the M205 but its hard to pass up this one at half price.
Scout Books have introduced illustrated cover versions of their 3.5×5″ pocket notebooks. The Animals set by Meg Hunt features three whimsical designs on each of the three notebooks in the set in full color. Similarly, the Cosmos set by Andrea Kalfas also has a unique design on each blank book in the stellar set: Perseus, Virgo and Capricorn. There is also the Flora & Fauna set by Perrin. The three designs in this set feature bugs, flowers, snakes and bell jars in a limited palette of red and blues.
I like all three sets. I think they’d make great gift ideas for pen geeks and art lovers alike. Each set is blank paper, includes three books and cost $10 per set. Of course, you can still purchase the plain kraft cover editions which are available in a wider variety or writing paper inside or consider having some custom made as well.
(via Life Magazine)
A Bullet Journal is not a brand of notebook. Rather, its a method by which to annotate notes to help organize all those random events, ideas and things that need doing. I had not heard about Bullet Journaling until I listened to the most recent Pen Addict podcast, episode #70. The podcast featured an interview with Ryder Carroll, the creator of the Bullet Journal system. I’m fascinated by the idea of creating a system and being more thoughtful about the manner in which I take and keep notes. Unfortunately, the system works best for simple to-do’s and someday-maybe projects and not bigger projects like work assignments with many steps stretched over weeks of months. But there are the beginnings of ways to tackle that. I think blending the Bullet Journal system with GTD might give me a workable paper system.
Have you tried the Bullet Journal? Has it worked for you?
(via Pen Addict Podcast)
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This video was featured on The Verge this week and features Hallmark and focuses on the precarious state of the greeting card as a means for communication in our modern age. The video also features views of the halls I walk and many people who I’ve worked with over the years (I spent several years in the humor and Shoebox group. Yes, it really is a tiny little division of Hallmark). There are images of our legendary Crown Room (not during lunch), the outside of the building and even some peeks into the cubicles of people I know.
As folks who appreciate analog tools, I hope you also appreciate cards as a way to communicate with family and friends. Not to mention that, without the lovely steady paycheck from Hallmark, this blog might not be here.
PS: Even the Ford ad that bookends the video was filmed in Kansas City.
(Sorry I was unable to embed the video.)
Edit: Updated video and article links on Tuesday, Sept 10 as the original links went bad.
