From our fine readers…

I have received several questions and recommendations from our fine readers so I thought I might start an infrequent post series “From our fine readers”. Shall we begin? Mark recommended a recent story from The Smithsonian Magazine on the history of the @ symbol. Great article about one of my favorite little glyphs. Nathalie asked…

It’s 2013… almost — an exhaustive round-up of planners and calendars

Most calendar and planner manufacturers have already released their 2013 offerings so I thought I might whet your appetite for a new wall calendar, desk calendar or planner. First from Taschen are a range of designs featuring art, architecture, illustration and more in many different sizes and configurations. (From left to right: Pin-Ups by Elvgren…

Get those plans in order

I found two simple, undated planners this week. The first is the Seeso Better Day Planner. The Seeso Better Day Planner is a slim softcover planner with weekly planning on the left hand side of the page and a blank right hand page for notes and sketches. The Better Day ships with 2012 and 2013…

Halfway Through

Moleskine did a lovely little post about being halfway through a yearly planner. I love to see what people’s planners and notebooks look like after they have been used with stickers, tabs, bits of paper and notes scattered throughout. Do you have any photos of your planner or notebook in its current condition (half-full or…

DIY planner kit

If you have had trouble settling on the perfect planner, why not try droplet’s DIY planner kit.  For $10, you can download the PDF files for letter-size and half-sized templates and either 3-hole punch or bind the pages into a book. The PDF comes with monthly calendar pages, weekly pages, notes pages and a contacts…