Items tagged as writing

33 Cups of Coffee: Coffee Journal

This utility notebook has a singular purpose, or 33 singular purposes that is: to document the coffees you drink. Specially designed pages give you a place to write the name of the coffee, where you drank it, how it was brewed, how much it cost, and if it was any good or not. The Coffee Journal is an obsessive coffee nerd's dream…

Doane Paper’s Leather Utility Notebook Cover

This leather utility notebook cover from Doane Paper is both fantastic and extravagant. In some ways you've got to ask yourself if you really need a $70 leather cover for your $3 utility notebook. But on the other hand you've got to ask yourself why not? If you burn through utility notebooks like it's your job, perhaps you need or want something…

The Best Fine-Tip Gell Ink Pen: Uni-ball Signo DX 0.38

For a long time the well-known Pilot G2 0.38mm was my favorite daily driver pen. I love the ultra-fine tip because it's fine but not over-the-edge fine like a 0.28mm. I love that the tip is just a little bit scratchy because I find that it makes it easier to write with. I love that it's gel ink. And I especially love…

The Pilot G2 0.38mm Gel Ink Pen

On a recent episode of The B&B Podcast, Ben Brooks and I got into a discussion about pens. All you need to know is that the Pilot G2 0.38mm gel pen is just about the best pen money can buy. If I have to use any other pen I almost prefer not to write at all.

Featured Sponsor: Helvetindex Cards

Whether your goal is to capture items for your GTD system or write down a phone number, you can never go wrong with having some index cards on hand. But why settle for plain or lined when you can use something that has been thoughtfully designed to give you structure when you need it and freedom when you don’t. The Helvetindex Card…

Byword – Writing App for Mac

When you work on a 23-inch monitor a good full-screen writing app can be hard to find. Apps that look good in full-screen mode on a 13- or 15-inch screen don’t necessarily scale well to 23 inches. Byword, however, scales quite well. It looks great regardless of if I’m writing on my laptop display or my cinema displays. And the dark color…

Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg

Reading Natalie’s book is a lot like sitting in on a question and answer time where people ask all the right questions and she gives all the right answers. You don’t have to read the book front to back. The chapters are short and fast and can be read completely out of order because each one is its own nugget of advice…

Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations

Given to me one Christmas from my crazy uncle, this is a book I return to often. The first edition of Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations was compiled by John Bartlett in 1855 and was a mere 258 pages thick. Now in its 17th edition it weighs in at 1,500 pages. Bartlett's Familiar Quotations is jam packed with interesting, inspirational, and memorable quotes. It…

The Little Red Writing Book

The Little Red Writing Book is a delightful resource for structure, style, and readability in your writing. The chapters are short, clever, and fun, and the book is illustrated and type-set with great care. If you want to write better, I highly recommend The Little Red Writing Book — it's informative and a pleasure to read. (Also available on the iBookstore.)

Field Notes Colors

Perhaps the most beloved and niche pocket notebooks of the past decade. Who doesn't want to have a Field Notes notebook in their back pocket, backpack, glove box, and desk drawer? They're the quintessential example of a trendy utility.