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Clairefontaine engineering ruled spiral notebook. There are various sizes but I prefer the larger one. Good paper feel, inks don’t bleed and it survives riding
by jleyank 4y ago
Clairefontaine engineering ruled spiral notebook. There are various sizes but I prefer the larger one. Good paper feel, inks don’t bleed and it survives riding about in a backpack with the laptop. Everything goes into it so there’s only one item to remember. Pages are dated, key entries are highlighted. Bits can be scanned. If I know when something happened, I can scan backwards to restore state. Even random scribbles go in, and the gridded pages help drawings.
“If you don’t write it down, then it never happened…”.
Yeah, some do it with a keyboard, but I find it hard to draw, scribble or whatever when I have to switch devices or associate drawings with text. Eventually, they’ll figure out a tech solution to all this but notebooks cost like $10-20, survive impact and even survive a bit of liquid.
No, I didn’t think this up myself. Merely watched a boss never lack info on what went down last meeting or last week.
- type0 4y ago> notebooks cost like $10-20, survive impact and even survive a bit of liquid. There are even liquid tolerable notebooks that are more like textile and even those are pretty inexpensive.
- bee_rider 4y agoPaper-feel can be a big deal, though.
- cfraenkel 4y agoIf you really need the "if you don't write it down, then it never happened...", then get a real bound notebook with numbered pages. It's too easy to tear out a page in a wirebound book.
- jleyank 4y agoI’ve used these when there’s a legal requirement but the spiral lies flat when folded in half which is a win on my cluttered desk. Fortunately, my coding has usually not been where the exact time of creation is critical…