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The Pocket Notebooks of 20 Famous Men
- wrp 4y agoCarrying pocket notebooks was common in Renaissance England and I think throughout Europe. One popular homemade type had erasable pages made from linen stiffened with starch. Pocket notebooks have a very long history of being used as a sort of buffer memory. Use it to record random thoughts during the day, then transfer to organized journals. I believe I've seen reference to this practice as old as ancient Greece.