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For me, it's still paper. Specifically, this paper: http://www.amazon.com/Strathmore-Visual-Journal--Mixed-Media/dp/B003YIZ0HI/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=138868838

For me, it's still paper. Specifically, this paper: http://www.amazon.com/Strathmore-Visual-Journal--Mixed-Media/dp/B003YIZ0HI/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1388688389&sr=8-4&keywords=mixed+media+paper http://www.amazon.com/Strathmore-Visual-Journal--Mixed-Media... The spiral bound means it can be left open to the right page, and the thick paper is great. Version control (new pages) is built in. And the best part is that it's always right there in front of me, and I can glance down.

city41 13y ago
Is it just an empty pad? Or is there something printed on the pages to give some structure?
- flarg 13y ago
  Seems to 'just' thick paper that you can write on, paint on, stick things to - like a scrapbook (http://www.strathmoreartist.com/visual-journals.html http://www.strathmoreartist.com/visual-journals.html)
- merijnv 13y ago
  For me it's just empty lined paper. I much prefer that to all these fancy solutions.
- gkoberger 13y ago
  Empty pad -- I like it better that way. Sometimes my "TODO List" involves mockups or doodles, sometimes it involves sub-todo lists, etc. I like the flexibility. I also only use a red pen for checking things off. Not sure why; it just feels better.
flarg 13y ago
I agree - I've spent a lifetime trying to find the best to do solution (Microwriter Agenda, Psion 3, Palm, GTD, One Big Text File, David Seah's productivity tools, Superfocus, etc. etc.). Paper in the form of a hardbacked A4 notepad with context specific todo lists and a 2-week calendar seem to work well (inspired by GTD (for contexts), David Seah (for his obsession with functional paper) [1]) I'm also reliant on ZIM Desktop wiki [2] for the 'trusted system' for weekly review - of course, ZIM has a weird bug somewhere in the To Do list functionality that I've had to code around - so it's (not devastatingly) not as trustworthy... but that's life I guess Just trying out ActiveInbox [3] for managing Gmail better and seems to be working out nicely [1] http://davidseah.com/productivity-tools/ http://davidseah.com/productivity-tools/ [2] http://zim-wiki.org/ http://zim-wiki.org/ [3] http://www.activeinboxhq.com/index.php http://www.activeinboxhq.com/index.php
- subpixel 13y ago
  I'd be interested in more detail about the workflow you've settled on, if you're inspired to share more.
agumonkey 13y ago
Pen and paper are the less disruptive outlet I know too. I wonder how "smartpens", those who stream your strokes to some kind of OCR software to be parsed, fare. It might be cool to have natural handwriting system with searchable data at the same time.
kd5bjo 13y ago
Currently, I use a bunch of index cards, one per TODO item. Easy to reorder and rearrange things. For items that aren't doable yet can be hidden behind ones that are, and it's quite satisfying to tear up the card when an annoying task is finished.

city41 13y ago

Is it just an empty pad? Or is there something printed on the pages to give some structure?

flarg 13y ago
Seems to 'just' thick paper that you can write on, paint on, stick things to - like a scrapbook (http://www.strathmoreartist.com/visual-journals.html http://www.strathmoreartist.com/visual-journals.html)
merijnv 13y ago
For me it's just empty lined paper. I much prefer that to all these fancy solutions.
gkoberger 13y ago
Empty pad -- I like it better that way. Sometimes my "TODO List" involves mockups or doodles, sometimes it involves sub-todo lists, etc. I like the flexibility. I also only use a red pen for checking things off. Not sure why; it just feels better.

flarg 13y ago

I agree - I've spent a lifetime trying to find the best to do solution (Microwriter Agenda, Psion 3, Palm, GTD, One Big Text File, David Seah's productivity tools, Superfocus, etc. etc.). Paper in the form of a hardbacked A4 notepad with context specific todo lists and a 2-week calendar seem to work well (inspired by GTD (for contexts), David Seah (for his obsession with functional paper) [1]) I'm also reliant on ZIM Desktop wiki [2] for the 'trusted system' for weekly review - of course, ZIM has a weird bug somewhere in the To Do list functionality that I've had to code around - so it's (not devastatingly) not as trustworthy... but that's life I guess Just trying out ActiveInbox [3] for managing Gmail better and seems to be working out nicely [1] http://davidseah.com/productivity-tools/ http://davidseah.com/productivity-tools/ [2] http://zim-wiki.org/ http://zim-wiki.org/ [3] http://www.activeinboxhq.com/index.php http://www.activeinboxhq.com/index.php

subpixel 13y ago
I'd be interested in more detail about the workflow you've settled on, if you're inspired to share more.

agumonkey 13y ago

Pen and paper are the less disruptive outlet I know too. I wonder how "smartpens", those who stream your strokes to some kind of OCR software to be parsed, fare. It might be cool to have natural handwriting system with searchable data at the same time.

kd5bjo 13y ago

Currently, I use a bunch of index cards, one per TODO item. Easy to reorder and rearrange things. For items that aren't doable yet can be hidden behind ones that are, and it's quite satisfying to tear up the card when an annoying task is finished.