On this day, in 1660, arguably the most famous diarist in history, Samuel Pepys, made the first entry into his personal diary. He kept his diary for approximately nine years, detailing everything from his personal life to the news of the day to even what he ate. Although he clearly kept his diary purely as [...]
I’ve lost my idea net. For more than a year, I’ve carried a small, black Moleskine and a pen to, theoretically, record all my creative ideas so I don’t “lose” any of them and can use them later. At first, I faithfully used it every day to capture every crazy, wild idea that popped into [...]
So, you’ve got a notebook. Great. Now what? It seems every creative person, or every person who fancies themselves as creative, has a notebook. Mine happens to be a Moleskine, which are very popular, but yours may be something else. It doesn’t matter, really, what it is, because they all serve the same purpose. To [...]
