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Moleskine squared is akin to graph paper and aids drawing straight lines if
you're not that way inclined.

I carry both plain and squared around.  Recommend gel pens and 4hb pencils
for the moleksine paper.

Give them a try, if you dont like them you've not wasted too much money.

On 3/23/07, Christine Boese <christine.boese at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Along these same lines, I would like to inquire (as someone not
> experienced
> with this particular user interface) as to what makes the "Moleskine
> squared
> journals" superior to other products?
>
> I was thinking of buying one, you see, and upon looking at little web
> pictures, I have no sense of what would make it worth buying. Many people
> here seem familiar with the particular values of this medium.
>
> Chris
>
> On 3/23/07, Mark Schraad <mschraad at mac.com> wrote:
> >
> > You just made my friday! I get very tired of the tools/software
> > conversation disrupting my design productivity. Paper and pen is my
> > preference. It contributes to an iterations and "no fears", make the
> mistake
> > now mentality. I like the committment of a non erasable medium.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
> > On Friday, March 23, 2007, at 02:15PM, "Nasir Barday" <
> > nasir at userlicious.com> wrote:
> > >I got frustrated with Visio the other day, so I wandered around the
> > >office looking for pencils. Lo and behold, there was a stack of
> > >unsharpened #2's and an electric sharpener right next to it! I
> > >sharpened a few (the last I did that was 7th grade, I think ...) and
> > >set to work with a stack of typing paper.
> > >
> > >Who knew that re-discovering ye old pencil-and-paper would be so
> > >refreshing? Now I don't have to waste creative "sparks" on coaxing
> > >Visio to give me what I want. Of course, I'm re-drawing it all in
> > >Visio to make it look "sharp', but I'd rather wrangle with Visio when
> > >I'm reproducing something rather than creating it.
> > >
> > >Anyway, thought I'd share the happiness. Hope the IA Summit is going
> > >well to those of you attending.
> > >
> > >- Nasir
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