[IxDA Discuss] Back to Basics

[Christine Boese]

I guess it's the devotion to Moleskine that I was wondering about. Is that
anything like what you put on your toe if you got a blister in your shoe?

Chris

On 3/23/07, pauric <radiorental at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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