[IxDA Discuss] Back to Basics

[Mark Schraad]

;-) Moleskin square - half letter size and horizontal only - no pens other than a uniball vision micro in black.  but, I'm not picky, really.

Mark


On Friday, March 23, 2007, at 04:49PM, "Christine Boese" <christine.boese at gmail.com> wrote:
>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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