Blogging from my Moleskine

Apparently the Moleskine notebooks have been around since the beginning of time. According to Moleskine “The Legendary Notebook” has been the medium of choice for famous artists like Van Gogh, Picasso, Hemingway, but it seems like the notebooks have only just recently exploded in popularity - especially with the elitist geek community which serves as somewhat of an oxymoron since the concept of a notebook is so low tech. Be that as it may I still know a few people who swear by their Moleskine.

I don’t want to include myself into the elitist crowd but I wanted to find out why these little books are so great. So this weekend I purchased a Moleskine of my own at Barnes & Noble. What’s interesting about this entry in particular is the fact that I am really writing this in the notebook. If I were to lose the book and the person that found it starts reading its contents they will find the first ramblings to be about the very notebook they are reading. I know that if I stumbled across this my mind would be blown at this point.

Anyways, I do see the appeal of owning a good notebook, there’s just something about creating content on paper instead of a big bright computer screen. Ironically, with a blog entry such as this one the worst part is typing it all in and editing it. The only thing this Moleskine notebook is lacking is a ‘submit’ button. Since I’ve had this blog I’ve worked a couple jobs where I didn’t have access to a computer or the internet, so I’ve actually done quite a few entries from a notebook to be submitted when I had time. It’s fun because you can essentially blog from anywhere, and any good blogger knows that the best entries are the unplanned spur-of-the-moment ones.

I think it will be handy to make the Moleskine notebook a part of my daily toolset; I’ll always have a place to jot down ideas, shopping lists, and notes. I just have to remember to not use a gel pen as this one is making a mess.