Pocket Notes — Writing
On the practice of writing things down — how people think, catch ideas, and compound them over time. New writing whenever there's something worth saying.
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History 11 min read
A gossipy tour of history's most brazen readers — Coleridge, Fermat, a medieval monk with opinions, and a duck named Queck.
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Identity · 5 min read
Notes as Identity: The Corebook
Method · 4 min read
Notes as Identity
Method · 5 min read
Attention Is Physical
History · 6 min read
Born of Necessity
Brand · 4 min read
We Don't Compete with Notebooks
History · 8 min read
Notebooks of Ancient Singers
History · 7 min read
Margins: Where Great Ideas Live
History · 10 min read
The Roman Wax Tablet
Idea Parking
Constraint as Creative Practice
The First Page Rule
Technique · 4 min read
The Grid Page and the Wandering Thought
Technique · 5 min read
The Index Method
Habit · 3 min read
Two Lines Every Day
Why Your Notebook Should Never Be Organised
The Page Is a Tool
Constraint Sharpens
Catch First, Edit Later
Habit · 4 min read
The Method Beats the Mood
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