If you think my obsession with notebooks is excessive, I’m actually not alone. Designer Michael Bierut talks about how he has used notebooks over the past 26 years. Like him, I carried my notebook to every meeting, noted every call and scribbled ideas and to do lists.
Unlike him, I haven’t filled 85 notebooks in 26 years. But it’s fascinating to see some of the scans of his books and hear about his process. I, too, just fill up one notebook and move to the next. I don’t separate projects, but I do use flags at times so I can flip …read more

(myorganizedbiz.com) – I just recently finished a long-term project. As I was clearing out my office, I gathered all of my notebooks together. There were seven of them, representing notes from meetings, phone calls, and brainstorming sessions. As I tossed them in the shredder bin, I thought about all of the time and work they represented. It felt a little strange to be getting rid of it all, even though I will have no further use for any of the info (and much of it was confidential anyway).
I forgot how dependent I was on those notebooks. I took a regular …read more