Apr 21 2008
Vertical love
I’ve delayed and waffled about it for a long time but about a week ago I finally did it. I broke down and bought a reporter style Moleskine notebook to use. I’ve been a pocket notebook fan for a long time but I was never convinced the vertical format was something that would match to my writing or organizational style. Boy was I wrong.
I first put it to heavy use as the Master of Ceremonies this past weekend for our school’s annual charity auction. Not only did the vertical format let me keep the lists of information, announcements, and changes in a cleaner format but it also was easy to carry around and write on while standing. No more awkward grip on the book as I’m trying to capture things on the right side. I’m using it this week for the prep and planning before my upcoming week long Appalachian Trail hike (a week off the grid…this should be interesting) and I’ll be taking it along to take notes on the trail.
If you’re a Moleskine user as I am and haven’t tried the vertical format yet…you don’t know what you’re missing. I’ll post some photos as I gather more insights into the pluses and minuses of this layout. One minus in the interest of being fair - lacking the ribbon bookmark I spend more time than before flipping through to the current page. I need to find a work around for that. (Clipping corners off pages perhaps?)
