Comments on: Ultimate Spiral Notebook

By: Michael Garcia

Michael Garcia — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 01:42:29 +0000

I would imagine you could find a notebook with A4 paper that is used in countries with right-to-left writing like say Japan. But, I couldn’t even find A4 paper here in the states at Office Depot.

Still looking around for some. Sometimes I hate the US for being different on everything. i.e., metric anyone?

By: Kestral

Kestral — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:38:15 +0000

Mead DOES make spirals for lefties. They’re hard to find, though. And expensive. (I think I can get a 100 pg. spiral for $1 and the same for lefties will be $3-$5) And it’s hard to use ‘em once you’ve spent years using the ones for right-handed folks. I’ve tried… I would always start from the back of the lefthanded ones.. which were the front of the right.

Spirals still bother the heck out of me. I’m still in college, and I have a hard time taking notes, since I know my hand will be one gigantic hunk of pain and meat by the end of the day. It’s easier if I’m not using spirals, but it’s hard to find cheap composition books with the same size and number of pages as a standard spiral notebook.

By: DNAphil

DNAphil — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:37:12 +0000

Now that we have crossed over into the discussion of Moleskines, I have to jump back in. I am a Moleskine snob, having gone through 9 of the pocket square notebooks and 2 of the large square ruled books.

But as proof of my love for the Moleskine, I present this page: http://www.moleskineus.com/moleksine-submission20.html

By: Amaril

Amaril — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 23:32:28 +0000

The smaller ones fold back just fine.

By: Asmor

Asmor — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:21:09 +0000

Ugh, I used one of those last semester as my school notebook. I hated it.

I prefer to fold a spiral notebook in half, not lay it out like a book. That’s impossible with this monstrosity.

By: VV_GM

VV_GM — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:45:25 +0000

Dollar General for gaming supplies is awesome. I think I spent $5 for a box of 50 70 page spiral notebooks. Very handy to have near the table! Everyone gets their own notebook for next to nothing in terms of cost to me.

By: Carolina aka Troy Taylor

Carolina aka Troy Taylor — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:39:15 +0000

On the other hand …

I just picked up three 100-page count spiral notebooks from Dollar General for 8 cents ea. Those work just fine for me.

By: Martin

Martin — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:53:22 +0000

Telas: Yes! My work here as an Office Depot affiliate is done. (Kidding!)

Cedric: I just picked up my first Moleskine for NaNo (my goers-everywhere notebook), and it’s pretty nice. I haven’t written in it yet, but it looks like it’ll hold up well with daily travel and frequent use.

The only thing that bugs me about them — and nearly every small notebook I’ve ever seen — is the lack of a pen loop. What am I supposed to do with my pen? Tucking under the elastic is all I could come up with, but it’s not ideal.

Amaril: Oooh, I’d forgotten all about the index card pocket! They even come with a couple pages worth of perforated index cards, which is a nice touch.

By: Amaril

Amaril — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:05:08 +0000

For the record, I use the smaller notebook as it’s much more portable.

By: Amaril

Amaril — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:00:16 +0000

I’ve been using one of these notebooks for quite a while now, and I love it! I keep my initiative cards and some spares in the index card pocket and any artwork for show in the sleeve pockets. A mechanical pencil sits in the front. Anytime I travel or while I’m sitting in bed or on the couch, I jot down notes, ideas, sketches, outlines, etc. for my game. During sessions, I keep a task list of things to follow-up on between sessions. If I’m having a few days of inspiration and brainstorming, I make sure I have it with me at all times.

When I don’t have it with me, but I’m in front of a computer, I’ll use Google Notebook for quick thoughts and lists or Google Docs for more thorough documents.

By: Cedrictheblack

Cedrictheblack — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:07:39 +0000

I always keep a notebook in my pocket to jot notes on characters, campaigns, whatever, while at work, lunch, whenever . .. As I have to dress professionally (just short of a suit) I need a notebook that will hold a lot of info, but not be huge or snag my pants pocket.

I have fallen deeply in love with the Moleskine line of notebooks. They’re a little pricey, but nothing less will do now!
http://www.kikkerland.com/moleskine.htm

By: Telas

Telas — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:45:15 +0000

As a tech gamer (a laptop is all I need), this doesn’t seem up my alley, but a counselor I know (psych, not legal) says that when we write by hand, we do a better job of discerning what we’re feeling, so it looks like a trip to Office Depot for me.