The Ugly Notebook

July 12th, 2008 | by gordon |

I have one of those little ugly notebooks I got from some design conference last year printed on a really nice piece of paper called Garda. I love the paper as to the rubbery touch it gives. I kind of love the way the paper presents itself around the pages of the notebook and well, reacts with the ink. Kind of like the smell when its new, but hate if after a while.

Inside, pages of supposedly ‘Things to do today’ are replaced with spontaneous scribbles of quotes, wishes, goals, evaluations, critiques, etc. As usual, no revolutionary theories, mind-boggling entries or heart-pumping eye opening statements that could change humanity.

Here are some:

  1. Style is the dress of thoughts – Chesterfield.
  2. -> meaningless stuff. Ou:tpy bozo yordn?
  3. tuhan
  4. HAIL: THE KING OF —THE— Jews
  5. What is good design?
    • How to work towards good design & deliver it?
    • If your clients are happy, does it make your peers happy? Or are you happy?
  6. Somethings just need to wait a little while… Just to get the best out of it. Really.
  7. Typefaces that make you go ‘eek’! (emotional)
    • Mrs. Eaves
    • Eureka
    • Jokerman
    • Giza
    • Futura (I must have had a reason then which I cannot remember today)
  8. Looking at things in a different prespective:
    - Analyze like a copywriter
    - Write like a writer
    - Execute like a desktop artist
    - Dress like a salesman
    - Think like a businessman
  9. Things I have been observing:
    • Penguin
    • Radiohead
  10. I WISH I COULD BE OF HELP TO PEOPLE. ESPECIALLY IN DOING THE THINGS I DO BEST.

None of the above has been edited except in the removal of a word before the text starts at number 8. The entries above have been entered from about October last year until March this year.

Last Thursday, I was sick in bed and bored. I just wish I had divide my time better to do more stuff at that time. Or perhaps troubleshoot certain things that can help make life and work easier today. Instead of wasting time, even when I’m sick.

An interpretation of what I mean would be; If I take 30 minutes to drive to office, I could have used the time to watch a movie after 4 working days. If I spend 10 minutes walking up the stairs to my room everyday, I have walked an estimate of 2 hours 10 minutes walking a week, and that’s about 8 hours 40 minutes of walking in one month, equivalent to almost walking for a quarter of a day, which could have been saved if I stay at the ground floor. Probably use it to hang out or work or maybe do some real exercising. My latest entry to the ugly notebook is; I need to plan my time better to avoid frustration.

So ugly.

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