Notebooks, those primitive tomes with dead tree inside them, can be points of style? Yessir! Although print is dying, the ancient practice of hand-inked notetaking continues on.
INFEASIBLE: Wirebound notebooks
I had a bunch of wirebound notebooks in college and, not only did the wiring inevitably get warped, but pages would start to tear near the seam. You don’t want to deal with raggy looking crap when you’re in a meeting or seminar. Fine for high school and college? Sure. But the “REAL WORLD”, I.R.L., the realm where you need to impress people, etc.? Not going to fly.
Feasible: Nicely bound, dependably manufactured notebooks
Moleskine are the kings of cheap yet amazingly durable notebook world. The paper used is acid-free and the pages are threaded into the book, not wired. And no, they’re not leather-bound, but still manage to look sleek. I have several and I think you should too.
