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The Index Card ToDo System 4cmnts

A blog post published on December 12, 2007 @ 6:05 am
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The Index Card SystemIn my previous post, also known as the Declaration of Love for Index Cards and the Like, about index cards, I mentioned my index card todo list. It’s actually a sort of system for getting things done.

While it didn’t seem to work out for me, it just might for you, or maybe you can pick something from it, I don’t know. More

The Greatness of Index Cards 5cmnts

A blog post published on December 10, 2007 @ 5:35 pm
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A box of index cardsIndex cards are great, you can use them for all kinds of things. Me, I never really bothered about them until a couple of years ago, when I was involved in the creation of a board game. They were perfect for jotting down stats on, so I bought a bunch.

The board game never reached production, and was actually just barely playable to be honest. It wasn’t such a good idea, it would seem.

The index cards, however, turned up when I was moving out to the country (I’ve moved since, back in a city again, by the way), and I was immediately hooked. More

Fooling the Psyche, or how I can write twice as much fiction 7cmnts

A blog post published on November 8, 2007 @ 1:40 pm
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Scribbles in a notebookI decided to start a little project this week. As you might know I’m also writing fiction, both for online projects (like OrnTales.com) and, well, offline things.

To further push myself to the fiction breathing monster of ten years ago, I’m willing to try any technique. My most recent one is very analog indeed. I decided to buy a Moleskine notebook, and a high quality ball pen that felt good in my hand. More

The Power of Analog Writing 17cmnts

A blog post published on October 30, 2007 @ 6:01 am
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My two primary notebooksIn this modern age the computer have since long killed the typewriter, and handwriting only drags along in the form of scribbled notes and shopping lists. Analog writing is dead, digital is King, right?

Wrong!

I’ve since long been a notebook freak, as in paper notebook, not small laptop. At times I had a notebook for each project, which isn’t something I employ right now since it added clutter. I’ll be talking more about clutter later on, by the way. More