It costs $20, and it’s worth every penny regardless of which hand you write with - but especially if it’s your left. 100 sheets College ruled with margin, perforated Assorted Saranac covers Double storage pocket. The notebook also features 160 lined pages of thick, high-quality Swedish paper, 16 unlined pages in a contrasting color stitched into the middle for random doodling, a ribbon so you can keep your page, and, ultra-conveniently, an adhesive business card holder. Roaring Spring One Subject Notebook for Left-Handers. ![]() ![]() The result is a super-wide canvas, with both left- and right-hand pages fully exposed and ready to be filled, with, in MOO’s own words, “no wrestling with the pages.” The first time I saw it, I felt the weight of the entire world lifted off my shoulders. Instead, the pages are stitched together in small, sturdy groupings, while the spine simply folds outward and lies flat against whatever surface you’re working on. Let me explain.ĭubbed simply the MOO Hardcover Notebook, it features what the company calls “Lay-Flat Design,” which they attribute to a special Swiss binding technique where the spine is not adhered to the pages themselves. And while I recognize that this may not seem like a big deal, it absolutely is. Why is this the case? Well, because I find them all incredibly unpleasant to write in. Freebies I’ve gotten from various brands and press events, much nicer options from Field Notes and Moleskine - you name it, and I’ve likely stuffed it into a drawer with but a few pages of illegible, incomplete notes haphazardly taken, never to be read again. I’ve gone through many notebooks over the years, almost all of them abandoned long before being filled. ![]() A little less rude - maybe because when I’m typing, there’s no real way for the people I’m meeting with to know whether I’m taking legit notes or just gchatting with my wife. I could easily do this on my laptop, of course, but I would prefer to write things down in a notebook. In my capacity as Deputy Editor of the publication you’re currently reading, I attend an inordinate amount of meetings during which it’s important that I take notes.
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