Have to use a PDA because I can never remember my family schedule when at work, and vice-versa. Used to use Palm, but have been seduced by the "crackberry" since it means one less device to carry.

I always use a notebook type thing despite a mistaken experiment into digital devices, which resulted in frustration and in search of lost time--hardly worth the rather expensive price of the devices.

As well, I went to Hermes to custom-order a notebook cover, but I've yet to hear back from their Byzantine sources of production; I think I'll try April in Paris next time, and of course, I hear it's cheaper as well.

What I'd love to find is one of those recondite old-line stores(they always seem to exist in Vienna) that sells really striking but not too expensive notebooks.

Now, I think the only blackberry one should have is the blackberry in the bowl.

Last edited by Incroyable (2007-02-17 00:22:05)

I use Moleskine as well, although my wife didn't realize that I had bought an 18 month Moleskine calendar last July so I'm now using a calendar she bought me for Christmas.

Incidentally, Moleskine now has a line of City Notebooks which look pretty interesting for keeping track of information about particular cities.  http://www.moleskine.it/eng/_interni/catalogo/Cat_int/catalogo_city.htm
I haven't seen one up close yet but Moleskine is sending me the Boston and London notebooks to review for my blog.

In the shop and at my day job, I keep a whiteboard with tasks that are on a 'parking lot'. Each day, I print a copy of my calendar in Outlook (both at office, shop, and home) and fill in blank spaces with tasks from the parking lot, manually.

I've used a palm pilot in the past to keep my office, shop, and home computers synchronized. But, it was damaged during travel. I'm considering replacing it with a Trio because I miss being able to recover a few minutes here-and-there when waiting for a plane.

Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I've been thinking about buying a nice appointment book for a while now, although I'm accustomed to keeping it all in my head. Someone recently gave me an appointment book with a vinyl cover that they didn't want because they already had something better (gee, thanks). I dropped it into the laptop bag that does service for a briefcase, which is where items like that go to die, as I hardly ever actually check its contents. I've been tempted to replace it with a Dunhill Confidential, but balk at paying their prices. But I digress . . . I hate the feel of vinyl nearly beyond my ability to express adequately, besides which the appointment book given me is from MUFG, and having banked with the Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ until recently, I can say with certainty that I hate them more than I hate vinyl.

I like Incroyable's idea of getting an appointment book cover made at Hermes, though lord only knows how that would go in Japan. Incidentally, the Hermes flagship store in Ginza is one of the most amazing stores in that wonderful area of Tokyo. I like the Smythson appointment books, but if they do not have the Columbia academic calendar in addition to Harvard, Princeton and Yale, it's a grievous oversight I may not be able to overlook. Still, the wine vintage chart appeals to me quite a bit.

In all seriousness, though, it would be very helpful to have a calendar that lists both US and Japanese holidays, if anyone makes such a thing.