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Moleskine

Moleskine

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1 creator use or recommend it

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Last discussed Oct 17, 2026

Italian brand of notebooks, journals, and writing accessories known for their distinctive design and quality.

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This Week in Startups
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Used for: Taking handwritten notes during management meetings to stay present and engaged Praised: Forces presence and mindfulness, helps retain what's important, builds mental... vs: Preferred over laptops and digital note-taking during meetings

"I tell everybody laptops closed, have a pen and have a Moleskine and be an adult. And I want you to write down during the meeting. This is when we have our management meeting — I want you to write everything down in your Moleskine."

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"I said, hey, give me something where it's a Moleskine and whatever. Came up with two or three different designs. And one of them was a field guide,..."

"Look at it as a Moleskine and just get in there."

Cal Newport
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Used for: Single-purpose brainstorming notebooks (former use, now replaced by Field Notes) Praised: Higher quality, nicer feel, thicker with hard binding vs: Switched away from Moleskines to Field Notes for portability — Moleskines are...

"Moleskines are a nicer notebook, in my opinion. They're thicker with a hard binding, and you can't fit them in a jeans pocket very easily. They're not going to fit in a lot of inner pockets of jackets. Moleskines are kind of expensive."

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Brad Gerstner
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"maybe the moleskine book is an example of in this age of artificial intelligence, the rise of the value of ingenuity and creativity."

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