Great article. One of the brightest tech colleagues I ever worked with used a moleskin notebook, always kept it with him.
I bought a moleskin notebook for myself, but then my granddaughter started drawing in it, and I wanted to leave it as she left it. After reading this article I am going to buy another.
I have always used yellow pads to brainstorm for new projects, but I later toss my notes and drawings. Using permanent notebooks seems like a better idea.
Personally I'd recommend not buying a moleskine, the quality of the paper seems to have dramatically gone down the hill over the years to the point where you're getting ink bleeding through the paper.
I'm a big fan of the Rhodia notebooks with Clairefontaine paper :)
They're nice for journaling. If you need to organize things a bit more, I'd recommend Leuchtturm 1917. Very high quality paper, dotted, line numbers, comes with an index. It's really quite lovely.
Both run circles around moleskine, which by now mostly coasts on the name.
Respectful alternative suggestion: buy a simple artist's sketchbook from your local art materials shop. In the UK, these would be less than half the cost of the Moleskin and have thicker paper (sharpie proof) and hard board covers with sown signatures. Granddaughter could selectively illuminate chosen pages :-)
I bought a moleskin notebook for myself, but then my granddaughter started drawing in it, and I wanted to leave it as she left it. After reading this article I am going to buy another.
I have always used yellow pads to brainstorm for new projects, but I later toss my notes and drawings. Using permanent notebooks seems like a better idea.