This is what happens when I don’t do a Link Love for over two weeks: it becomes epic! Sorry its so long but I didn’t want anything to get overlooked or skipped.
Handwriting Month:
- January is National Handwriting Month (via Letter Writers Alliance)
- January 23rd is National Handwriting Day (via Detroit Free Press)
- Why email will never replace the handwritten letter (via Forbes)
- Pentel Handwriting Day Contest (via Economy Pens)
Pens:
- Don’t Buy Torr pens (via Pen Addict)
- TWSBI Mini Black EF review (via Informal Scribble)
- Fine Fountain Pens for Everyday Use (via JetPens)
- Pilot Razor Point II Review (via Economy Pens)
Paper:
- Sloane Crosley’s Yearly Date with the Planner (via Notebook Stories and NYTimes)
- Updates on product issues from Rhodia (via Rhodia Drive)
- Handmade Planners and Journals (via Etsy)
- Ted Baker Brogue Notebooks (via Notebook Stories)
- Using Field Notes to organize stamps (via Felt & Wire)
- Dodo Book of the Big Move (follow-up to the handmade moving journal)
- Trying out the Moleskine Sketchbook (via Notebook Stories)
- Evernote Smart Moleskine Review (via Leigh Reyes)
- Mara-Mi 12-month Notebook Set (via Office Supplies Junkie)
Digital:
- The glories of SimpleNote and some alternatives (via Shawn Blanc)
- A month with the iPad Mini (via Minimal Mac)
Miscellaneous:
- Sandbox workstation (via Neatorama)
- A Delivery for Dr. Jones (via Letter Writers Alliance)
- Omoi Zakka Online Shop
- Litterati
- Boing Boing founder Mark Frauenfelder talks about his favorite pen products (via JetPens)