Link Love: Thank You Nots?

Posts of the Week:

Two sides of the Thank You note debate, both from NPR. After sending many gifts to friends and family and hearing nothing, I think a thank you note, even on a postcard, to let the sender know that the gift was received is a good way to guarantee you will get another gift. No thank you note, no more gifts, at least from me.

• Perfect Thank You Notes: Heartfelt And Handwritten (via NPR)
• In This New Year, Is It Time To Nix The Thank-You Letter? (via NPR)

Pens:

• The Seven Year Swindle (via Penthusiast)
• Paper Mate Flair (via Pen Addict)
• Uni Pure Malt Review (via Pen Pursuit)
  
• Pilot Juice (via Fountain Pen Physicist)

Fountain Pens:

• Stipula Splash Fountain Pen (via The Pen Addict)
• A Kaweco Trio (via That One Pen)
• Pilot Vpen (Varsity) Pen (via A Fool With A Pen)
• Review: Pelikan M205 (via Alt. Haven)
  
• Review: Muji Fountain Pen (via Alt. Haven)

Inks:

• Final update – epic ink test, round 1 (8 months) and Final update – epic ink test, round 2 (5 months) (via Fountain Pen Physicist)
• Kaweco Pearl Black Ink (via Gourmet Pens)
• Noodler’s Air Corp Blue Black (via Peninkcillin)
• Pensieve: J. Herbin Stormy Grey Ink (via Scribalishess)
• Pelikan Edelstein Tanzanite (via Pencil Case Blog)

Pencils:

• Kickstarter Modern Fuel metal barreled mechanical pencil (via Clicky Post)
• Top Seven Pencils as Selected by Father and Son (via Pencilism)

Notebooks & Paper:

• Video: Unboxing the Field Notes Starbucks Roastery edition (via Woodclinched)
• An Introduction to the Midori Traveler’s Notebook (part one) (via Pens! Paper! Pencils!)
• Sketchy Notebook (via My Pencils Draw Worlds)
• Introducing the Spiraldex Visual Time Mapping System (via Kent From Oz)
• Resolved: Living Well One Line A Day (via From The Pen Cup)
• Selecting A Journal For The New Year: Part One and Part Two (via Inkophile)
• Every Visual Creative Should Keep a Sketchbook (via Urban Sketchers Chicago)

Planners & Organizers:

• Malden Compact Zip Revisited (via Philofaxy)
• Use Your Dashboard! (via Planner Fun)
• How To Put Your Planner On A Diet (With Video Link) (via Giftie Etcetera)

Other Stuff:

• Ink Cocktails (via Palimpsest)
• In 2014 I changed how I write the number 4 (via The Pen Addict)
• Handwriting vs typing: is the pen still mightier than the keyboard? (via The Guardian)
• 2014- The Year in Review (via Ed Jelley)

Who ever said lefties can’t use a Pilot Parallel Pen? And his brush pen work is excellent!