Bieber on the Cover? Are You MAD? Yes, Yes We Are!

Living inside my notebook
making a book into a movie
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This is one of the walls of my studio. See the notes for annotation.

You may have noticed that all the coin envelopes are binder-clipped in the same corner. That makes them hang at a specific angle off a push-pin, which allows you to cover a wall with them with some nice density, without needing a ruler.

This is just one of the bulletin boards covering the walls; I keep my reading notes, scribbles, and other oddments here.

Alastair Cockburn calls displays like this "information radiators," and the connotations that conjures up are exactly right.

Another wall holds my "Someday/Maybe" list, split into categories like "movies to watch, books to read, places to visit." And another holds my "agenda" envelopes. It’s more attractive than the pictures really show, and offers a wonderful information density and overview that I’ve yet to match.

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