[paulrpotts]

I have kind of gone off Moleskines due to their price and low page count. For my software development work, I've recently taken to buying 9x12 sketchbooks (Canson artist series at the moment, but sometimes whatever is on sale at Michael's) and I use these for notes, and especially for state machine diagrams, flow charts, charts, etc. Occasionally the results are even pretty, but mostly they just become a mess. That's OK. My pens are "Paper Mate® Flair® Felt Tip Pens, Medium Point, Black" and I buy them in bulk since I am always using them up and occasionally losing them.

I have at times had various fetishes for mechanical pencils and fountain pens but that way can lie madness, so this is sort of the antidote to keep me grounded in a state of "just write it, dude, stop fussing with your tools."