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TheMoleskinemarkuplanguagehack.
December12,2004
IstumbledacrossthelittleblackbookontheIdeabook.com(http://www.ideabook.com).SheepthatIam,Ihuntedallover
townforone.Iboughtoneofeachofthegraphpaper,thesketchpaper,andthelinedpaper.Ihavealwaysbeenabitofa
LudditeIlovemanualtypewriters,filmcameras,andRubenesquewomen,andtosaythatIfellinlovewiththelittle
Moleskinewouldbepullingthetriggertoosoon.IfilledmyfirstSkinewithintwoweeks,andhadalreadydevelopedall
sortsoflittleefficiencytechniquesallbeforeIdiscoveredthesocalledMoleskinehacksof43Folders.com
(http://www.43folders.com),andMikeShea(http://www.mikeshea.net).
Ilovetheselittlebooks,andtheirhacks,somuchthatIhavedecidedtoofferupmyownlittleSkinehackthatIusetohelp
mesort,find,andlinkinformationwithease.
Someofthehacksonboth43FoldersandMikeSheasaythatyoushouldnumberthepages,andyoushould,butnotevery
freakinpage.Numberingeverypageisapointlesswasteoftimeandnotveryefficient.Soherecomesaminihack:only
numbertherighthandfacingpageittakeshalfthetime.
Ifyounumberonlyhalfthepagesthenyouneedsomewaytotellwhereonthepairofpagestheinformationyouneedis
written.Theansweristodividethepairofpagesintoquadrants.
Figure1.Moleskinepagepairdividedintoquadrants.
Iusedtodrawalineacrossthemiddleofthepageswithabluewatercolorpencil,thespineofthepagesservedasanatural
border,butIhavesincestoppedthepracticebecauseIamusedtotheideaanditwasawasteoftime.
Now,linkingtoinformationissimplemakeanoteofwhereinthebooktheinformationiscontinuedtoorfrom.
Figure2.ExampleofMoleskinelinks.
Ashasbeensuggestedonothersites(i.e.43Folders.comandMikeShea.net)youcanuseasortofmetadatasystemfor
linkingbitsofinformationinyourMoleskine.TheMoleskinemarkuplanguageiseasytolearnitconsistsoftwodirectional
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indicators(meanscontinuedfrom,whilemeanscontinuedon),thepagenumber,andthequadrant.Intheexample
abovethenoteiscontinuedonpagetwentyfour,quadrantC,anditwascontinuedfrompageeighteen,quadrantB.
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IfyoulookedthroughyourMoleskineasyoureadthisyouwillnoticethatbynumberingthepagesinpairsyouwillbeleft
withtwopagesfirstpageinthebook,andlastpagewhichhavenocorrespondingfacingpage.Herecomesanothermini
hack:dontwastethesepages,usethemasatableofcontents,asortofhomepageifyouwill,tolinktogetherthemajor
chunksofinformationusingthesameMoleskinemarkupthatisusedtolinkthepages.

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