Custom Moleskine Planner & iPod touch

G2 mini with Uniball 0.38mm gel cartridge hacked to fit: http://www.rohdesign.com/weblog/archives/001860.html http://www.instructables.com/id/The-Uniball-Signo-RT-Gel-mini-Hack/

iPod touch playing Radiohead's In Rainbows album: http://www.rohdesign.com/weblog/archives/002376.html http://www.inrainbows.com/

PlannerHack Book 3 -- my 3rd book in the series and still going strong! http://www.plannerhack.com/

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Custom Moleskine Planner & iPod touch by Mike Rohde.

Here is a revised shot of my Moleskine Planner v3, with the new iPod touch which replaced the iPod nano. Learn more about my PlannerHack system at PlannerHack.com

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Mike Rohde says:

Here's the original Planner Hack and iPod nano from 2005:

Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

Congratulations! Nice picture... nice upgrade :)

Hmmmm, this means my friend is slowly going back to the PDA space? I got myself a 3g nano product red but am convinced that my future is an iPhone (when it become available in Brazil). Don't what to use a hacked one.
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

Mike Rohde says:

Not sure I can yet cal an iPod touch a full PDA. Maybe in March 2008, but right now it's my address book and web surfing iPod. :-)

iPod Touch Two Week Report:
www.rohdesign.com/weblog/archives/002386.html
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

Danh TX says:

I can't wait to get out of my plan with Sprint and get me the iPhone next fall. I must resist....
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

Tanner Christensen says:

You've gone and done it now Mike. The first thing I'm going to do tomorrow before work is grab a few moleskins.
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

Mike Rohde says:

Hang in there Danh! :-)

Tanner: another Moleskine convert! Muwhahahaha! :-)
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

F3tch says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Electronic Gadgets, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

Mike Rohde says:

Done! :-)
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

Dark night of the soul says:

Great idea, I can't wait to customise mine.
At the beginning I had the idea suggested by Fra and I decided to have a look at flick to found some details and you came, thank you.

By the way I've got a brand new palm in my cupboard for two years now, only used it a couple of weeks when it bugged in the middle of nowhere with all I needed in it.
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

Mike Rohde says:

sebi, glad you like the idea — hope it works for you. If it doesn't, change it to suit your needs! And even better, now you can sell off your Palm to buy some more Moleskines and pens! :-)
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

cybertooth says:

Hello, I just decided I would try your system. As I don't have so much to do, I put a whole week on a single page (2 spare lines at the top and 6 cells, the last one being for the week-end). Will see if it works for me for the next couple of weeks. Thanks.
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

Mike Rohde says:

Great! I hope it works well for you! :-)
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

papersandtschai.com says:

hi mike! guess what? i have the iphone and its so great! for my contacts, music, websurfing.. and a phone! (text messaging is such a necessity here.. ) and... my mole is a must still.
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

Mike Rohde says:

hey great to hear! I love my touch so I can understand! :-)
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

Chris Toumanian says:

I have had trouble jailbreaking my planners too. It only worked after I used a Pilot G-2 pen on it.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Mike Rohde says:

Heh :-)
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

thetonyclifton says:

I like the moleskine hack, but out of curiosity what would a portable ical have to do to get you to switch?
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Mike Rohde says:

Tony, well, have you tried quickly entering an appointment in iCal on the iPhone/iPod touch? It works but takes like 5 steps to complete. I use paper because I can capture immediately without delays or dialogs. :-)

I use iCal for work and love it, and put in items I need alerts on in iCal to beep on the touch. I think the touch is great for viewing information like my iCal calendar, but not as great for entry. Well, until an external keyboard appears (I hope one does).

That make sense?
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Mike Rohde says:

Guess I didn't reply to your question! :-)

A portable iCal would need some kind of single-entry dialog where I could add appointments or information to iCal without messing with 5 steps of dialog boxes. That might get me to consider iCal on the touch as a more regularly used tool for scheduling.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

thetonyclifton says:

Yeah makes sense, I was just curious and your answer is interesting.

You are obviously open to the idea of buying apple products
You already like and use ical
You have bought something from the iphone/itouch range
But wont use the touchscreen for too much text

Given that apple are unlikely to move away from the touch interface, that means you are unlikely to use an apple as an all in one type device.

I am not criticizing I just wondered what it would take.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Mike Rohde says:

Tony, you're right on.

I like Apple products and the touch, but I find the iPod touch not the ideal tool for large amounts of text input, especially compared to pen and paper. So, yep, I won't really use the touch as my all-in-one device on the same par as the Palm was, mainly because of data entry.

But by the same token, I moved from the Palm to pen and paper too, for similar reasons — I really like the immediacy of pen and paper.

Thanks for the questions, they got me thinking through the touch in some ways I hadn't before. Good questions!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

thetonyclifton says:

@ Mike Rohde

I have been thinking more and more about what you said and I think I fall into the same category as you although interestingly enough I have a slightly higher 'tech threshold' than you.

I have, use and love an iphone which I use for my calender.
I often toy with the idea of going back to a moleskine diary and I prefer that idea and process (the writing as opposed to the touching)
But I already carry a molekine notebook and a cahier for my notes and task managment type stuff so another would just be too much to carry.

...so I guess its a trade off, the calender is the thing I dont mind digitizing....if thats a word :)

I will face an interesting dilemma once the iphone/touch platform expands, even the release of a mini bluetooth keypad and notes application would force me to at least try it :) But given the speculation around the SDK release and the apple imposed limitations that might be a way off yet.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Sascha W. says:

this is so f....ing stylish! damn!
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

Mike Rohde says:

Sascha, glad you like it! :-)
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

Laura.King says:

Yay, Radiohead
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

bloggersmosaic.com says:

nice pic
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

LukeAbingdon says:

Yay, Bodysnatchers!
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

Drops of Ruby says:

i just love radiohead
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

briesays says:

mike, your design inspired me. i was using an "august to august" planner made by: mixed role productions (check em out), which i loved but the moleskine self planner enables me to tweak and modify. By the way im a huge fan of the: Pilot Precise Gel 07 --a fabulous ultra fine long stem.
cheers.
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

Mike Rohde says:

briesays great to hear you are able to make this idea work for you! :-)
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

♥ China ♥ guccio says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Moleskine China Fan's Group - Moleskiner.cn, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Btw, This is a really great Works and shot.
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

xurbia_xendless says:

Nice music selection.

:]

down is the new up_
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

pixellated spiff says:

I lurve the reworking of the 2005 photo. Fantastic! XD

--
Found in a search. (?)
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

Mike Rohde says:

@the/gloaming_ I take it you're a Radiohead fan too? :-)

@pixellated spiff Thanks! I thought it'd be fun to recreate. :-)
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

brianh2992 says:

awesome pic, i was wondering , can i use it as background on my utube account????

thanks.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Mike Rohde says:

Brian, thanks for asking.

This image is licensed under creative commons, so as long as you credit me (Photo by Mike Rohde) with a link to this photo on flickr, and if you plan on making money with the image you contact me to share in the benefit, you're cool!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

brianh2992 says:

thanks for replying, ill give credit for the pic. thanks!!!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

The European says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Your Moleskine, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

Markus Rödder says:

Hi, i am the Admin of Lovin Moleskine and i hope to see your picture there...

awesome Shot!
Posted 4 weeks ago. ( permalink )

iamjenguinn says:

I'm anxious to find a pen that doesn't bleed through. However, I want to get a squared pocket moleskine and do the same thing you've done. Is the paper thinner do you know? How would you suggest dividing it up? What's the best pen you've found?
Posted 4 days ago. ( permalink )

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