Maker's Notebook released into the wild

Gareth Branwyn says:

The Maker's Notebook was officially released today. From the O'Reilly Press Release:

Ask tech DIY enthusiasts, backyard scientists, and makers what their ultimate workshop notebook would look like (as the folks over at MAKE magazine did recently) and you'll get a truckload of ideas, opinions, and preferences. So the MAKE & CRAFT editors and staffers put their heads together. They boiled down all the feedback, crafted a distinctive design, and devised an ideal workshop notebook for makers of all ilks.
The result? The all-new Maker's Notebook (O'Reilly Media, $19.99). Created for makers, crafters, backyard scientists, inventors, and engineers — actually anyone with a creative bent--the journal comes with engineering graph paper packed between its sturdy electric blue cover. And in true maker style, this notebook is born/designed to be hacked, inside and out.

"Clearly, lots of DIYers dream of designing their own project notebooks. We incorporated as many ideas from this Notebook Braintrust as possible," explains Gareth Branwyn, a contributing editor to MAKE.

We've also created a web page for the Notebook and will be posting Notebook mod projects there, running contests, and posting pictures of users' Notebooks that they send in. So send us pics of your book and the projects you're designing in it.

The Notebook is now available in the Maker Shed. The Maker Shed is the only place where, when you buy the book, you also get two sheets of two-color pressure-sensitive stickers and a 1/2" rubber band closure.

Order yours HERE.
Here's a video of Gareth talking about the notebook at Maker Faire.

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Discussion

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#1 posted by Jenn2D2 , June 3, 2008 4:31 PM

This looks great! I ordered one for a DIY-creative friend, and one for myself. I'm not delusional enough to think it will make me totally organized, but it will be nice to have one spot for all my random project notes to go. Or be taped into.

#2 posted by Kennric , June 3, 2008 4:46 PM

Erm... Are you really a Maker if you can't Make your own notebook?

Ok, I admit it, I don't make my own graph paper from scratch using the exotic hardwood sawdust of my shop, carefully inscribing by hand every tiny square... But still, seems like a notebook would be the first place to apply your steampunk applique-leather-and-brass-to-everything skills.

Mine has polycarbonate covers - it's ugly, but nigh invulnerable.

#3 posted by dafoink , June 3, 2008 4:52 PM

This is where I get mine (I get through work though). these guys dont have a ecommerce site but we get them through our distributer:

http://www.snco.com/pricelist.htm

#4 posted by dafoink , June 3, 2008 4:53 PM

I take it back. I just found that they do sell online. You can also get it embossed for free if you buy a case:

http://shopping.netsuite.com/s.nl/c.ACCT126734/it.A/id.8/.f?sc=2&category=4

#5 posted by Sinthea , June 3, 2008 5:17 PM

I'm all in support of Maker Magazine. But, I'll continue printing my own graph paper using pdf's I found here: http://incompetech.com/graphpaper/ along with a sturdy binder. Damn the 'frugal' blood flowing in my veins!

#6 posted by Zebra05 , June 3, 2008 5:38 PM

Just a peek inside would be nice... Lots of pictures of the cover, but the inside is what you are buying it for...

#7 posted by Gareth Branwyn

, June 3, 2008 6:50 PM

@Zebra05:
These two blog items on MAKE show a few of the reference pages and a page of the graph paper. I'll have some more images on the Notebook page, probably tomorrow.

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/05/makers_notebook_released.html
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/05/post_3.html

#8 posted by lenore , June 3, 2008 8:05 PM

Here's one inside picture:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lenore-m/2463024051/

#9 posted by Gareth Branwyn

, June 3, 2008 8:43 PM

FYI: Sara Peyton of O'Reilly also has an interview with me about the book, posted here:

http://www.oreillynet.com/fyi/blog/2008/05/qa_with_gareth_branwyn_editor.html

#10 posted by Kennric , June 3, 2008 9:51 PM

#5 Sinthea - that generator is one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen. I am beginning to suspect I am a bit of a geek.

#11 posted by Nixar , June 4, 2008 3:03 AM

I was going to order one but ... 1/8" ??? It's not even metric ... WTF.
FAIL!

#12 posted by Anonymous , June 4, 2008 7:48 AM

When I was in school in the 70's we had engineering books where the left page was 1/4" squares and the right page was ruled lines for text. It was super, you could make a drawing on one page and have the notes across from it. I've been looking for years for one, but I may use the generator from #5 to make my own.

#13 posted by Gareth Branwyn

, June 5, 2008 10:24 PM

The description on the Maker Shed site is incorrect. It's actually 1/10" graph paper, not 1/8"

#14 posted by Teej , June 6, 2008 8:24 AM

See this, Craiggles?

This is where we start.

#15 posted by Gareth Branwyn

, June 14, 2008 1:06 PM

>It's actually 1/10" graph paper, not 1/8"

Um... I take this back. It's ACTUALLY 1/8" We went back and forth on 1/8 or 1/10 and I thought we'd decided on 1/10, but I guess we went with 1/8 in the end. My bad.