Hobonichi Techo Planners

[Ambien]

Anyone heard of this planner? Apart from a few reviews, I haven't read much about it. It does look interesting on the sales site. Although, I've never found a effective way to use planners in my daily work.

[Pentulant]

I've not heard of these planners. Most Page A Day calendars have such thin paper that they won't work for me.

 

Have you seen Plannerisms? Here's a link for you.

 

http://www.plannerisms.com

 

The top story happens to be a review the Date Books that my company makes. That aside, she talks about how to use a variety of planners. I believe she loves Filofax best.

[Ambien]

I've not heard of these planners. Most Page A Day calendars have such thin paper that they won't work for me.

 

Have you seen Plannerisms? Here's a link for you.

 

http://www.plannerisms.com

 

The top story happens to be a review the Date Books that my company makes. That aside, she talks about how to use a variety of planners. I believe she loves Filofax best.

 

Thank you for the link. I haven't heard of Plannerisms before, but I'll add it to my RSS reader now.

[Pentulant]

Great..hope you find the one that does it for you!

[HDRoot]

Interesting... I was reading a review of Tomoe River paper at this blog: http://penaddict.com/blog/2013/6/3/tomoe-river-paper-review where it's stated that the Hobonichi planners are made with TR paper.

 

I wish I needed a planner.

[bogiesan]

Posted 11 June 2013 - 10:03

Anyone heard of this planner? Apart from a few reviews, I haven't read much about it. It does look interesting on thesales site. Although, I've never found a effective way to use planners in my daily work.

The book or notebook is just the tool, like a tablesaw. I propose most people require training to use the tool properly. You're looking for articles and sites that support the concept of "time management."

My personal experience: more than 20 years ago, I attended more than a few classes on the topic and have read several books supporting different systems. I eventually ended up with a two-page per day format, looseleaf notebook made by Franklin-Covey. I've tried others since then but keep returning to the FC dayplanner form factor.

Your needs and reactions to the products on the market will be different, of course.

 

Time management is more complicated than simply using a paper-based calendar to schedule appointments in the future. To belabor the metaphor, if you own a tablesaw and have a supply of wood, you could create a house. You must be able to imagine the steps, plan them out and execute them in a prescribed order. The tablesaw is powerful and therefore possibly dangerous if used improperly. You willalso require some additional tools like a hammer.

 

 

[da vinci]

Anyone heard of this planner? Apart from a few reviews, I haven't read much about it. It does look interesting on the sales site. Although, I've never found a effective way to use planners in my daily work.

 

Does look very interesting, but after a (admittedly brief) try, I havent been able to see a price? Anyone got it?

[cellmatrix]

This planner looks pretty cool, I wonder if it it fountain pen friendly, anyone try it?????

 

 

Muji used to have a similar free form planner called chronobook, which had 365 sheets with a light clock in the center of the page on the left and a dark clock in the center of page on the right (day and night). I read about it and though it was very interesting but it seems they discontinued it.

[enolafeltpen]

Anyone heard of this planner? Apart from a few reviews, I haven't read much about it. It does look interesting on the sales site. Although, I've never found a effective way to use planners in my daily work.

I hadn't until I read this post. Now I'm stalking the postie waiting for mine to get here

 

 

Does look very interesting, but after a (admittedly brief) try, I havent been able to see a price? Anyone got it?

2,500 Yen (£15 ish) plus postage (almost the same again for me but I added a cover and a few other bits to my basket too)

 

This planner looks pretty cool, I wonder if it it fountain pen friendly, anyone try it?????

 

 

Muji used to have a similar free form planner called chronobook, which had 365 sheets with a light clock in the center of the page on the left and a dark clock in the center of page on the right (day and night). I read about it and though it was very interesting but it seems they discontinued it.

It uses Tomoe River paper which is fountain pen friendly. I use loose sheets for my letter writing

[migo984]

I'm using the English Hobo for the second year. It suits my needs perfectly and the use of Tomoe River paper means that It can be page-a-day without being too bulky. It is A6 size (similatr to Midori MD etc). I also use a lot of the accessories that can be bought from the Japanese site.

The Tomoe paper is very lightweight and slightly transluscent. But is great with fountain pens, allowing no bleedthrough with the pens I use.

[scribble1]

I have the Hobonichi Techo Planner 2014 which is the English language version. It has a black cover attached and there are numerous planner covers into which it fits to choose from though the choices for the techo are leather. The price depends on the cover. I did not pay enough attention to the size so I was surprised at how relatively small they are but I really like it.

There is an A5 size version called a "Cousin" which I think is in Japanese but you can check it on the website. The Techo is at: www.1101.com/store/techo/2014/planner/index_j.html

The paper is Tamoe River: light and fp friendly. It is compact and portable. The layout is page per day including pages for Saturday and Sunday (black print except Sunday printed in red). Pleasantly simple page layout but quotes at the bottom of each page. They also have some fun stationary items on the website to go with the planners. The check out was (if I remember correctly) in English. For the rest pictures, a translator and patience all help.

 

If you prefer filofax then Raymay Davinci 2014 diary refills are also tamoe river paper and fp friendly. You get a lot of pages into a filofax with these as the paper is very fine. They come in pocket, personal and A5 size (the personal size is referred to as "bible size"). I got 2014 refills on global rakuten. Jetpens have some of the lined (and other) Raymay davinci refills though I did not see 2014 agenda refills there.

I have no connection to any of these companies.

Edited January 2, 2014 by scribble1

[bogiesan]

Nifty at Notebook Stories has a review:

 

http://www.notebookstories.com/2014/01/07/review-hobonichi-techo-planner-2014/

[mm1624124]

This planner looks pretty cool, I wonder if it it fountain pen friendly, anyone try it?????

 

 

Muji used to have a similar free form planner called chronobook, which had 365 sheets with a light clock in the center of the page on the left and a dark clock in the center of page on the right (day and night). I read about it and though it was very interesting but it seems they discontinued it.

 

 

Apparently so. I was able to get one from Amazon last year when Muji ran out. I emailed Muji-USA asking if they intended to restock the chronotebook and their reply was they no longer carried the item. Just when I finally found a scheduler that I actually used!!

 

Good news is anyone interested can google for "chronotebook" and obtain several templates and make their own. That is what I did for a junior Staples Arc notebook. Lovin' it :bunny01: