Toronto photographer Steve Carty's tweet caught my eye this morning:

Are you in Toronto with a cool personal #moleskin book you can't live without? msg me. I want to take your picture.

I have been since tempted to in fact message Steve to tell him to take my picture. Although I don't have the moleskin book, since Christmas I have been the proud owner of this beautiful agenda:


With the automated reminders Google Calendar and the all-in-one convenience of BlackBerry and iPhone planners, why does anyone still bother with the old-fashioned pen and paper agenda?

Here are some of the reasons I like mine:

• the tactile quality of writing these down rather than typing them
• the ability to write down "to-do" lists and physically cross out my "done items" (it's just not the same when the computer does it for me)
• being able to store all my lists and appointments within the confines of its cute cover that I just can't stop looking at!

In the past year I've also switched back and forth from Google Calendars to Outlook to a little black book with white pages, so I'm making an effort in 2010 to keep things stored in one place.

Paper agenda or electronic app? We want to know which organizational tool is for you and why.