Why Yellowpad?

My father ran his own company, designing and creating bespoke kitchens and furniture. He was the vision for the company and the look and feel of the end product was down to him and his direction. Seeing dad sketching out layouts and working out measurements and how things would be put together made me want to borrow a bit of paper and scribble myself.

Dad would always work on cambridge yellow paper, working on yellow is a prosperous colour and according to feng shui makes customers feel warm and welcome. So it seemed a great thing to call the blog. Something friendly and informative that people can enjoy.

I do however have a huge problem, finding yellow notepads is almost impossible unless you use standard A4 lined pads, papercase do a great one. For my day-to-day work though I need something a little more me!

So after a few hours in paperchase yesterday I finally settled on what seems to be aimed at school children. Which of course isn’t far from the mindset of a developer! It has the week on the left and a grid on the right. Perfect for writing little notes about calls and jobs as well as sketching out UI components and code etc on the right. As each grid is tied into a week I should be able to figure out when i worked on something as well so it’s self-archiving.

So now I have a new job and a new pad… best get some new pens as well!