Filofax sighting: Russian Dolls

I recently saw the movie Russian Dolls, and was pleasantly surprised to see what looked like a well-used Filofax being used, all too briefly, by the main character Xavier. He also used Moleskine notebooks at various times throughout the movie. Perhaps most fascinating was during a scene where he was on the phone, he needed to write down a date. He opened his Filofax, which had nested inside it a small Moleskine notebook, and it was inside the Moleskine that he wrote the date! I wanted to pause the movie and have a conversation with Xavier about how exactly he uses his Filofax and his Moleskine together! And perhaps most fascinating, as he flipped through his Filo, there were several pages with obvious writing on them but of course I couldn't tell what was written. I'm even fascinated by movie prop Filos!

In case you have never heard of Russian Dolls, it is the sequel to the movie L'Auberge Espagnole, which I also liked very much.

I know there must be many more movies where a Filofax makes an appearance. Of course there is the legendary movie "Filofax" (which I think was called something like Taking Care of Business in the US) that has been discussed on this blog several times. Also a year or two ago there was a movie, I think the title was 27 Dresses, where the main character relies on, and loses, her Filofax.

What other movies/ films do you know of where a Filofax makes an appearance?

Poll Result - How much do you spend on Filofax each year?

Firstly thank you to everyone who took part in the poll. We ran it just for curiosity really. When you look at the results, I don't think there are any big surprises really.

The lowest you might spend is on a new diary insert and may be some replacement pages. The higher spend might be were you have several organisers to replenish or to buy additional ones.

Click on the chart to see a full size version.

If you have any ideas about future polls do let us know.

Free for All Friday No. 41

By request, this week's suggested topic is digital pens.

For example, there's the new Logitech io2 digital pen. With this pen, and special paper, you can write or draw on paper and see your works appear on your computer screen. The paper has a pattern of tiny dots, which is how the pen knows what you're writing.

What's this got to do with Filofax? Filofax makes paper (called Anoto) for its A5 organizers that works with the Logitech (and also Nokia) digital pens. It lets you create a computerized duplicate of what you write in your Filofax.

Has anyone tried it?

Offer on A4 Folders

If you want to buy a Filofax A4 Conference Folder, there is a big discount offer on them at the moment

Go to: http://www.filofax.co.uk/ and at the check out put in promo code fxccf

The price drops to a low £30

From the Web - Monday 24th August

Spotted on the web this week:

Ideal car for Filofax users? - A test drive of the Volvo V50

Flax Pen to Paper in Westwood - Filofax stockists amongst other things...

Brand Values - Passport to prosperity

A hiding to nothing (in tan) - Life and Style - Celebrating 75 years of Filofax

A decade since its heyday - An article from the late 1990's


Graces Guide - A history of the Filofax

I hope you enjoy reading these articles.