We’re all about a notebook. It’s a Yellow Notebook traditionally, but it can actually be any color you want. The notebook is a place to put your ideas. There, your ideas can be protected, they can be given new life. They become portable and can come with you. They can grow, evolve, change (wait… I think those words all mean the same thing). They can be repeated and questioned and shared and enacted or mocked.

So what is an idea? Glad you asked. We’ve been trying to figure that out.

At this point, we’re content with the fact that we don’t really know.

An idea is… an idea. It’s a thought (The sunset is looking particularly lovely this evening). It’s an innovation (Someone should really invent paper with dull edges). It’s a musing (It’s interesting that the most beautiful frogs are also the deadliest). It’s literally anything that comes into your mind.

What began with a notebook, and a desire to encourage the community to think freely, openly, and innovatively, has grown.

The Yellow Notebook Club is:

• A notebook. A literal yellow paper notebook. We’ve given away hundreds already. Let us know if you want one.

• A club. Join today. It’s free (for now)

• An event. You don’t have to be local to join the club, but if you’re in or around Western Washington at our events, we’d love to have you join. These are opportunities to… well… share your ideas and to hear the ideas of others. We’re all about the ideas.

• Finally, a podcast. Listen here.