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One can always have things as one wants them in a diary; it is easy to believe that one's own authorized version and the truth are the same thing.

A Book of One’s Own: People and Their Diaries by Thomas Mallon, page 209

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Zibaldone : 14th Century's Answer to Tumblr

Welcome to the world of the zibaldone. A strange melange of diary, ledger, doodle pad, and scrapbook, these volumes—along with similar “hodgepodges” and “commonplace books”—served as a pattern for interior life from the 14th century onward, bringing comfort and inspiration to everyone from Thomas Jefferson to Lewis Carroll.

They helped citizens of a rapidly changing world to make sense of what they were reading, seeing, and becoming, opening the way for more contemporary recording forms, like blogging, tweeting, and sharing on Tumblr. And according to the newest generation of zibaldone fans, it may be just the right time to bring them back.