The Blog Authors
About The Authors
Leah Hoffmann is a freelance copywriter who specializes in interactive and new media content development. A former staff writer for Forbes.com—where she covered pop culture, technology, and business—she holds a dual degree in English and Computer Science from Columbia University, and she has clients in both the high tech and corporate arenas.
She is a perpetual optimist when it comes to the subject of planning.
Karen Doherty is the VP, Marketing for Quo Vadis in the U.S. She came there by way of American Management Association, the Sierra Club and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
Her life is full of overlapping seasons and calendars she needs help in managing: family events, work planning, volunteer activities, home renovation, and quality time for self and spouse.
Her date book became an even more valued tool after a first bout with Lyme disease in 2000. Since then, she relies on it to help her prioritize her time. An avid list maker, she uses the blank page of her Space 24 for all her weekly lists.
Karen collects and uses fountain pens. She keeps a different colored J. Herbin ink in each one. Thanks to PencilThings, her latest craze is pencils.

