Any good notepads you'd recommend?

Not software, but the thing with paper inside of it that you write ideas in before you forget since you’re trying to sleep and don’t want to jump up to go to your computer and jot down the idea.

I use a Moleskine sketchbook

http://www.amazon.com/Moleskine-Sketchbook-Pocket/dp/8883701054/ref=sr_1_6?s=office-products&ie=UTF8&qid=1294892198&sr=1-6

I’ll buy one soon, then! I hear they’re the best.

+1 for Moleskine

I’ve got this one and love it: http://www.creativesoutfitter.com/Products/Dot-Grid-Book/9

They also have smaller ones available.

Moleskine definitely – if you can afford to spend a little extra on one, rather than a plain no-brand sketchbook.

Plus, you can get a heap of different “styles” of moleskine

www.moleskine.com

Moleskin is such a waste of money, not to mention the pages don’t stay open which drives me crazy when I’m trying to read and type/mouse at the same time.

I regularly buy these big packs of standard office pads. I go through one every few weeks and it would be really crappy to have to spend $15 on a new moleskin every 2 weeks.

http://www.amazon.com/Ampad-20-208-Evidence-Perforated-Writing/dp/B0017DCQCE/ref=sr_1_17?s=office-products&ie=UTF8&qid=1294897153&sr=1-17

EDIT : But I do want to disclaim that I carry a moleskin writing pad in my bag when I leave the house… just not with me at my desk (which is most of the time) to write down notes/ideas/sketeches.