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I like it. Some thoughts on the design:

-Stack the controls vertically on the right. Center the "blank sheet" (to make it feel more like a sheet on a desk or typewriter).

-Cut the half-sheet from the top (it felt a little crowded to me... not sure where to place your "just start typing note, but it might be nice to fade in briefly and then out).

-Adjust the alignment on the header.

-Lighten the page outline to #AAAAAA and shrink the drop shadow to 3px.

Maybe it's too minimalist, but here's how I would imagine it:

http://michael-kelly.com/minor-onepageperdaycom-edits

Good luck!

thanks much for the great suggestions. I was thinking that the "half sheet" would be more like a 1.5" bit of the previous page, to minimally trigger the writer's memory of where he/she left off before... for subsequent pages it's what you ended on, not the starting note...

I am in full agreement with the rest of your suggestions... btw I think the shading is a bit different on different computers, which led me to the larger drop shadow, etc. But I'll reduce it a bit and change the border color.

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