Office supplies roundup [Hack Your Day]

Since I came of age (hah), Office Depot has become the new Toys R’ Us for me. I mean you can get all kinds of notepads, post it stuff, calendars, printers, chairs, and a whole lot more. I can easily spend a lot of time in there, but enough of me telling you why I’m crazy, let me show you some cool stuff. Oh, and this month I had 11 items ordered through Hack Your Day, so thank you to all those ordering through my site.

Organizer Cart

My first choice may seem a bit weird, since the official name is “Classroom Cart and Organizer“. The reason I’m showing this to you is that for me this would be perfect. I pretty much divide my time and I live 3.5 days a week in one city, and 3.5 in another. I spend at least 20 minutes before and after each trip (four occasions a week) packing my essential stuff. I need my external drive, my folders, my Moleskine, my Laptop (and everything that that includes) and a host of other work related stuff.

While this cart is not something you might take to a business meeting, it is perfect for personal use if you travel a lot. It can be fully closed and opened (like you see in the pic), and the design isn’t too childish either, it reminds me of an everyday suitcase.

In addition,with some modification, you could use it as your workstation, since after punching a few pluggable holes in there, you could just get out your laptop, and plug everything in, while keeping all the cables and stuff inside the cart. All in all I love the Classroom Cart and Organizer and I wouldn’t mind dishing the 50 bucks they ask for it.

Rotating phone cord detangler

Yes, you heard me, this little thing is a cord detangler. Please do not buy one of these. Just take that $4 and send it to me instead, I’ll write you a personalized post on how not to pirouette while on the phone, so it won’t entangle itself. You need to plug this gadget straight into your phone, and plug the cord, into it. It will turn as you move, so it won’t allow the string to tangle.

To tell you the truth, this wouldn’t be a bad idea to build into phones, but buying anything separately for this? I love the site of a really good tangled phone cord, which allows you to stray a full 2 inches from the phone base! When all is said and done if you order through Hack Your Day, I get commission, so don’t let me stop you, all your phone cord tangling probles will be solved. No need to thank me.

Orange File Folders

Now this is nothing special at all, a 100 pack of legal sized dual colored File Folders. The reason I love them is the simplicity of it all. They will appeal to people with a few sheets of paper lying around, but also to the GTD productivity ninja, because you can make good use of them in your GTD system as well.

For me it is a benefit that they all look the same, it gives me a more organized feel, something which is very important for my work morale. They are all a great shade of orange on the outside, while a lighter shade on the inside, creating a soothing feeling as well. I know this sounds a bit like a sales pitch or a paid article, but for me looks are very imporstant. I go for soothing any time and this is definitely it. Oh, and it’s all recycled, so that’s another plus in my book.

If you need a box of File Folders, click on the link and buy them for $30, that’s just $0.3 a piece.

Easel Ring Binder

Again, I here the words “What?” arise from my readers. The Easel Ring Binder is a normal binder, which can be propped up, much like a desktop calendar. There are loads of people who create daily task lists for themselves, and for you guys it would be great to be able to have this staring you in the face without having to shift through some papers (or files) to find it. Just write it down (or print it), place it in this binder, prop it up, and place it next to your calendar.

You can also print tomorrow’s tasks, or other bits of info you need throughout the day, you will be able to access it easily, without having to pull it out all the time. If you won’t use it like this, I recommend getting a different binder, since the Easel Ring Binder at a hefty (for a 1″ binder) $10.2, you can get a regular one for about $3 - $4. Yes, this is the price I have pay for productivity.

Original post here: Daniel

26 February 2008 | Organization, Productivity, Productivity Store, shopping | Comments