Organization

Apparently it took one primary inventor and the input from 910 other people to develop this desktop organizer.  The Pen Zen from Quirky has a couple of rubber combs inside that hold your pens, pencils, and markers.  Magnets embedded in the bamboo sides can hold a few paper clips for easy access, too.  It can be [...]

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We’ve told you about the GRID-IT! system from Cocoon Innovations before.  These panels are covered in interwoven elastic straps that grip and organize your smaller items.  These panels come permanently installed in some laptop and gear bags from Cocoon, and they are also available as separate panels that you can add to your own laptop [...]

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We’ve all done this… We get to our travel destination and take all the stuff out of our pockets and dump it on the nearest table. At some point or another, we have problems finding object x because we set it down somewhere in our room and can’t remember where. The Travel Tray from Tom [...]

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We talk about a lot of small bags and organizer pouches here at The Gadgeteer.  Most of them work great, but many of them are utilitarian looking.  If you’d like an elegant, leather pouch to carry your cables and flash drives in, check out the Premium Leather Accessory Pouches from MacCase.  They’re made from premium [...]

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Q-Knots are are multi-purpose ties that can be used in place of rubber bands and twisty ties to keep your cords and other items easily managed.

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I truly dislike cable clutter in all facets of my life…..work, office, garage, etc.  I collect and reuse packing ties, rubber bands, micro-bungie cords and the like, continually doing my best to lessen the mess. As the story goes, I was doing my weekly perusal of our local Fry’s sales ad and saw an ad [...]

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  I know you have one.   Those clunky, metal, red toolboxes.  That iconic American symbol of craftsmen, workmen, and Do It Yourself-ers everywhere.   Those expensive, heavy, red-paint-chipping, heavier-than-cement-crack -your-shin-on-it dead weights that holds a mish mash of tools and accessories that, once in, you can never find again. Throw it out.  Seriously.  Throw [...]

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The iPhone is far from lacking when it comes to “to-do” list apps, so much so that the only ways for new apps in this genre to distinguish themselves are with unique functionality or a unique interface.  The former is relatively difficult (there is only so much one can change about a to-do list app [...]

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I’m a bit obsessed with organizing my stuff.  And also with looking good while doing it.  Calling it “organizational origami,” Nau‘s Fluent Stash is one way to pull off both. Its compact design unfolds to reveal three stash pockets (2 of which snap closed) and a zip-secured mesh pocket. When open, it can either be [...]

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If you’re tired of using the little paper covered twist ties to manage your cable clutter, Gear Ties may be the answer. They are reusable rubber covered twist ties that come in a variety of colors and sizes that range from 3″ to a whopping 32″ long. Besides using them to organize your cables, you [...]

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The CableClip is a one piece, multi-purpose cable storage and management clip that creates a clutter-free environment for your office, home or while traveling, by securing computer cables, phone wires, power supply cords, home theater cables conveniently in a compact bundle. The CableClip is available in 3 sizes and costs $9.95 per set (the number [...]

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One of the best methods for keeping your domicile appearing neat and tidy is to simple keep clutter out of sight.   Hinge hooks may be a helpful hero here.  Installation appears relatively simple, attaching to standard door hinges with no drilling, hardware, or holes, and they allow the use of space behind a door that [...]

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If you need a little help organizing your desk – so you can find your gadgets!, you might want to look at the DeskMaster Pavilion from Levenger.  The DeskMaster is divided into three areas – one to store blank index cards for notes and up to three pens, another to display your paper-based “tickle file” [...]

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Levenger has a new line of gear bag/laptop bag organizers.  The organizers are all made of nylon with blue zippers.  Shown is the Organizer bag.  The Organizer bag has a center compartment to hold a netbook, files, or books.  There is a variety of nylon or mesh pockets on the outside to hold electronics, cables, [...]

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Stick-On Cable Organizers from newPCgadgets are adhesive computer cable holders that will help you keep your desktop free from clutter. Each Organizer holds up to 5 cables in a soft rubber protective grove. Each $12.95 package includes 2 organizers allowing you to manage up to 10 computer cables.

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Does your gear bag look like a nest of snakes because of a bunch of loose cables and cords?  Mine did before I found Strapeez cord organizers.  These 8” straps are made of a “unique attachment system” that seems a little Velcro-like to me.  They are completely loops on one side and completely hooks on [...]

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Organize your cables with Dotz

by Julie on October 22, 2009 · 9 comments

in Gear, News

Do you ever find yourself behind your computer desk or home theater cabinet, trying to figure out which cable that’s plugged into your power strip, goes with a specific component? You end up spending a few seconds or even minutes tracing the cable from the power strip back up to the device. What a pain… [...]

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Do you use the David Allen “Getting Things Done” method of time management using index cards?  Or do you just keep a series of small notes with to-do lists and reminders that you tend to lose?  Levenger has a couple of products in their Circa disk-bound line that can help you keep your notes and [...]

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The Grid-It by Cocoon is a nifty organizer that utilizes a grid of rubberized elastic bands to hold your precious things in place.   It is especially unique for the many potential ways you can configure your digital items and wires onto its surface.  The Grid-It comes in black and grey as well as in different [...]

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