MAKE magazine points us to a quick and easy laptop hack to manage your cables and peripherals. It’s not for everyone, but it might be very useful if, like the picture demonstrates, you have lots of gear that would be a pain to lose while traveling.
Cable Management – [MAKE Magazine]
Then I put all the cords in the inside pocket of my suitcase, or in a zippered pouch (singing: from the Container Store, the Container store, I love the Container Store!) in my laptop bag. I liked the cable turtles that Dale suggested, but they are too lumpy in my laptop bag :(