Posts Tagged ‘pda’

Staying Organized with Moleskine

Kathy Sierra at Creating Passionate Users shares her organization system using Moleskine. Inspired by PigPog PDA Moleskine hack, she mixed and customized parts to fit her style. Overall the most useful part is how she separated her moleskine into different sections: Next Actions; Projects; Travel/Calendar; Notes; Health; Back Pocket. Also her reasons on using a moleskine instead of a cheap notebook is quite interesting:

2) There’s a theory that… » Continue

February 1 2007 | By Leon | Tagged: moleskine, organization, pda, Productivity | 3 comments»

Hipster POD: Adding An iPod To Your Hipster PDA

Over at Podophile loves their iPod and figured a way to carry their Hipster PDA (index cards) along with their iPod. The integration itself is a big hack and involves using two index cards and some scotch tape to make a pocket for the iPod. Positively the size of both index card and iPod are accommodated with each other and it could fit into pocket comfortably:

Before we get started… » Continue

December 13 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: hardware, ipod, pda | no comments»

How to make the Hipster nano PDA

Christopher Penn shows a neat way to make a Hipster PDA - nano version.

The nano version consists of stacking and stapling a stack of business cards. It is a pretty good idea to reuse those business cards, once you have scanned them into your PC.

We all know and love the Hipster PDA, but sometimes you want something a little smaller and more discreet. Enter the Hipster nano!

If you’ve been… » Continue

October 17 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: gtd, hipster, pda | 3 comments»

Remove Logos from your PDA with Sugar

This is an easy hack where you can remove any logo from your PDA or cellphone - like the branding logo from your service provider. The key is to use sugar cube to firmly rub on the logo. The sugar crystals are strong enough to remove the logo, but it is not strong enough to scratch the metal case.

Disclaimer: Use this hack at your own risk, and… » Continue

September 12 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: hack, hardware, pda | no comments»

PigPog’s Moleskine PDA Updated

You know you want a real good reason to really use a Moleskine. Admit it: you own one that’s not getting a lot of ink (well, there’s just so beautiful- you can’t just… write on it!) Enter: the PogPog PDA.

Michael has a killer system here, complete with what I’ve come to realize is what was missing with my attempts at using a paper PDA: a way to deal with what’s… » Continue

July 10 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: gtd, moleskine, organization, pda, planner, planning, Productivity | 1 comment»

A Time for Paper?

The folks over at DIYPlanner.com are really into paper, and because I wrote a piece for them, it caused me to really analyze what I do in my life with paper, and what I do electronically. I’ve come to realize that in my case, there’s a time for paper and a time for a more electronic means.

MindMapping

I am a fiend for the process of using mind maps for… » Continue

May 9 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: gtd, paper, pda, pen, Productivity | 6 comments»

The Hipster PDA Keychain

The posting about Hipster PDA seems far less than last year, but I am able to find another cool implmentation on this index card todo list system. David Kadavy has came up a variation on combining his key chain with the hipster PDA.

Key chain suits this hipster PDA well as you always need to carry around your key - you wouldn’t forget to bring your todo list:

… Now when I… » Continue

February 27 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: gtd, hipster, pda | 5 comments»

Repetitive motion injuries with your PDA (Blackberry or Treo)

Repetitive motion injuries is a usual injury that occur for people who work on desktop and laptop in office. Now PDA users may have the similar problem. A case study written by Associated Press mentioned that using small electronic gadget with heavy thumb usage may lead to this type of injury:

… No national statistics exist on how many people suffer from this type of thumb ailment, but some doctors say… » Continue

October 24 2005 | By Leon | Tagged: injury, pda, treo | 1 comment»

Who needs a PDA when I’ve got paper?

Some regular readers may know this answer straight from their head - but for any newcomers — Why do you want to move on from your electronic based PDA to a paper-based organizer? Should you give up the technology and use pen and paper to organize your life? For anyone who has doubts, over at Guardian Unlimited Network, I have written an introduction on why you want to use a… » Continue

September 29 2005 | By Leon | Tagged: gtd, hipster, index_card, paper, pda, Productivity | 35 comments»

Ultimate Pocket Notebook

The Geek Home has a page with full description on his Hipster PDA. He called it the Ultimate Pocket Notebook. He is proud of bringing this with him everywhere and organizes the stack of index cards by punching a hole in one corner and using a binder ring to hold them together. In additional to the traditional way of making the hipster PDA, he has made more modification and enhancement… » Continue

September 27 2005 | By Leon | Tagged: DIY, hipster, index_card, pda | 1 comment»