Silver Clipboard: Time Management Tips and Personal Productivity Tools

The centerpiece of a more organized life is a dedicated workspace in your home. The kitchen table – when not overflowing with food preparation – won’t cut it.
Here are some guidelines to setting up your workspace using the office supplies you got yesterday.
Picking a location:
Your workspace should be away from traffic corridors in your [...]

If you’re the kind of person who loves a trip to Staples, you’re going to like today. Over the rest of the 30 Days to a More Organized Life project, you’re going to need some gear. Be an efficient manager of your time and do the supply run all in one batch, rather [...]

Tying up your computer cable mess with a daisy chain from Wellington Grey.

If you’re tired of your computer cable mess, and you don’t have any twisty ties around, you can try this knotting method to store your cables neatly.

Several years ago, I switched from using disposable batteries to rechargeables — this paid for itself quickly and has been saving me more than $300 a year ever since. (For more on battery economics, see my money blog, Coin by Coin).
Most of the year, my demand for rechargeable batteries is pretty low. My [...]

Arch-lever files are an abortional blight upon the world of office supplies. For those of you who have never organized files in England, you know not the horror of these devices.

For some ungodly reason, this malevolent device usurped the divine manilla folder in Great Britain. Why the English love their arch-lever files, I [...]