forgot to say, thanks to D.

puter — Mon, 14 Nov 2005 02:14:32 -0500

forgot to say, thanks to D. Johnston for those templates, very useful!

i was first introduced to

puterkapala — Mon, 14 Nov 2005 02:08:48 -0500

i was first introduced to the hpda concept by fullcontactgeek around february of 2005. i seemed to intuitively grasp its usefulness right away and since i have known fcg for a while, i was more open to his praises of the thing than if a stranger suggested it, for exampleâ€¦

i used it for a little while, not very efficiently, and it did serve some usefulness to me in terms of organizing the things i needed to get done and remember and plan for the futureâ€¦ but i found the same issues with the clip and the restrictions it gave, however minor they were when compared to organizational life before i used it.

then on november 8th, after my first hpda (using a simple clip and index cards) had been long misplaced partially due to decreasing usageâ€¦ i caught upn feverâ€¦ fcg had built a custom upn for me a month prior and at first i laughed, as many others have laughed at me since then even though iâ€™ve only been using the upn a short while, tho i did carry it with me everywhere before i really started using it anyway, in case i became inspired to jot something down.

on the 8th, after seeing more links and pictures online and on fcgâ€™s website, i was hookedâ€¦ as i have seen from other stories online, it was as though i wasnâ€™t ready to begin using the upn until my mind really grasped how functional and effective i could make it, as well as what i would use it for:

bill payment reminder and tracker
monthly and weekly planner sheets
expense and banking tracker
â€˜to doâ€™ and all kinds of other lists
favorite pictures
tracking and goal setting for breaking bad habits (cigarettes)
temporary place for #â€™s, emails and urls scrawled while on the road
paper folder pocket for temp. storage of receipts and loose papers

i stayed up that first night until 5 am making templates in photoshop, not the greatest in design concept but good enough for me. im sure i will be adding new functions and adapting old ones as time goes onâ€¦

in order to reduce the thickness, i used blank index cards and printed the templates i would be using in conjunction with each other on both sides of the corresponding card. for example, my to do list for the month (daily list is on a different card), with portrait oriented lines using 5 grid lines per inch in photoshop, was on the front of one card, on the reverse side of that card i printed page 11 of Douglas Johnstonâ€™s DIY2 1up kit.. on the card that i planned to have facing that one, i printed page 12 of the DIY2 kit and on the reverse side of THAT i printed my custom template of a one month quick view reference plannerâ€¦ so now, the front page has my to do list, the next two facing pages within (like opening a book) would have the current month planner from the DIY2 kit with sufficient room to write, and on the reverse side after that i would have the next month and any upcoming important dates marked and noted.

yes, i realize that sounds like geekism incarnate. well, the thing works great for me now, it is remarkable that such a simple concept and such a simple object could be of so much help, thanks fcg!

My Ultimate Pocket Notebook

FullContactGEEK — Sun, 25 Sep 2005 17:16:51 -0400

This is my version of the Hipster. Plastic cover, binder ring, and hair elastic turn this stack of notecards into the most functional notebook I have ever had. This is every day carry kit: Left is my primary notebook that I use for my to-do lists, track my expenses, jot down ideas, etc. I tried out the D*I*Y Planner templates but I decided to simplify and do my own. Right is my reference notebook that I study from, with notes I've written up that I put into 3x5 format so I can use my free time well. Bottom is my Moleskine Memo Pocket for filing my receipts and holding backup supplies including a micro pen and pencil set, binder clip, extra cards, ring and elastic... I currently write with either my Uni Jetstreams or the the very fine pointed Pilot G4 Tec. I did a little write-up on my site: http://www.fullcontactgeek.com/FCG/Pages/UPN.html

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forgot to say, thanks to D.

i was first introduced to

My Ultimate Pocket Notebook

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