I’ve become obsessed with paper organizers lately. Well, maybe not obsessed, but I’ve decided to research them more frequently. What is this that I talk of, you ask? What is this…..paper? Well I was first opened up to the idea of using a plain piece of paper as an “organizer” by a post on Kottke.org featuring his Analog Palm Pilot. I thought “Hey, that’s a swell idea. I’m way too poor for a pda, and I’m always wanting to jot down ideas or notes or wishing I had somewhere to write or type something. Maybe I’ll try this!” So I thought about it for a day or so and then forgot about it.

Then a couple of days ago I happened upon this little gem: PocketMod - The Free Disposable Personal Organizer. Much more clean and tidy and, well, organized than a plain piece of paper folded twice, PocketMod is customizable to where I can pick what format I want each page to be in. Lines for notes? A daily, monthly, or yearly calendar? Some graph paper? A bulleted list? A checkbook-like financial page? A page of empty tic-tac-toe grids? Or just blank? It’s great. Plus, after folding it into a little book, it has a little pocket after the first page to stick a business card or something in.

It’s all incredibly geeky at first but I think it’s a genious idea. Maybe it’s overkill though and I’ll have to try out the plain paper folded twice. Either way, I need something to keep track of things because my brain just doesn’t do it sometimes. I’m probably driving Shannon nuts too with all the “Will you help me remember”s that I keep asking of her.

Anyways, it’s just a little bit of info that I thought I’d pass along. Sell that PocketPC and Palm Pilot and get hip to retro-tech: paper.