A recent thrift score was this box of unused Ko-Rec-Type, typewriter printing error correction paper. The concept behind this material was to back space over to your mistype, insert this white paper into the typewriter, retype the mistyped characters, thereby “deleting” the original letters as the Ko-Rec-Type has white film that would cover your mistake.…
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Pantone mess no more
As a designer, one of the most common bits of detritus on my desk are little squares of color known as Pantone chips. There is one or two in the dish under my monitor, a couple more in a desk drawer, a few more tacked to a 3×5 and so on. But for every one…
Drum roll please….
I received 46 entries into the travel desk giveaway for a $25 gift certificate for Jet Pens. So, the moment you’ve all been waiting for… the winner is: Well, Azizah, I hope the gift certificate will help you get all your travel needs sorted before your trip! Congrats! And thanks to everyone else who participated.…
Travel Week: Flying With Fountain Pens (and other options)
One of the last, but in my opinion most important, issues to cover for traveling is how to travel with fountain pens. I’ve had lots of people warn me about it so I thought I’d find some research and share it here. The biggest myth around flying with pens, fountain or otherwise is that they…
Travel Week: Packing the Travel Desk
For long trips, one of them most important but often last-packed items is the travel desk. Since I am going to be on the move, going from meeting-to-meeting, event-to-event and hotel-to-hotel, I need to come prepared with a good assortment of writing tools and paper, all tucked into an easy-to-use carrying case or bag. So,…
Travel Week: Passports
As I am preparing for my business trip to Asia next week, I have decided to spend this week sharing some business travel tips and mobile office ideas with you, my fine readers. Like this little doozy: Did you know that new US passports contain RFID chips in them that can be easily read, snooped,…
Dot dot dot
Pencil erasers don’t usually erase worth a damn so why not make them useful in other ways like making fun dotty art with a rainbow stamp pad! Use them to color code files or decorate a letter, note or package. Fun, cheap and easy! (via Li’l Magoolie)