And if you haven’t heard it yet, check out the “You Look Nice Today” podcast.

This is really nothing new but I find that in addition to all of the different tech toys that I have a slightly unhealthy obsession, the addition of the Hipster PDA to my arsenal about 9 months ago has proven very valuable.

It’s a stack of 3×5 cards and a pen.

Actually for me, it is several well placed stacks of 3×5 cards (in my car, on my desk at work, on my desk at home) plus this portable leather “jotter” from Staples which is much more comfortable than a binder clip in my pants. I also have a compact pen pen that is always with the jotter.

Since I “process” the cards from it (GTD), I also keep any receipts in there, rather than make my wallet expand.

I’ve turned a few people on to this, some techies and some not. My biggest surprise was that I’ve actually gotten more use and happiness from my gadgets with this around. I don’t try to make the gadgets do things that they are not suited to do.