The PileSmart Desktop Organizer

Another new product from Pendaflex has us salivating in the aisles of our local office supply store - the PileSmart Desktop Organizer.

From the company:

The Pendaflex PileSmart Desktop Organizer is part of the new Pendaflex PileSmart range of organization solutions.

Today, many people keep their working documents stacked in piles on their desk. Pendaflex PileSmart is a line of items specially designed to keep piles of documents organized. Now you can keep your workspace clear and quickly find what you are looking for.

The Pendaflex PileSmart Desktop Organizer is the perfect solution to help effortlessly organize the piles on your desk. The attractive, glass-like plastic tray helps to keep your papers contained. The tray is slightly slanted towards the back corner to keep your papers looking neat. The six colorful patent pending dividers with write and erase labels are visible from 2 sides to help clearly separate and identify your different stacks of papers. The dividers are study enough to help lift your papers.

The Pendaflex PileSmart Desktop Organizer is made of durable acrylic. It will keep your desk looking neater and help you quickly find what you are looking for.

Details:
Colors: Clear - 51036
Sizes: Letter size only
Suggested Retail Price: $22.50

I'm an Organizing Junkie!

Filled with organizing ideas, pictures, recipes, and personal commentary, I'm an Organizing Junkie! "chronicle[s] the life of an organizing junkie and attempt[s] to get others "hooked". Blog author Laura, a self-proclaimed "freak" with a passion for organization, is especially kindred to those of us suffering from unabashed container-lust.

Check out her blog and enjoy!
http://orgjunkie.blogspot.com/

The On The Go Desk Top File

Pendaflex, a leader in office product innovation and one of my favorite office supply companies, announces a new product: the On The Go Desk Top File.

From the company:

In today's business environment workers often need to take their work with them. Whether it is meetings with clients, working from remote locations or simply taking work home, business professionals need products that help them keep mobile.

To meet this growing need, Pendaflex is launching the new "On the Go" Desk Top File. The Desk Top File is a standing "stadium style" filing system that easily and quickly converts into a portable carrying case. The 6 color-coded dividers provide plenty of room for your active files and documents. The dividers feature write-on labels to easily organize and label your work.

Best of all, when your ready to go, the base of the Desk Top File unsnaps to form a lightweight carrying case so you can take all your active files with you. Now there's no need to transfer files or mess up your desk! When you reach your destination, simply unsnap the handle to form the base and you have all the files you need right in front of you.

Details
Colors: Blue - 51068, Charcoal - 51069
Sizes: Letter size only
Suggested Retail Price: $16.00

The Big-and Small-Picture: Design & Organization

On The Tao of Organization website, you will often find the line between organization and design is blurred. This is neither an error on our part, nor a clouding of our mission. We will occasionally feature books, magazines, or websites that appear to be solely about design, but they will always offer concepts that organization lovers might find useful or, at the very least, affordable.

Why?

Because, ultimately, the two concepts must work in harmony with each another.

No organization detracts from great design.
No design clutters even the best organizing solution.

We hope you will appreciate the ideas presented in the items we refer you to! And, as always, please feel free to provide us feedback by using the contact page.

Introducing Our New Amazon Store

Here you will find books, magazines, and products to help you organize your time, home, office, classroom, research, and more. Check it out!

The Tao of Organization Store
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You can also access The Tao of Organization store through the Store page on this blog.

DigsMagazine.com

www.digsmagazine.com

This is an fabulous online resource for the "post-college, pre-parenthood, quasi-adult generation" or anyone else who likes fun, truly affordable, and easy solutions to home decor and organization.

Filled with great ideas, the Lounge, an area specifically for "transform[ing] your home into your personal space," is filled with great ideas, like building a bookcase, easy entryway organizing, and a great multi-part organizing feature entitled "Cull, Baby, Cull."

If you fall in love with this site like I did, be aware that the Lounge section is updated once every two weeks. This can seem like an unbearable stretch at times, but take this time to visit the other 3 sections of the site, Nourish, Host, and Laze, for more great tips in other areas of life.

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-C. Ray Chapman

Copyright (c) 2007 by C. Ray Chapman

Welcome to The Tao of Organization!

Tao: Chinese character for "way" or "path".

The mission of our blog is simple: to help you find balance in your lives through organization, not to be ruled by it. Our Tao is about integrating organization into our lives, not obsessing over unrealistic images of perfection.

Our heroes aren't the orgi-natzis with unlimited budgets and staff, like Martha Stewart; they're the moms who can receive company with 15 minutes notice and not stress over a few stray cheerios on their kitchen floors, the newbie adults who live in cramped, overcrowded, closet-sized apartments, but still have all their cds, dvds, vinyl, and video games sorted alphabetically, and the crazed execs who have every appointment and person they've ever met in their blackberry as they walk around in mis-matched socks.

Organizing isn't about perfection. It's about dealing with the minutiae of life, so that you can have just that - a LIFE.

Our blog will offer:

• Tips & tricks for dealing with everyday - and unique - clutter problems
• News & reviews of organizing and design books, websites, television shows, and more
• New product spotlights and reviews

I hope you will join us as we continue on this journey.

-C. Ray Chapman

Copyright (c) 2007 by C. Ray Chapman