The Poor Man’s PDA

The Pocketmod

I am a walking paradox. My dream house is a cabin in the north Maine woods, yet I live 10 minutes from Philadelphia and my apartment looks out over I-95. I am a song leader at our church, yet I thrive on electronica. And here’s the kicker: I am professional web designer with three computers and I don’t have a PDA. I carry around a clipboard with a legal pad I’ve divided up into two columns and put little checks next to the todo items I’ve completed.

So when I came across this life hack, I was hooked. PocketMod is a lo-tech solution to our crazy, hi-tech life. It’s basically this: a piece of paper printed with whatever template you need. Musician? Select the stave template. Housewife or househusband? Select the grocery list template. I used the daily list for 7 of the pages and a general week template for the front cover.

Anybody else find this thing useful? How do you organize your life?