Organization

How to Make Your Computer Launch Everything You Want, Automatically, Every Time You Start It

So you’re tired of getting to work each day and having to launch all your apps and websites and arrange everything just so. What if your computer could do it for you. Guess what? It can! Here’s how. Arrange Your Desktop Assuming you already have an idea of the apps you want to use, launch…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Stop Wasting Your Life With Email OCD

From the time you wake up until the time you go to sleep, your email inbox steadily increases in size as bosses, co-workers, friends and spammers hit you up with every query and joke imaginable. Hellbent on keeping your digital life in order, you maintain that inbox. You reply, delete and file away every email…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Is Tech OCD Consuming Your Life?

We’re “constantly confronting the onslaught of information, and our brains are trying to make patterns out of the randomness,” says TIME’s Joel Stein. Obsessively tagged MP3s, meticulous photo folders, whitewashed inboxes—are you too struggling to stay digitally neat? “We believe that if we just finish a list of every movie we want to see, we…

Tech News Sam Biddle

The Plug Hub Is a Pretty Way to Hide Your Ugly Cables

Hide your cables, hide your plugs! This elegant concept, the Plug Hub, can become real if enough people buy it. Think of the $24 you spend as an investment towards a lifetime of peace, serenity and organization. For some reason, when I first saw the Plug Hub, it reminded me of a piano (with the…

Tech News Casey Chan

Every Gadget Should Have a Home This Beautiful

Camera bags are great for the field—but what about when you take your gear back home? This gorgeous wooden camera box is perfect for the Leicas inside—though we wish all our stuff were so lucky. A similar chest with swappable slots would be pretty great, no? It might make you look like some sort of…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Georgia Prisoners Use Smuggled Cell Phones to Organize Statewide Protest

The worry over allowing prison inmates the use of cell phones is usually that they’ll call in murder jobs on the outside or fashion an old StarTAC into a shank. But prisons across Georgia employed contraband phones for civil disobedience. While perhaps not as thrilling as your typical prison revolt, the inmates should be applauded…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Springpad Scrapbook-For-Everything App Gets Even More Memory-Proof

Springpad, an app that lets you collect and organize all those bits and scraps of information that bombard you daily, just got handier in your phone and on your browser. Well, for some, for now. The major new feature here is that Springpad’s Alerts feature is being rolled out across all of its mobile apps.…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Don’t Just Dump Electronics and Cables Into Your Suitcase

Like me, you’re probably making a collection of devices and cables that you need to pack with you when you go places. And, like me, you probably just shove them all into your travel bag. No more! They’ve got a handful of reasonably priced containers for your junk. The Headphone Travel Case is $20 and…

Tech News Jason Chen

A Secret TV Panel To Hide Your A/V Skeletons

Some people put safes behind paintings. Me, I just want to put my home entertainment accessories behind a secret wall panel. How hidden is it? Here’s what it looks like closed: Forget the Blu-ray player and cables, I’m stashing my valuables slightly less crappy possessions there as well. Architect Dan Herchenroether put together this sweet…

Television Brian Barrett

Five Best To-Do List Managers

The humble to-do list hasn’t changed much over the years, but the methods we use to manage it have. Here’s a look at five of the most popular tools for helping you manage your to-do list. [Lifehacker] https://lifehacker.com/five-best-to-do-list-managers-5573782

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Tangle-Proof Headphones Seal Together Like a Ziploc

Design student Lee Washington, sick of tangled earbuds (as we all are), created a way to make things easier. The separated cables leading to the individual earbuds can be zipped together, much like a resealable Ziploc bag. We have seen this idea before, but only in concept form (and really more aesthetic than practical). Unfortunately,…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

10 Of Your Biggest Cable Management Disasters

Last week I asked you to show us your cable management situation. Not surprisingly, elegant solutions were hard to come by. What we did have was complete chaos. https://gizmodo.com/show-us-how-badly-you-need-one-of-these-10-cable-manage-5325461/#comments ITLawMan: Yes. That is a boom box. Its for music on hold. Sue me. FannyGaia: this is my setup in my basement – note the wifi…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Show Us How Badly You Need One Of These 10 Cable Managers

If you have a tangle of cords and power strips behind your desk, you might want to consider one of these cable management solutions. And while you are at it, show us a picture of what your are dealing with. If you have neatly organized your cables, feel free to show that in the comments…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Tow-n-Stow Trailer Doubles As a Storage Unit In the Garage

As a guy constantly fighting clutter in his garage, I can appreciate the brilliance of a towable trailer that doubles as a vertical storage unit. When you buy a house, one of the first things you realize is how useful owning a truck can be. The Tow-n-Stow serves a similar purpose, but it appears to…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Cablox Cable Organizer for the Obsessively Neat Geek

These little 4×4-inch Cablox pads are sticky on one side and loaded with tiny little nodules on the other, so you can wind your cables through and line them up just the way you like them. They actually seem pretty useful if, like me, you have a really nasty tendency to kick loose cables by…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Calendar Tape Marks Your Organizational Crime Scenes

I kind of like the idea of adding a monthly calendar to just about anything with this Calendar Roll tape. $10 gets you one roll each for weekdays and full months. [ThinkGeek via BBG]

Tech News John Mahoney

Kangaroom Carrying Case Tidies Up Gaming Slobbery

Now that I live in visiting distance from my parents, they tend to come over a lot and nag me about how messy everything is. Since most of the crap I have lying around is related to gaming, I should probably invest in this case from Kangaroom, whose various organizing solutions we’ve covered a couple…

Tech News Elaine Chow

Hands-on With Delicious Library 2.0 – It Tracks Gadgets and Tools!

I’ve been a big fan of Delicious Library for a while, using it to conveniently keep track of what movies, games and books we own and where they are in the house in a visually appealing and searchable way. It revolutionized my DVD storage system, allowing me to shove them into multiple 50/100 disc spindles…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Kangaroom’s Stackable Console Storage Holds Games, Consoles

We’ve been fans of Kangaroom’s cord organizers for a while, so their newest Game Console Storage units seems like they’re just the thing to keep your gaming neat and organized without a large entertainment center. Not only does the unit hold one standard-sized console (not sure if the Xbox 360 or PS3 can fit in…

Tech News Jason Chen

Sliding Puzzle Desk Concept

Remember those sliding picture puzzles that terrorized you as a kid? Now that idea has been taken to a new level with this concept design of a sliding puzzle desk by Hsien Chang. The panels on top of the desk slide around to unveil different storage areas where a variety of your goods can be…

Tech News Travis Hudson

How to Make Your Computer Launch Everything You Want, Automatically, Every Time You Start It

Stop Wasting Your Life With Email OCD

Is Tech OCD Consuming Your Life?

The Plug Hub Is a Pretty Way to Hide Your Ugly Cables

Every Gadget Should Have a Home This Beautiful

Georgia Prisoners Use Smuggled Cell Phones to Organize Statewide Protest

Springpad Scrapbook-For-Everything App Gets Even More Memory-Proof

Don’t Just Dump Electronics and Cables Into Your Suitcase

A Secret TV Panel To Hide Your A/V Skeletons

Five Best To-Do List Managers

Tangle-Proof Headphones Seal Together Like a Ziploc

10 Of Your Biggest Cable Management Disasters

Show Us How Badly You Need One Of These 10 Cable Managers

Tow-n-Stow Trailer Doubles As a Storage Unit In the Garage

Cablox Cable Organizer for the Obsessively Neat Geek

Calendar Tape Marks Your Organizational Crime Scenes

Kangaroom Carrying Case Tidies Up Gaming Slobbery

Hands-on With Delicious Library 2.0 – It Tracks Gadgets and Tools!

Kangaroom’s Stackable Console Storage Holds Games, Consoles

Sliding Puzzle Desk Concept

Even the ‘Avatar’ Fighting Game Is Disrespecting ‘Legend of Korra’

Bluesky Has a New App, and It’s All About AI

Dammit, Jim, He’s a Doctor And an Action Figure!

Whatever Just Happened with ‘Fruit Love Island,’ Nobody Won

AMC Puts a Stake in ‘Talamasca’ After One Season

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

2027 Is Shaping Up to Be a Great Year for Big Sci-Fi RPGs

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

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Organization

How to Make Your Computer Launch Everything You Want, Automatically, Every Time You Start It

Stop Wasting Your Life With Email OCD

Is Tech OCD Consuming Your Life?

The Plug Hub Is a Pretty Way to Hide Your Ugly Cables

Every Gadget Should Have a Home This Beautiful

Georgia Prisoners Use Smuggled Cell Phones to Organize Statewide Protest

Springpad Scrapbook-For-Everything App Gets Even More Memory-Proof

Don’t Just Dump Electronics and Cables Into Your Suitcase

A Secret TV Panel To Hide Your A/V Skeletons

Five Best To-Do List Managers

Tangle-Proof Headphones Seal Together Like a Ziploc

10 Of Your Biggest Cable Management Disasters

Show Us How Badly You Need One Of These 10 Cable Managers

Tow-n-Stow Trailer Doubles As a Storage Unit In the Garage

Cablox Cable Organizer for the Obsessively Neat Geek

Calendar Tape Marks Your Organizational Crime Scenes

Kangaroom Carrying Case Tidies Up Gaming Slobbery

Hands-on With Delicious Library 2.0 – It Tracks Gadgets and Tools!

Kangaroom’s Stackable Console Storage Holds Games, Consoles

Sliding Puzzle Desk Concept

Even the ‘Avatar’ Fighting Game Is Disrespecting ‘Legend of Korra’

Bluesky Has a New App, and It’s All About AI

Dammit, Jim, He’s a Doctor *And* an Action Figure!

Whatever Just Happened with ‘Fruit Love Island,’ Nobody Won

AMC Puts a Stake in ‘Talamasca’ After One Season

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

2027 Is Shaping Up to Be a Great Year for Big Sci-Fi RPGs

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

Let us help find what you are looking for...

Dammit, Jim, He’s a Doctor And an Action Figure!