(by 27 people)
I love Post-It's. Is that weird?
Post-It's are one of the best inventions of our time.
How could you not love them? The stick to stuff, and come off! They come in all shapes, sizes, and colors! You can make thousands of lists, take notes, write reminders, leave messages - all on the same little pack of sticky paper!
This Lens will teach you all the great ways you can use Post-It's to make your life and business better, all the new Post-It stuff you can get at your local office supply, and more weird Post-It lore.
Wow, I'm getting a lot of traffic and comments to this page -- you all are obsessed with Post-It's and sticky notes also! If you have a great use for Post-It's, don't forget to leave it in the Plexo List below!
There's a new contest on Post-Its called Sophie Smarts, check it out at http://www.sophiesspace.com/sophiestuff.aspx?b=3M
My Latest Post-It Note Use: Write a Book
I'm current writing a book using Post-It Sticky Notes.Step One: Buy some Super-Sticky Post-It Notes and big poster-size Post-It paper.
Step Two: Find a big peice of wall. I used my garage door, since I loved the idea of writing my book out in the fresh air and sunlight.
Step Two: Start writing ideas that you want to cover on the Post-It notes, and stick them on the wall. After you get a few, start putting them in loose categories.
Step Three: Put up a peice of the poster-size Post It paper up for each category (which will be your chapters). Label each with a Post-It for the draft chapter title.
Step Four: Complete your brain dump, with each topic, subtopic, and idea or point on a Post It note, and put them into categories.
Step Five: Review your work, and continue to categorize, and organize them into subtopics and topics.
Step Six: "Talk" your book. Record yourself talking through all your chapters/subtopics/points. About 24 minutes per chapter will work out to a good 9-11 chapter, 200-250 page book.
Step Seven: Have your recordings transcribed or transcribe them yourself. Now you have a first draft - yay!
The Best Uses for Post-It Notes
Leave a Love Note for Your Spouse
Who does not love a kinky note stuck in your briefcase?6 points
Create Your Daily To Do List
Okay, not that exciting. But don't you use them for this every day?4 points
Take Notes on What You're Reading
Instead of writing in the book, stick a big post-it in the front cover for your notes.3 points
Give your toddler something to do
Kid driving you nuts? Post-Its are cheap and easy and will keep the kid occupied for hours (well, probably more like a few minutes) ...2 points
Let Everyone Know a Machine is Out of Order
Don't want to stand there? Let the note give your warning.2 points
Write a Book in a Few Hours
Want to write a book? Get big poster post-its for chapters, and little post-its for all your ideas. Then dictate your brain dump ... and you have a book in just a few hours!1 point
Be Passive Aggressive With Your Boss
Afriad to ask for a raise? Have a women-issue doc appt?1 point
Brainstorming with Others.
Need to make a decision? Use Post-Its to organize thoughts of the group.1 point
Remind Yourself of the Name of Person Lying Next to You
One night stand? Don't forget the name, stick a post-it on her/his head.1 point
Torture Cat
Stick a post-it on the cat's hip and watch her go dizzy trying to get if off. I'm serious, it's fun. Only one at a time though, more than that would be cruel.1 point
Use a stack of yellow post-it notes to get offered a job
Jim Kukral got creative in a job interview & got the job (see his video below or at http://jimkukral.com)1 point
ThePromohut Sticky Notepad
Thepromohut.com offers Sticky Notepad for promotional items - I have used it's great.1 point
Cover the surface of your co-worker's entire cubicle with Post-It's
Your co-worker is gone? Then the cubicle is free game ...0 points
Create a Four-Story version of Donkey Kong.
Only takes 6400 notes and 5 hours.0 points
Nag Yourself to Save the Earth
Hum, but that takes a lot of notes to yourself ... is that wasteful?0 points
Personalized Notes as a Gift.
Hum, maybe your assistant or wife will not appreciate this as much as you might think.0 points
Be Passive-Aggressive with Your Roommate
Hate your roommate? Leave him/her Post-It notes everywhere.0 points
Teachers - Make a Seating Chart
Write your students' names on post-it notes, then stick them in the arrangement you want them seated. If you move someone, you just move the note...and don't have to make a whole new chart.0 points
Take Notes at a Seminar
Write each idea on a post-it, and you can group them into categories and add to each category. When you get home, put them off your wall as your post-seminar to-do list.0 points
Post-It Note on the Post-It Lens!
**When I saw the StickNote module, I just about freaked out!**
Don't forget to add your favorite use of stick/post-it notes to the list above!
~ Elizabeth
Using Sticky Notes to Keep Your Toddler Amused
I needed to pick up a few things from the office supply store, but had my 2-year old Grace with me. Not always the best shopper, especially at a (boring) office supply store.I let Grace pick out some store brand sticky notes in the shape of a flower. She thought they were amazing, a special "prize," and spent the ride home decorating the back seat & window with her new treasures. Wonderful!
What do you think? How do you use Post-It's? Am I crazy?
I agree, I looked around my office and saw all the notes stuck on desks, computers etc. It gave me an idea..What a waste of advertising space. I went to work and started a small business which sells customised sticky notes in a folder. What better way to advertise and promote a business with your comapny name, ph. no. etc stuck everywhere for all to see daily. And what a great gift idea (better than the old pens any day)
So come on all you 'post it' fans and support a new, up and coming business' Thanks
Chris Hooper flashback57@optusnet.co.au
Posted June 25, 2008
|
Moondial
You're not crazy, I used to be exactly the same about post-its. I made murals by drawing lots of smileys & sticking them everywhere. Posted June 06, 2008 |
|
koorb
Post-its are fun! Posted May 27, 2008 |
|
jzorro
Great lens! I also love post-its. Posted May 22, 2008 |
|
EditorDave
Hi Elizabeth! Great Lens! I hope you don't mind, but I've lensrolled you and have added your post-its lens in one of my examples of "Cubicle Necessities" in my Cubicle Makeover (Cubicle-Makeover) lens. As a writer-editor, I've found a bunch of great ideas in your lens that I can immediately implement in my work (and cubicle!). Thanks again for such great information. Posted May 11, 2008 |
Post Its on YouTube
Attention = Success, Advice For You
http://www.jimkukral.com. This is a story about how I was able to impress an employer and get a job offer by using an attention getting technique. It's my post-it note story. Meant to inspire you to think creatively and to remind you that attention equals success.
Runtime: 8:27
121 views
1 Comments:
Post-Its on Amazon - Plexo
3M Post-it(R) Arrow Flags, Bright Colors, Pack Of 96 Flags
3M Post-it(R) Arrow Flags, Bright Colors, Pack Of more...0 points
Post-Its on eBay
Fetching new data from eBay now... please stand by
Post-Its on the Web - Plexo
20 Uses for Post-It Notes
0 points
Post-It Theater
0 points
Post-it note - Wikipedia
0 points
3M | Post-it® | Home
Post-it Notes, Flags, Easels, Message Boards and m more...0 points
Twenty-Five Years of Post-it Notes
0 points
Photo of Post-It Prank
Another Post-it Prank and Great Post-it Art0 points
Photo of 4 Story Donkey Kong in Post-Its
Bobby Gaza. Just another web nerd, on the internet more...0 points
Sophie's Stuff Contest
Sophie Smarts is Fun, So is Winning Cool Prizes
W more...0 points
Post It's on CafePress
Post-Its on the Blogs
- Post It Notes
- I always have a stack of them on my desk. Serving so many purposes, Post It notes are the Swiss Army knife of the desk (if a Swiss Army knife were a stack of sticky notes). Three important attributes of Post Its for a youth pastor: ...
- Three Quick Reads
- One interesting note was that the first Post-it note was inspired by the need for a better bookmark. Since this is a major way that I use Post-its, I was happy to learn about it. Surprisingly I didn't once use a bookmark in this book, ...
- And then there were two...
- A mere two days ago I spotted the Sharpie on my desk and went to get a pad of post-its so I could close some quote tabs, but somewhere between going to the other room to grab the neon green sticky notes and returning to my desk, ...
- TF Bunny Farm contest entry
- The walls, cabinets, nearly everything was covered Transformer-sized sticky notes. It just so happened, this mech was Prowl. ?Perceptor, why do you have?post-it notes everywhere?? he dared to ask. ?It's genius, isn't it, Prowl? ...
Confessions of a Post-It Junkie - The Blog
Fetching RSS feed... please stand by
