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2008

Pitfalls of creativity clutter
LifeDev blogger Glen Stansberry addresses how to be creative and organized.
Unitasker Wednesday: Peanut butter and jelly spreader
This breakthrough in spreading technology can not be overlooked.
Make those giant speakers into storage
If you have a couple of old school floor standing speakers taking up space in your basement or attic, you may want to consider retrofitting them into media storage cabinets.
Plastic card cable organizer
Reader Creatrope provides directions for how to turn an old membership card into a cable organizer.
In defense of a messy desk
In a Financial Times Deutschland article the following question is asked, “If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what does an empty desk say about the quality of your ideas?”

Family heirlooms: Give them away at milestone celebrations
Don’t hoard your treasured heirlooms, instead give them away at appropriate times with heart-felt explanations of why they are valued.
Extreme Minimalism Monday: look ma! no hands!
Finding balance in your morning commute.
Is collecting a form of creative hoarding?
People often choose hobbies in which they don’t really do much of anything other than accumulate items.
Prototyping your space
Using cardboard cut-outs to test out changes to your environment.
Merlin’s war on clutter
Over on the web’s ‘canonical’ productivity blog, 43 Folders, Merlin Mann has gone decluttering crazy. Inspired by Peter Walsh’s book How to Organize Just About Everything, which he found out about from this humble site, he went into purge mode and nicely cataloged his experience in a a great series of uncluttering posts.
Corn on the cob clutter
Summertime ushers in all sorts of food choices, but over at the Amazon al Dente blog it can bring clutter in the form of the Five Essential Corn Tools post.
Unitasker Wednesday: The Hollywood Purse Hook
The Hollywood Purse Hook is a very specific item that saves you from having to use the floor or an open seat to store your purse.
Why are you here?
What drives you to pursue an uncluttered life?