Misc.

3x5 size Phone Message Pads

These telephone message pads will print on letter paper 3 up. You can also print them on Avery size 5388 Index Card stock.

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Usage advice: 

Print on perforated Index Card stock or print and use paper cutter. I like the bolder look that gets my attention better than common message pads do....

Paper size: 
Letter
License: 
Creative Commons
Applications required: 
Adobe Acrobat Reader
Language: 
English

Review: The Adventures of Johnny Bunko

Last month, I was reading an article about Daniel Pink and how he went to Japan to study the art and culture surrounding Japanese comics, otherwise known as manga. He was interested in the format's popularity; this was a book format that people of all ages enjoyed reading. He studied the culture and the form to see how it could be applied to other disciplines successfully. The Adventures of Johnny Bunko is the result of that study. This introductory guide on life design and career planning in today's modern workplace uses the manga format to weave a story about a man who learns more about life and work in six easy lessons. It's a fast read, filled with entertaining scenarios, and some short but powerful ideas on how to get ahead in your career.

cover of The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You'll Ever NeedThe Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You'll Ever Need
author: Daniel H. Pink
asin: 1594482918

Mom Planner

This a combination of Mom style planners, made to suit me. I wanted spaces to track daily reminders (with check boxes), weekly household chores, menu planning, and weekly appts for my children & myself. In the photo you can see that I added some graphics on my copy, they were purchased and are not included in the template.

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Usage advice: 

My printer will not print to edge, so I print on legal size paper and cut to A5. You might be able to print directly onto A4 or you could print fit to page.

Paper size: 
Classic and A5
License: 
Creative Commons
Applications required: 
Microsoft Excel
Language: 
English

Garden Planting List

This is a Classic size template for utilizing the Square Foot Gardening method. If your not familiar with it go to www.squarefootgardening.com and check it out. This template will help plan and setup one 4X4 plot. Use multiple pages for more plots. The folks at Square Foot Gardening have given me their permission to post this here under the Creative Commons License. Hope this helps someone out.

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Usage advice: 

Used to plan out a Square Foot Garden plot. Decide what you want to plant, find out if that plant has any likes or dislikes with other plants. check Wikipedia for one list (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_companion_plants), determine the spacing needed and then lay it out in the grid on the bottom. Once everything is placed where you want it take it out and start planting.

Paper size: 
Classic (5.5 x 8.5)
License: 
Creative Commons
Applications required: 
PDF viewer to view and print.
Language: 
English

Song Tracker

Here is a Song Tracker form for performers in bands that I created to keep track of the status of new songs as they are learned and "off the page." Depending on lots of variables, I believe it is Junior size. This is my first template so let me know what I can do to improve it! Thanks.

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Usage advice: 

I printed it as is for the Classic size.

Paper size: 
Classic (5.5 x 8.5)
License: 
Creative Commons
Applications required: 
Adobe Reader
Language: 
English

Shopping List - Non Standard Page Sizes

Here are two templates as requested by Archangel

the First is a 3.5" x 17" shopping / to do list formatted to print duplex on long legal paper 8.5" x 17"

The second is individual 3.5" x 8" pdf template with form field that you can type in to customise template before printing.

Usage advice: 

Use as you choose! There are no limits to what can be done with these.

Paper size: 
Other
License: 
Creative Commons
Applications required: 
Adobe Acrobat, Pdf Reader, Open Office Draw
Language: 
English / NA

3x5 index cards in letter sheet

Five 3x5 index cards on one letter sized sheet. Different styles.

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Usage advice: 

Until a short time ago, I was printing 4up 3x5 index cards on letter sized paper, but then I discovered that if I placed the cards right, I could get more cards from a single sheet and thus, waste less paper.

There are three files:

  • blank cards
  • lined cards (horizontal)
  • lined cards (vertical)

The lined templates each come in four styles:

  • traditional (red upper line and blue lines, shown in thumbnail)
  • black
  • gray
  • light gray

There are templates for both the front and back of each card, and when I tested it on my printer (Epson Stylus CX4700), they came out perfectly, but on other printers you might have to tinker a bit. Just remember to select None on the scaling menu when you print from Acrobat Reader.

I also posted the OOo Draw file, so you can make changes if you need to.

Paper size: 
Letter and A4
License: 
Creative Commons
Applications required: 
PDF viewer (i.e. Adobe Reader) or OpenOffice.org Draw
Language: 
NA

Review: Levenger Stanley Briefbag

Levenger Stanley BriefbagA not-so-secret confession: I like man-bags, though even that term seems to be a recent (but necessary) designation. For many years during the eighties and early nineties, a man's natural instinct to gather and collect has been severely hampered by the stylings imposed by society. Yes, women can carry purses small enough to hold a set of keys or large enough to hold several small dogs and a freaked-out kitty, but --especially in a traditional business setting-- many men have been forced to tote a dark-coloured sharp-cornered briefcase, or else an equally dark laptop bag. Thankfully the shackles are now off and a man can wield a messenger bag, a guide bag, a map bag, and any of a dozen other sizes and styles without being called out as a wild bohemian at the boardroom table. Still, it's not easy to find something suitable to one's personality.

I love my knapsack, but it's more suited to day-hikes than to business. My Eddie Bauer guide bag is too small to hold much besides a Moleskine, a camera and a Newton, and it too is a little woodsy. My laptop bags look like --well-- laptop bags, practical for one use only, and people give me odd looks when they discover no laptop inside. I tried a bunch of canvas bags, but they weren't suitable for the extreme climates in live in. Nylon bags seem cold, modern, and lacking any sort of personality. I had nothing that felt suitable for both office work and dashing outside for errands, meetings, and hanging out at the local café and, in fact, I've been looking for just the perfect bag for nigh on a decade.

Enter the Levenger Stanley Compact Traveler Briefbag, or --as I prefer to call it-- simply Stanley. Could a traditional leather bag be suitable for a modern lifestyle?

VoiceMail 3x5

Here's a handy voice mail card that I keep next to my phone. It's 2 sided yeilding 8 messages.

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Usage advice: 

Use for VoiceMail messages. Created with Visio.

Paper size: 
Index Card (3 x 5)
License: 
Public Domain
Applications required: 
Adobe Acrobat
Language: 
English