Even the most organized office can have a nest of tangled cords hidden behind a desk or cabinet. Now, this may not affect your day-to-day operations, but when it’s time to upgrade or change a piece of equipment, we never want to deal with this, do we?
Today I have two tips that will lead you to a more organized office.
First, be sure to check out Dotz Identifiers. They are nifty little color-coded contraptions that slip onto each end of a cord, so you can quickly and easily remove the proper one when disconnecting a piece of equipment tied up in a maze like the one pictured above.
And now on to my second tip…
How to best contain that mess and create a more organized office? Check out this creative solution:
You likely have a few spiral notebooks lying around anyway, right? This is the most economical solution I’ve ever seen for corraling cords. Bonus benefit: you’ll feel like MacGyver when you implement it!
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Hi Michael,
I had NOT seen those flexicord USB cables before – they look really cool.
Thanks for the tip,
Jen
These are nice, my home theater is a mess, I’ll look into them. Have you seen this site? http://www.flexicord.com Excellent cable management built into the cable itself.