The stationery and organisation thread! :D

Original post by Contrad!ction.

Just seen this bit. I HAVE THIS ONE! (well, if it's a metropol, which 'raspberry' suggested) :biggrin:

Love it. Go on the Filo Appreciation thread, I posted pictures of mine :smile:

Sod it, it's here:

Just a warning: they're addictive and we might end up doing too much colour coding. Might result in us failing our exams.

Errr *sheepish grin*...... you're post on that thread was totally the one which sold me on that colour and style!!! :biggrin:

I'm totally stealing some of your organisation techniques for my metropol.

Really love your set up but don't worry colour coding won't have any effect on my learning as my definition of student is wrong so it doesn't look like I have any exams to worry about failing!! :tongue:

Reply 1982

Z-6H820

Not sure this counts as stationery, but can anyone recommend a portable printer? By portable I mean I'm moving abroad and would like to bring a printer that fits in my luggage, and sadly my 10 year old Epson is maaaassive. I can always buy one when I'm there, but they seem comparatively much more expensive :smile:

Reply 1983

Original post by Landers1994

Errr *sheepish grin*...... you're post on that thread was totally the one which sold me on that colour and style!!! :biggrin:

I'm totally stealing some of your organisation techniques for my metropol.

Really love your set up but don't worry colour coding won't have any effect on my learning as my definition of student is wrong so it doesn't look like I have any exams to worry about failing!! :tongue:

Ooh yay, glad someone likes it. I'm the sort of person who prefers everyone else's stuff. Unless, of course, you've just bought a set of 12 button press pens from tescos the other day for 84p - I much prefer my own stationery to that. But generally, if you care about presentation, I'll probably prefer your stuff to mine :laugh:

Ah, glad to hear. You don't want to fall into the trap of being able to visualise ideas, or quickly find what you're looking for. That's disastrous.

Reply 1984

moritzplatz

12

i can't live without paper folders, clips and black bics.
that's essentially all i use though.

Reply 1985

Firecrackerchild

8

Why don't we all ignore the troll and go back to discussing stationary and organisation. Far more fun.

Speaking of organisation, I made an excel spreadsheet for all the things I need for university, it has four colours: Have, Don't have, Need to pack and Notes. Then I colour code each box, with green, red or yellow. Not particularly imaginative but excel has the styles format box so it's easy to highlight the box!

Reply 1986

Original post by conway!

Not sure this counts as stationery, but can anyone recommend a portable printer? By portable I mean I'm moving abroad and would like to bring a printer that fits in my luggage, and sadly my 10 year old Epson is maaaassive. I can always buy one when I'm there, but they seem comparatively much more expensive :smile:

I have an Epson Stylus SX445W - I think they're on sale at Amazon for about £50ish at the moment (they were last month when I got mine), plus refills are fairly cheap. Comes with inks too. It's an all-in-one, so it can scan and photocopy. Does mean that it's about A3 in size, but the trays and screen thing fold in when you want to carry it. So not sure if it'll fulfill the portability, but seeing as they normally cost ~£100, it's decent value for money.

Reply 1987

Original post by Contrad!ction.

Ooh yay, glad someone likes it. I'm the sort of person who prefers everyone else's stuff. Unless, of course, you've just bought a set of 12 button press pens from tescos the other day for 84p - I much prefer my own stationery to that. But generally, if you care about presentation, I'll probably prefer your stuff to mine :laugh:

Ah, glad to hear. You don't want to fall into the trap of being able to visualise ideas, or quickly find what you're looking for. That's disastrous.

I'm planning on getting an erasable pen for the filofax purely so I don't have to live with a messy diary.. that's the worst and has totally put me off keeping diaries previously :tongue:

Reply 1988

Original post by Landers1994

I'm planning on getting an erasable pen for the filofax purely so I don't have to live with a messy diary.. that's the worst and has totally put me off keeping diaries previously :tongue:

Ah, I know that feel. My maths books are caked in Tippex because I refuse to cross things out. And I don't like pencils. Word of warning - don't let it get too hot, or the ink will disappear.

Reply 1989

Original post by conway!

Not sure this counts as stationery, but can anyone recommend a portable printer? By portable I mean I'm moving abroad and would like to bring a printer that fits in my luggage, and sadly my 10 year old Epson is maaaassive. I can always buy one when I'm there, but they seem comparatively much more expensive :smile:

I've got the Epson SX515W but I'm not recommending it.. for some reason the black ink cartridge isn't printing and so when I press print a blank page comes out.. helpful.

Not sure where you are moving to but can I recommend buying a printer once you are there? Would save more space for things like clothes which you already have and shoes etc.

Reply 1990

StudentWhat

7

Ut's all about how many free pens you can get at fresher's fair! :smile:

. OKay no it's not but that is fun :smile:

.

Reply 1991

Original post by Contrad!ction.

Ah, I know that feel. My maths books are caked in Tippex because I refuse to cross things out. And I don't like pencils. Word of warning - don't let it get too hot, or the ink will disappear.

Ooo.. thanks for the advice!!! Will make a mental note not to leave it on a radiator. :smile:

PS - writing in pencil is just a big no for me. I didn't even write in pencil when I did my maths AS which is probably one of the reasons I failed it as I spent too much time colour coding instead......

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Reply 1992

Original post by StudentWhat

Ut's all about how many free pens you can get at fresher's fair! :smile:

. OKay no it's not but that is fun :smile:

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I think we should all have a competition to see just how many we can get. Count them all, and post a picture with the number of free things. :biggrin:

Reply 1993

Original post by Contrad!ction.

I think we should all have a competition to see just how many we can get. Count them all, and post a picture with the number of free things. :biggrin:

I'm not bragging or anything, but when I went to Coventry University I ended up with 3 pencils and 2 pens.......

Pretty productive day in my opinion, even if I didn't like the Uni.

Reply 1994

Original post by Landers1994

Ooo.. thanks for the advice!!! Will make a mental note not to leave it on a radiator. :smile:

PS - writing in pencil is just a big no for me. I didn't even write in pencil when I did my maths AS which is probably one of the reasons I failed it as I spent too much time colour coding instead......

Pencils are too scratchy for me.

Ah, you see - colour coding is not the way to go. Why did you even think of it?

I colour coded all the way through maths and further maths. Black thick pen for topic titles and important formulae. Black thin pen for examples. Blue thick pen for exercise titles and D-I-Y examples. Blue thin pen for my own work. Green pen for marking. Red pen for the teacher to mark with (I got annoyed with my teacher when he picked up my black pen to write with). Pink pen to write maths-related jokes with.

Reply 1995

Original post by Landers1994

I'm not bragging or anything, but when I went to Coventry University I ended up with 3 pencils and 2 pens.......

Pretty productive day in my opinion, even if I didn't like the Uni.

Was that a visit day? I'm jealous. All Bath gave me was some orange juice and biscuits.

Original post by py0alb

One method that studies have shown does absolutely NOTHING is highlighting the text as you go. Yet for some reason this is one of the most common methods employed.

I highlight. I don't do that for learning, I do it to facilitate note-taking. If I highlight different things in different colours, it means that at a glance, I can see what I'm going to put where in my notes. I might want to organise my notes in a certain way, and highlighting means I don't have to keep picking up different pieces of paper each time a different type of information appears. Means that when I condense my notes I just look for pink highlight whilst I write one set, green for the next and so on.

Reply 1996

Original post by Contrad!ction.

Pencils are too scratchy for me.

Ah, you see - colour coding is not the way to go. Why did you even think of it?

I colour coded all the way through maths and further maths. Black thick pen for topic titles and important formulae. Black thin pen for examples. Blue thick pen for exercise titles and D-I-Y examples. Blue thin pen for my own work. Green pen for marking. Red pen for the teacher to mark with (I got annoyed with my teacher when he picked up my black pen to write with). Pink pen to write maths-related jokes with.

Exactly!!! Thought I was the only one to find pencils scratchy, I just can't stand the feel of a pencil against paper. Ew. :eek:

It was one of my "help I'm failing" distraction techiques one lesson. :tongue:

Maybe I had too basic of a system though, might need more coloured pens for a complicated system for uni... that would be a shame.

And just because I haven't figured out how to quote multiple posts in one post, it was an open day to Coventry!! Also got a cool elephant bookmark thing which I haven't used since receiving it, but was nice to get all the same. AND I got free biscuits!! <3

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Reply 1997

SoftMusk

10

I LOVE THIS THREAD! I bought 3 different coloured ringbinders for the 3 different modules I have and im probably going to buy a personal filofax for the other two modules which are placements. I also want to buy matching notebooks for the ringbinders so I know which ringbinder goes to which notepad so I can find info easier. Hmmmm i still got loads more to buy! Does anyone know what those metal stands are on which you can prop up index cards? I saw someone on this thread mention them as they use them to prop up deadlines so they are visible! OHH I NEED TO ALSO BUY MULTICOLOURED FINELINERS!!!

Reply 1998