http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/
Public Storage]]>Mar 18th 2010 10:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/or just throw them all away and get one universal plug

.......oh wait, there no such thing as a true universal plug....yea ur screwed]]>Mar 18th 2010 10:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/check this good DIY solution
http://www.decluttered.com/

]]>Mar 19th 2010 7:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/Mar 18th 2010 10:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/
You don't need all the crap you have. Think about what you really use / need and streamline your setup. You can probably replace everything on your desk with a laptop, wireless mouse, phone/mp3 combo, and dropbox.]]>Mar 18th 2010 10:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.bluelounge.com/cabledrop.php]]>Mar 18th 2010 10:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/they look really weird.. ]]>Mar 18th 2010 10:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/
that is cool....]]>Mar 18th 2010 10:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/Mar 18th 2010 10:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/
...creeper ]]>Mar 18th 2010 10:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/Mar 18th 2010 11:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/Yes I love these! I bought mine off of thinkgeek. Makes everything so much neater. One thing I'm worried about is if I want to move them I don't think the glue will still work, I guess I can always add some of my own glue though.]]>Mar 19th 2010 12:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/Mar 19th 2010 7:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/yeah! they are amazing... ripoffs!

you can get these from staples http://www.staples.com/Staples-Metallic-Soft-Grip-Binder-Clips-Small/product_657190

just feed the cable through the hole and you're done!
and guess what? no worries about sticky glue residue.]]>Mar 19th 2010 9:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/
Bluelounge has good stuff... ]]>Mar 19th 2010 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/Mar 19th 2010 1:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/Mar 18th 2010 10:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/Mar 18th 2010 10:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/Mar 18th 2010 10:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/i'm going to go out on a limb and give OP the benefit of the doubt. it's a valid observation that a girlfriend might be of great help both in organizing your stuff, and in deciding what is no longer needed as others have suggested. but let's be realistic: just go downstairs and ask your mom.]]>Mar 19th 2010 4:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/Mar 18th 2010 10:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/And the things I ALWAYS need, are always connected to the plug and I have the wires all lead up to the side of my desk with a little station I use to keep all the wires ready to be plugged into whatever I need.

I call it my device center.
As for travel chargers, Keep them in the car or get an universal one that charges most of your traveling gadgets off in a small box to the side.]]>Mar 18th 2010 10:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/bec4/

These work so well!
Caple Drop Cable Clips
]]>Mar 18th 2010 10:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/Mar 19th 2010 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.tvsnob.com/pictures/frustrated-guy-clarkk.jpg]]>Mar 18th 2010 10:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/Mar 18th 2010 10:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/c78a/

and

http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/62ec/]]>Mar 18th 2010 10:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/Mar 18th 2010 10:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/
http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/gear/a65b/]]>Mar 18th 2010 11:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/
I bought that from ThinkGeek and the power strip that came with it kept knocking out my electricity in my house. So I had to put a different powerstrip in it. It was weird. I've kept the vampire strip thinking maybe someday I'll lend it to someone I don't like so their power can go poof!]]>Mar 19th 2010 10:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/
Haha, that's strange. I don't use that one, I needed a bigger one.]]>Mar 19th 2010 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/Mar 18th 2010 11:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/
Better than tie-wrap, use double-sided velcro. Much easier to fix when you have to change anything and it holds it just as tight. You also don't have to worry about cutting something when removing them.]]>Mar 18th 2010 11:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/Mar 18th 2010 11:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/-The Seagate FreeAgent Go Dock+ is an external drive dock and a USB hub. It's cleaned up my desktop a bit and I swap out various (Seagate) drives. (They have several dock flavors, so shop with awareness.)
-Label everything. If you can't label it, you don't need it. (OK, you can wait 6 months to get rid of it in case you know what it's for then.)
-Box/drawer in the office & box in the basement/attic. (nearline & archive)]]>Mar 18th 2010 11:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/
Aside from that, I might need a USB memory stick, but that's it.]]>Mar 18th 2010 11:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/check you need all the cables you have plugged it, then:
1-Unplug eveeeeerything
2-Start plugging stuff back in, starting with the things you unplug least.
3-Use Velcro cable ties to shorten any overly long cables.
4-Make sure cables going to different locations sit neatly on top of each other in a logical fashion, rather than wrapped around or coming up from under each other.
5-Repeat; Refine.
Mmm... OCD-tastic.]]>Mar 18th 2010 11:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/
http://www.cablecapture.com/]]>Mar 18th 2010 11:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/Mar 18th 2010 11:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/
Cupholders that accomodate mugs and have a moat around them to isolate liquid spills. And integrated surge protectors and usb hubs would be pretty sweet. A bookstand that folds down flush when not in use wouldn't hurt (yeah, I still read paper books). Also, a decent surface for using a mouse without a pad. ]]>Mar 19th 2010 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/Mar 19th 2010 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/
http://www.8020.net/]]>Mar 18th 2010 11:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/
I mean that's a way to use 8020, but I mean you could just build the entire desk from that and plan it so you avoid such clutter to begin with.]]>Mar 19th 2010 2:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.potterybarn.com/products/bedford-smart-technology-recharge-station/?pkey=x%7C4%7C1%7C%7C10%7Crecharge%7C%7C0&cm_src=SCH

It works very well for my cellphones and bluetooth headset, without having cords strewn everywhere.]]>Mar 19th 2010 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/Mar 19th 2010 12:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.powermat.com/us/products/?gclid=CNv70oyDxKACFaVH5wod0nWXaw

Not perfect but getting closer. Not a big fan of stick on monkeys / plastic cord grabs as they advocate sticking junk all over. They dont solve the problem they add to it. ]]>Mar 19th 2010 1:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/Mar 19th 2010 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/
http://www.onvoo.com

My folks bought me the Madison for Christmas a year back, it is SWEEEET...]]>Mar 19th 2010 1:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.monoprice.com/products/subdepartment.asp?c_id=109&cp_id=10520
I like the hook and loop ties. ]]>Mar 19th 2010 1:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/ask-engadget-best-accessories-management-solution-for-cluttered/http://www.8020.net/) (no really) and make it modular to start with. Then, attach some conduit to help guide permanent cabling, (with wire ties as well) and finally put yourself a usb farm (hub) flush with the desktop, so you don't need 100 cables going back to your desktop.]]>Mar 19th 2010 2:11AM