After finally making it to Sekaido in Shinjuku to acquire the last necessary components I have completed construction of a Hipster PDA (hPDA) as originally envisioned by Merlin Mann.
What is an Hipster PDA? In the words of it’s inventor:
The Hipster PDA (Parietal Disgorgement Aid) is a fully extensible system for coordinating incoming and outgoing data for any aspect of your life and work.
After considering my configuration options I chose to forego fancy options and assemble my device with simple graph ruled cards and a standard mini clip. The graph paper is condusive to my drawing habits and generally just looks cool. I tried a bigger clip but since I don’t need to carry a huge stack of cards and the mini clip has sufficent grip for my need I chose to go with the low bulk option.
Here’s the gory pictures of the completed project along with two styles of input styli and an error correction tool:
If you’re interested in building your own hPDA there are a number of resources to get you started: 43folders, D*I*Y Planner, flickr, wikipedia and many more. After a few weeks of careful study you can proceed to the actual construction phase.
Here is a complete set of instrcutions explaining from start to finish how to build a standards compliant hPDA:
- Find some 3×5 cards.
- Clip them together with a binder clip.
- No further action required. You’re done!
Have fun with it.
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