Introducing icPod
I have used Kaizo (= customized) Moleskine Memo Pockets (KM2P) as index cards folder. A problem is the cards inside pocket is hidden by a wall of pockets. For a while I have used it just as a shuttle between office and home.
I found a good solution for the KM2P. I have been using a card tray as card stand because I can see what I wrote. Then what about I cut the pockets of the KM2P? I have used KM2P more than half year. Nothing to hesitate for futher customization.
So I start Kaizo. The procedure is,
1. Fold all accordions in reverse, then
2. Cut away half length of the pockets.
That’s all. The first procedure is already done in ver. 1. So this time, only second is needed.
It’s so simple. But it makes huge effect because a frequency of access depend on a visibility. I have used through this week, and it is quite useful. The “Next Action” is front end of the Pockets. So I clearly see what I have to do. In addition, I found if I settle it just in front of the Dock, a sequence of the cards are more easily understood : From day to week, week to month.
Since I have called a card storage as “Dock”, it is natural to call the KM2P as “Pod”. It resemble to a concept of the iPod, too : A thousand songs in your pocket. It resemble to space vehicle in Sci-Fi and Japanese animation like “Gundam” as well. The Dock-Pod relationship in PoIC system is clearer. Now the Pod is much more than just a shuttle.
Hereafter, I call it as a Pod rather than KM2P. Futher more, the Pod for index cards, so… Index Cards Pod -> icPod? Then the catch copy must be, “A hundred of index cards in your pocket” :)
