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I built this for the start of Season 11 of The X-Files, airing Wednesday January 3rd. I've been wanting to do this build for a long time but the start of the new (and probably last) season inspired me to actually do it. This was the first time I have ever tried to build miniland scale brick of character figure or do lettering. Overall, I am happy with the way it turned out. The model is incredible study overall with the back mounted on brackets and captured back into the base. Obviously, there are a ton of complicated SNOT techniques to get al the desired shapes and effects the were really fun to figure out. It was difficult to find a good representation of a show that had such a broad and bizar array of themes. I stuck with the iconic title, Scully, Mulder, and a small UFO floating over a dark forest silouhette. The Truth Is Out There. 🚀👽
I've been using David Allen's GTD Tickler Filing system for a while using Lion's manila folder labeled with Dymo's tapes. It has been a highly valuable tool for me and things started to organize by themselves pretty well just because I can now file things away up to one year ahead without worrying a bit until the time comes when they need to be taken care of. I've already started to accumulate plans for next year's back to school promotion in August, imagine that!
Last week when I found that David Allen Co. had just launched a new Tickler File product I immediately ordered one set to see how different its plastic design was compared to my DIY paper based version. It finally reached me today and I'm not so happy with it despite its beautiful design.
Good things first. Each of the 43 folders features beautiful printing with big months/days printed on the bottom right corner on the cover, the plastic is sturdy enough and seems long lasting coz the tabs can wear out pretty easily on paper based manila folders. The price is US$39.95, a bit cheaper than my previous paper based DIY version. An interesting feature is that each folder is labeled with 5 languages (English, German, French, Chinese and another one I can't make out) in nice typography and black vs. pale blue professional look.
I immediately put them into test, the files look great inside my black PU document box. Two problems came right away. First, the size of the files is a just-fit for A4 documents, so if I have catalogs or booklets slightly bigger or tagged with post-its, they will protrude from either side and things become not so tidy. The second thing is that despite their sturdiness on the tabs, when you put say two or more FastCompany magazines in it, the thin plastic simply doesn't hold the content well, the weight will make either the front cover or the back cover, where the tab is placed, drop below visible level. Imagine you have catalogs/magazines/thick documents filed for reading in the next week, the tabs will start to look very untidy, you may not even be able to find a particular day without some fumbling. This didn't happen for my paper based manila folders, for reasons I will specify below.
There is just one thing I didn't like about my previous DIY GTD Tickler Files: tabs are prone to wear and tear which will soon make the whole thing ugly (yeah for things I care, I can't tolerate ugliness).
My old DIY files allow me to write on the cover, it is larger than A4 which contains all of my documents completely covered neat and tidy. Best of all, they have grooves or folding marks so that I can file thicker catalog/documents, the front cover will drop lower because of the thickness of the documents inside, but the tabs remain visible for clear indexing purpose.
All in all, I have no regret making this purchase at all coz I love great looking stuffs, besides it is cheaper and longer lasting than what I did using Lion's manila folders. Perhaps next year I should find one of our suppliers to make an even better version so that some of you may enjoy the result of my study :)
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I worked as a PA and Company Administrator for many, many years and was very organized but now I really hate filing - so I have this piling system of paper work - I know it is in there somewhere because I never throw any paper away - but it drives my hubby crazy!! He is still very organized!!
I mustn't forget to renew my vehicle licence by the end of the month - the reminder is in there somewhere!!
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