Tag Archives: pockets

Carrying Keys

Carrying keys bites – Ideas to make it bite less

Keys scratch your phone, cut holes in your pockets, and jangle when you’re trying to get all stealth in the corner of that party. The sooner we all have auto-remote-star-trek-access-thing the better, but in the meantime, we want to cover some ways of dealing with the peskily little things.

Below are a few, but we’re aware that you guys will have seen better. We’d love to hear about them…

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5 Reasons I can’t find a great messenger bag

5 Reasons I can’t find a great messenger bag

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I really want a great messenger bag. I love how fast they are to access stuff, and I think they suit a workplace way better than backpacks (which in my opinion often look too ‘young’ and geeky).

But while I have fallen in love with concept of a messenger, the reality generally bites. There’s a few key things that frustrate me about them. Not least the fact that my hairless mexican cat cannot get comfortable in one while we are traveling, and so I am yet to find any messengers that have really solved all these issues.

Here’s my list of things I want fixed. And to all those bag designers that read Carryology, we’d love you to agree, disagree, or just design a messenger that solves these issues!

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Anatomy of a good bag

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Finding a bag you like the look of is probably your starting point, but there’s then a bunch of less obvious things that can make a huge difference to how much enjoyment you get from your backpack or messenger.

We’ve built this list through failure. Amongst the Carryology gang, we’ve probably owned, borrowed or used over 300 bags, and most of those went wrong in some way or another. We’re hoping this post will help you avoid some of those fails.

We expand on specifics after the jump…

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How do you deal with earbud tangles?

Great tangle effort from Michael

Great tangle effort from Michael

How do you deal with earbud tangles?

What do you do with your earbuds when not using them?

If you sport anything with an ‘i’ in front of it, you probably have a set of earbuds that are kept at close quarter– ready for tunes, calls, or a quick YouTube laugh.

But when being stashed, they usually end up tying themselves in knots in a pocket or pouch, ready to frustrate your next effort.

Some of our favourite solutions so far are from Budtrap or Lifehacker, but we reckon there’s an even better way out there… we just can’t find it.

Why the Bulge?

Pocket bulges are not sexy. Ever.

The difficult thing about it is that baggy trousers are not sexy either. So as we scrape ourselves in to skinny jeans and slim fit suits, the wallet bulge has become way too common.

Downsize the wallet. Clean out the rubbish. Get your life together.

And get rid of that bulge!