In my own life I'm typically a late holiday shopper, so it only makes sense that our 2013 holiday gift guide would come this late in the holiday shopping season. One quick bit of advice I can give you as a late shopper is that if you haven't signed up for Amazon Prime yet, you should do so, or you can even give it as a gift to someone else. You can get free two day shipping on a ton of items and for a few extra dollars you can also get one day shipping. … [Read more...]
A Quick Weekend Roundup
It's a short week for me this week as I've got some vacation time I'm using up before its lost at the end of the year. I just thought I'd share a few quick things so you can follow our new Google+ page and also see some cool planners for 2014. If you subscribe to our eMail news letter, you may have seen last week that we announced that we would be using our Google+ page. With that said, there were some complications and misunderstandings … [Read more...]
October 2013 Carnival of Pen, Pencil, and Paper
Welcome to the October 8, 2013 edition of the Carnival of Pen, Pencil, and Paper. miscellaneous Ana presents The Envelope Eviscerator at The Well Appointed Desk. Azizah Asgarali presents Gourmet Pens: Review: Stipula Calamo Musk Green Ink @JetPens @stipula_1948 posted at Gourmet Pens. Preview the Nock Co. Hightower 3+1 Pen and Journal Case over at No Pen Intended. While you are at it, check out the Nock Co. Kickstarter Project thats … [Read more...]
New Reviews, New Products, Pen Shows and Exhibits
There are a few small office supply related items that I've been meaning to share so I figured I'd round them all up in one short Friday post today. … [Read more...]
Office Supply News – New Products, Sales, and a Few Updates
Some Office Supply New Products, Sales, and Site Updates: Yesterday our newsletter went out announcing both winners of our monthly giveaway, and we only got a response from one of the winners, so go check your email to see if you are missing out! A reminder for those of you that didn't see it in our email newsletter or anywhere else, there are some new Disney Moleskine Journals scheduled to come out at the end of February. I recently … [Read more...]
A Mix: Giveaways, Contests, and New Office Supply Inventions
With this past Monday being a holiday, I ended up not posting a review, so I've got a collection of a few items to share with you today to make up for the lack of anything fun and office supply related earlier in the week. The other day, good friend to the blog, Tom Oddo showed me something that he created using his graphic design skills and love of good writing materials which he entered in an online contest. What you see in the photo here is his … [Read more...]
Another Chance to Influence Some of Your Favorite Office Supplies from Jared Joyce and Quirky
During the course of 2010, we shared some great ideas for office supplies by inventor Jared Joyce that were in competition on Quirky.com to win the chance to be developed through their unique social product development cycle. Unfortunately some of the office supply products were not successful in the first round of voting so they never became products that made it to the design, development, and sales phase where you can participate more and even earn … [Read more...]
Some Weekend Office Supply Reading
I've got a few quick things that I wanted to share, and since I was not scheduled for my semi-frequent newsletter to go out today, I thought I'd post a few of these items and sales for you here today. If you have not yet checked out and signed up at Quirky, I highly suggest you head over there and give it some thought. There are some really cool inventions that you can help guide through the product development process, and even earn a percentage … [Read more...]
Welcome to the September Carnival of Pen, Pencil and Paper
Pen: Tom presents I have a HUNCH you don't know much about Pens... posted at Goldspot Pens. Review of how the heralded "recommendation engine" Hunch performs when searching for a pen. David Garrett presents Noodler's Kung Te-Cheng ink review posted at seize the dave. Patrick Sikes presents Blue Hawaii - A new line of handcrafted pens inspired by Hawaii posted at The Norsk Woodshop. Preview of a new line of pens being developed by The Norsk … [Read more...]
Innovative Office Supplies by Jared Joyce on Quirky.com
Recently I had the pleasure of speaking with Jared Joyce (Check out Jared on Twitter and FaceBook) who is an inventor that just so happens to have quite a few cool office supplies that he is working on. In addition to inventing innovative office supplies, Jared also introduced me to an awesome website, Quirky.com which is a Social Network focused on the new product development process. The site relies on group feedback to influence products in areas … [Read more...]
Office Supply Related News for the Weekend
-I am excited that Sharpie has come out with a new Medium Point Sharpie Pen which of course I've ordered and hope to review soon. Many thanks to one of my awesome readers, wild violet for pointing this out. -Jennifer Love Hewitt has an official invitation to write a guest post here at OfficeSupplyGeek.com after this comment: "I love office supplies," Hewitt told PEOPLE at Tuesday's grand opening of Esprit's flagship store in New York. "I love being … [Read more...]
Office Supply Geek’s 2009 Editors Choice Awards
In my previous post I highlighted the top 10 office supply reviews from 2009, based on the number of visitors to each review. Today, in what I hope will be an annual tradition, I wanted to highlight those items that I personally thought stood out from the pack. I try to make sure that all of the reviews here are reviews of really cool office supplies that arent the type of thing that you might find in your standard office supply cabinet, so to pick the … [Read more...]
Top 10 Most Popular Office Supply Reviews for 2009
When I read the Top 10 Pen Reviews that @dowdyism over at The Pen Addict wrote, I thought it was such a great idea that...well...Ill be honest, I couldn't help but steal it and do something similar here. : ) Before you continue on here, make sure you check out his post and also make sure you sign up for his RSS feed and follow him on Twitter too because if you are missing what he is writing, you are missing a ton of good stuff. Ok, now that I feel … [Read more...]
The Third Carnival of Pen, Pencil and Paper
Welcome to the October 6, 2009 edition of carnival of pen, pencil and paper! There are some really cool office supplies, pens, pencils, notebooks, stationery, and other fun things being shared this month by some very talented bloggers. Diane Schirf presents Please Mr. Postman posted at Dreams and musings from the dark side of the moon, saying, "Michael Leddy made me (suggested I) do it." TonyB presents Are Fountain Pens on the Decline? posted at … [Read more...]
Office Supply News from the Web
Win $150 worth of free fashion office supplies from Carolina Pad. Your deadline to enter is Monday, May 25th at 11:59 PM Easeten. Check out the always interesting Ink Links from The Pen Addict. My Moleskine 2.0 Contest to show off how you hack your Moleskine and win a lifetime supply of Moleskines. Contest deadline is May 31, 2009. More love for the Sharpie Pen. Free Office Supply Icons. Oh Staples...I'm already bad enough at math, this … [Read more...]
