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Need an idea for an office knick-knack

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Feb 18, 2006
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Hey everyone!

I am doing a marketing assignment for knick-knacks, and I need an idea for an office knick-knack. If anyone can think of something that might be useful on their desk, let me know!

I thought that the Mac community would be a 'creative' source of market research! :D
 
Other than wanting Apple to release a pencil holder and a trashcan like the trashcan in Tiger, there is nothing that would help me at my desk.

I will have a think for you though :)
 
Thanks for that.

Now what were the odds that the first person to reply was going to be from New Zealand too!

Now that I have said I am a Uni Student, and that I am in Hamilton, it's probably pretty obvious which university it is...
 
a 'find' button that works IRL. like you push it and type in what you're looking for and it finds it, like spotlight or firefox's find function. it would highlight what it finds by making it glow
:cool:
i want 10% :p:D

realistically though, a mini-hotplate that's rubber on the bottom and like 4" around to keep what you put on it warm like a drink or whatever would be quite nice, but probably not very safe.
 
Good old Waikato uni? I didn't notice you were a kiwi until you just mentioned! We should have a chat via iChat sometime.

Good luck with the research! :)
 
homerjward said:
realistically though, a mini-hotplate that's rubber on the bottom and like 4" around to keep what you put on it warm like a drink or whatever would be quite nice, but probably not very safe.
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They sell USB hubs that can double as a mini-hotplate. I have one.
 
Yep they already have USB warmers, I have one that wraps around the mug. Awesome idea, but you eventually don't bother use it.

As a knick-knack though, it can't really be too in the way of electronic. In fact, I don't think knick-knacks are really supposed to be electronic at all, but I am sure a simple one would be ok.
 
Does it have to be a new type of office knick-knack or can you choose to market a well known office knick-knack?
 
No, it has to be pretty original.

A good way to come up with ideas is to ask yourself, "What am I missing here?"
 
homerjward said:
a 'find' button that works IRL. like you push it and type in what you're looking for and it finds it, like spotlight or firefox's find function. it would highlight what it finds by making it glow.
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Even better, how about a real life 'undo' button?

I had a daft idea yesterday afternoon while leafing through my work diary – nothing ever gets written at the weekends. All that wasted paper and space. Why not, I wondered, publish a desk diary that only has Monday-Friday in it for all the officey people who don't do weekends? :)
 
Glenn Wolsey said:
Other than wanting Apple to release [...] a trashcan like the trashcan in Tiger [...]
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What' wrong with IKEA's Dokument?

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:)
 
Mitthrawnuruodo said:
What' wrong with IKEA's Dokument:)
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Not e-stalking you, Mitthrawnuruodo, promise. (private joke).

I'm sat here and thinking that what I could REALLY do with is ....... a desk-top sized ........ mini paper shredder (for dealing with the small stuff that accumulates, ATM/credit card receipts, 'sensitive' scraps of paper. Too paranoid?
 
UKnjb said:
Not e-stalking you, Mitthrawnuruodo, promise. (private joke).
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He-he... :)

UKnjb said:
I'm sat here and thinking that what I could REALLY do with is ....... a desk-top sized ........ mini paper shredder (for dealing with the small stuff that accumulates, ATM/credit card receipts, 'sensitive' scraps of paper. Too paranoid?
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I know some people who would say no to that... ;)
 
What about a soft, placticine like material that you could stab pencils and pens into and just keep them there? It's a soft pen holder, but your pens won't even move out of position once they're in there.
 
No! :eek:

I want it to be battery operated. I want the material to turn into a soft material when you run a current through it, and when you don't press the material, the material should harden again, with your pencils in place.

Or yeah, plasticine would be "ok".....I guess. :rolleyes:
 
Abstract said:
No! :eek:

I want it to be battery operated. I want the material to turn into a soft material when you run a current through it, and when you don't press the material, the material should harden again, with your pencils in place.

Or yeah, plasticine would be "ok".....I guess. :rolleyes:
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mmmm space-agey! :D

How about a keyboard that recognizes the appropriate user and tasers anyone else who tries to sit at that workstation? I would love that... pesky day shift people downloading yahoo toolbars and sh*t on my machine... *grumbles*
 
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