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Cord Management Tips

Chris — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 04:01:01 +0000

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Jared sent in his Top Five Tips for Cord Management list. I don’t know about you, but I’m a bit of a neat freak. I have to have my office and desk area nice and orderly, or it drives me up a wall. My desk is actually about a foot or so away from the wall. My desktop pc is behind the desk, as are all the cords. It may be a mess, but it’s somewhere I don’t have to see it.

When possible, go wireless. Ponzi is ALL about wireless. This is an excellent tip. The fewer devices that have wires, the less the mess will be.
Group your cords, tie similar ones together, and label them. I bought a small label machine just for this purpose.
Run cords along the walls or under carpets I have a speaker that is across the room from my desk, and I ran the cord for it along the wall, pushed beneath the carpet and the trim. It’s out of the way, not a trip hazard, and unseen.
Use a cable turtle or buy retractable cords. I LOVE retractable cords. They take up less room, and leave less mess!
Don’t overload your outlets, or it can cause a fire. VERY good point. I have a separate circuit just for my desktop pc. That baby pushes a LOT of power.

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