I really like the way that there is a strong movement on the web to retreat from complex technologies back to paper and pen. You manipulate the paper and pen to best effect by using templates or techniques you found online. There's the hipster pda thing, which eschews techie personal organisers in favour of a bunch of 3" x 5" index cards held together with a clip. As this nice man says, let's make one together! Cheaters use Moleskines. Then people write reviews of exactly which pen is the best to use, and what sorts of index cards they like. It's a wierd combination of making things much simpler and then complexing the details up again.
There's something very satisfying about some of the templates you can get though. The PocketMod has to be one of the best as it makes a little customised booklet to carry around. I bet kids would like it too.
It can all go a bit far though. This "Network Catch-o-matic" lets you track your interactions with people from first catching sight of them through various levels of communication e.g. eye contact, to either a) becoming close personal friends or b) selling them something. You get increasing levels of points as you do each of these things. It's a bit disconcerting. It makes me yearn to surrender, print one out, and carry it around at all times, filling in bubbles with a pencil every time I force someone to talk to me.
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