Where can I find a paper memo pad which will fit in my wallet?

May 18, 2004 8:11 AM

Where can I find a paper memo pad which will fit in my wallet?

I'm looking for an approximately credit card sized memo pad which I can keep in my wallet for various to do lists and the like. Lines are a plus, dividers would be golden. Moleskines are too large. I'd consider one slightly bigger than credit card size as long as it isn't a burden to carry along with my phone, wallet, and keys.

I realize I could probably make one myself. Sometimes I like prefab.

Google is polluted by software and PDAs abusing the name "memo pad."

posted by callmejay to Shopping (14 answers total)

Informecancia seems to have something similar to waht you're looking for. They're in Greece, but have a site in english and accept international orders.
I also remember Dooney & Bourke once having notepads,
but those may have been phased out during the PDA boom.
posted by Smart Dalek at 8:34 AM on May 18, 2004

And for a hefty sum, The Northerner sells moose-skin
(mooseskeine?) mini organanizers.
posted by Smart Dalek at 8:48 AM on May 18, 2004

Don't overlook the Moleskine notebooks. They have been previously discussed in the blue, and I think that discussion inspired the creation of this site.
posted by ajr at 9:11 AM on May 18, 2004

Small index cards are one alternative; and you can file them.
posted by carter at 9:17 AM on May 18, 2004

You could also recycle the backs of old business cards for small lists.
posted by carter at 9:21 AM on May 18, 2004

Response by poster: Those are good ideas, carter. (And thanks to the others as well.) I've actually tried the business cards one. There's just something about some sort of bound notebook which makes life easier. I've seen ones which collapse between two magnetic credit-card type things as well, but I don't know where to get one.
posted by callmejay at 9:24 AM on May 18, 2004

This sounds like something you could make pretty easily with some A4, a paper-cutter, and a stapler. Get some cute little kid to decorate the cover for you.
posted by Hildago at 9:31 AM on May 18, 2004

Also, if you can get to a Muji Rushi they have very nice little notebooks (A6 and A7 for the UK store; scroll down to 'filing').
posted by carter at 10:02 AM on May 18, 2004

The little magnetic accordion-style address books are called Magi-Dex - if you google that, you'll get a bunch of places (like this one) selling in bulk with custom logos, but if you dig around a bit, you'd probably find a place selling smaller quantities. The downfall is that they would have lined fields for address info, but maybe there are blank versions as well.
posted by fionab at 10:11 AM on May 18, 2004

You can even make these with sharp scissors, trimming the edges when you are done. I just made one and in many regards it is superior to my palm. Do a google search for "paper pda".

That said, I'd like to find a source of cheap notebooks that would fit easily in my pocket. It would take me about a week to fill up one of them thar trendy Moleskines.

Also, volcano arts books has some cool book kits.
posted by mecran01 at 10:18 AM on May 18, 2004

those magnet collapsing things are for sale in museum/gallery gift shops, often.
posted by andrew cooke at 10:35 AM on May 18, 2004

We should try to see if we can get them in plain or unlined paper, make a metafilter graphic, and do some metafilter bulk ordering. I'll take 10. (referring to the magi-dex site)
posted by RustyBrooks at 12:01 PM on May 18, 2004

I was just at a toy store (b-day present for my three-year old daughte). Klutz has a book on making mini-books. That's recursive.
posted by mecran01 at 12:33 PM on May 18, 2004

levenger matchbook notepads. i love levenger products: expensive, useless and usually very stylish.

they have shops--in marshall fields in chicago, in florida and probably other places as well--but their mail order/web orders are very reliable.
posted by crush-onastick at 7:25 PM on May 18, 2004