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Step 2Print the TEMPLATES
You can certainly make a Hipster PDA of all blank cards or you can make your own templates, but I found these to be good enough for my needs - and therefore fit into my philosophy of "as complex as I need and as simple as I can get away with". Sure, I could make my own templates but the time and energy needed would certainly threaten to kill the whole project. My feeling is I use these to get the project off the ground and then if while using it I find a specific need that's not being met I can design a new template to fit.
Anyway, the template set I used is called the "DIY Planner - HipsterPDA Edition"; it's a package of PDFs containing lots of good templates (calenders, checklists, etc.). Most of them I don't use but that's not the point. The point is it has everything I do use. After using this set for a while I have yet to be moved to create anything custom. It meets the need.
Back to the instructable... this step is to print some templates onto the 3x5 cards. The trick here is to not get over-zealous. Don't say "I can imagine using that someday so I'll print it." Print only what you know you'll need plus some plain lined ones. Then when you're in the field and you realize you have a need that isn't met by one of the fancier templates, you just make due with a plain lined one or even a blank one and then next time you're at the computer you can print out the template you need. But if you go the other way - carrying around a large stack of templates you never use - then you're just over complicating the system and making the PDA bulky to boot.
You can print a template on each side, but I chose not to. When searching my PDA for information, I find it cumbersome to have to search both the front and back of each card. I find it much simpler and faster to only have to look at one side. When I use up a card completely, I flip it over and print a new template on the blank side.
Note: If you don't have a printer than can handle 3x5s, the DIY Planner folks have provided a version with 4 copies on one 8.5" x11" page. Simply print this to a sheet of card stock and cut into quarters with the scissor or paper cutter.
Anyway, the template set I used is called the "DIY Planner - HipsterPDA Edition"; it's a package of PDFs containing lots of good templates (calenders, checklists, etc.). Most of them I don't use but that's not the point. The point is it has everything I do use. After using this set for a while I have yet to be moved to create anything custom. It meets the need.
Back to the instructable... this step is to print some templates onto the 3x5 cards. The trick here is to not get over-zealous. Don't say "I can imagine using that someday so I'll print it." Print only what you know you'll need plus some plain lined ones. Then when you're in the field and you realize you have a need that isn't met by one of the fancier templates, you just make due with a plain lined one or even a blank one and then next time you're at the computer you can print out the template you need. But if you go the other way - carrying around a large stack of templates you never use - then you're just over complicating the system and making the PDA bulky to boot.
You can print a template on each side, but I chose not to. When searching my PDA for information, I find it cumbersome to have to search both the front and back of each card. I find it much simpler and faster to only have to look at one side. When I use up a card completely, I flip it over and print a new template on the blank side.
Note: If you don't have a printer than can handle 3x5s, the DIY Planner folks have provided a version with 4 copies on one 8.5" x11" page. Simply print this to a sheet of card stock and cut into quarters with the scissor or paper cutter.
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