Pocketknife Paper Hipster PDA (and business card) Application

Step 3 Backing

This piece is not typically written on. It just provides enough stiffness to be able to write while holding the PDA in-hand when you don't have a convenient writing surface.

Fold one sheet of paper in eights to make the backing of the PDA. If you have a piece of stronger paper, great. If not, a regular sheet will do fine.

Again, I have tried cutting a piece of plastic (from a plastic clipboard) and sanding it smooth on the edges. This works well but I find I am wearing less shirts with pockets these days and I don't like the stiffness and bulkiness in my back pocket.

Also, I inevitably misplaced the PDA at times and felt stuck without the backing. Now I can make a new one almost anywhere in a couple minutes and be good until I find my misplaced notes. The paper backing works better. Isn't paper cool?!!

If you want to get fancy you can print important reference information on this sheet and just unfold to refer to it. When you are ready for another backing just print another one.

I keep emergency contacts (personal and work),credit card cancellation numbers and IP addresses on this sheet.