Cable management
Cheap, deeply satisfying, and it makes a desk photograph well.
What actually matters
- A tray or channel under the desk does more than any number of ties.
- Label both ends of anything you might one day need to unplug in a hurry.
- Velcro over zip ties: you will change your setup more often than you think.
- One good multi-port charger removes more cables than any organiser.
Picks
No specific picks in here yet — I only list things once I've actually formed an opinion about them. The points above are what I'd go on in the meantime.
Also in keeping order
- OrganisationWhere things live, so you stop looking for them.
- External drives & backupThe category nobody thinks about until the week they very badly need it.
- Notebooks, planners & whiteboardsFor the thinking that does not want to happen on a screen.
- Books & resourcesThe small-business reading that is actually worth the evening.
Kit is the easy part. The awkward part is usually the process.
Buying a label printer fixes an afternoon. If the thing eating your week is the admin around the orders rather than the packing itself, that's the part I build.
Tell me what's eating the week