Holiday Gift Suggestions: Pocket.doc for the Neo-Luddite

Posted on 18 November 2008 by


Everyone knows someone like this: they won’t trust their data to a PDA or mobile phone; they trust their important personal information to scraps of paper and cards that they stow in their wallet, gearbag or purse. This holiday season, you can help your favorite Neo-Luddite keep organized without the use of technology by giving them a Pocket.doc by Buttoned Up.

We all know to expect the unexpected. The Pocket.doc™ provides simple to fill out forms that easily fit into a wallet, purse or backpack. So you have critical emergency, medical, and contact information when and where you need it. Since it is the size of a credit card, it easily fits in wallets, backpacks, glove compartments and briefcases – so you have the information you need when you need it!

Inside this 3.5″ tall x 2.25″ wide accordion-style book are pages in which to write emergency contacts, medical basics, and other important information.

For those of us who love tech, consider this: in an emergency, you can’t always expect that the person responding will know how to get your important information off of a mobile phone or PDA; having it in an easy to access format such as this makes sense.

At $3.99, the Pocket.doc makes an inexpensive yet thoughtful office gift, stocking stuffer, or last minute give-away for the inevitable party crasher. You can buy them here.

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  • Joel McLaughlin

    This is the same as a moleskine and I LOVE moleskines! I have started using those for notes in meetings. The best thing is they don’t run out of batteries. Just paper or ink! :D Awesome battery life! :P

  • TrvlngDrew

    LOL! I have been using moleskines for years and will continue to do so.. I have to write my notes down and find that the point of writing re-enforces the memory of the point. I do like the idea of having the critical info available in writing. In my post-Luddite phase, I am somewhat nostalgic of using my beautiful Mont Blanc pens and a Filofax.. :-)

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