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A little over a year ago, I moved to New York, into an apartment that might generously be described as “compact.” With no space to spare for a proper desk, here is a list of everything I keep on my nightstand: Cable Management Clips
• My phone • My personal laptop • My work laptop, stacked on top of my personal laptop because there isn’t enough surface area for them to sit side by side • A hair straightener • A glass of water, because I like to live dangerously
Automatic Cable Tie Because most of these devices require regular battery replenishment via charging cord, for many months the floor next to my bed resembled a snake pit, literally and metaphorically. After a rather harrowing incident in which I tripped over the tangle and nearly rendered myself and my electronics, uh, out of order, I decided it was time to embrace an organizational concept known as “cable management.”