Put Up Fences!

I love me a good piece of software – I think it comes with the territory of being a geek. I also love sharing these discoveries with others – I think that comes with the territory of being a didactic marketer/salesman!

Do you have so many icons on your desktop that you’ve forgotten what your desktop background looks like? Do you spend more than 5 seconds trying to find a specific icon on your desktop? Do you wish you had more organization of the icons on your desktop (beyond “Arrange by Name”)? Do you wish you could move entire blocks of icons at a time? Do you wish you could just double click and make all of your icons disappear?

Well, you’re in luck because today’s topic of discussion is Desktop Fences! …and they have a free version!!!

I fit into all of the categories above: I love a nice, clean desktop, but, since I’m working on several projects at once, I have a ton of shortcuts on my desktop.

Desktop Fences was an answer to my prayers, and I bet it can make your life easier too!

Here are the best features:

• Simply click and drag to create a new “fence” on your desktop
• Name your new fence
• Just drag and drop icons into a fence
• Click a fence header and drag it to move it and all of the related icons
• Double click and your fences and icons disappear for a nice, clean desktop. Double click again and they come right back

…and, of course, there is a ton of customization available (from transparency levels to color scheme, etc).

Disclaimer (just to say I said it):  I still think that it’s a bad idea to store a bunch of documents on your desktop because, if your computer crashes, you’d lose everything, so I’d advise you (especially if you’re on a network), to keep all of your documents on the network, and create shortcuts to put into your new desktop fences.

Have you tried Desktop Fences? Any awesome software recommendations for me?

I hope you check out Desktop Fences and love it as much as I have!!!

Huge re-branding opportunity!

Lately I’ve become fascinated with a kitchen gadget – It’s not new,  and it’s not very technologically advanced, but it has become an indispensable tool in my arsenal of kitchen cleaning gadgets: it is none other than the bottle brush.

Why do I love the bottle brush? It all started like this:

Bekah and I aren’t using bottles with Tiny Jim, but someone bought us one of these for our baby shower. One day, I had to clean out one of my water bottles, and, BAM, this brush worked perfectly!

That is when I discovered that it is an awesome go-to tool for several other of my kitchen cleaning challenges (including blenders, vases, etc…)

So, what is the issue with the bottle brush? No one thinks to buy one unless they have a baby (to make matters worse, they’re usually only found in the baby section of the store)! 

I believe if the bottle brush folks (or anyone for that matter) were to re-purpose the bottle brush to be more of a “long neck” cleaning brush, there is huge potential for some big sales (I know that there are many different long-handled cleaning brushes out there, but few have the cool features of a bottle brush – like a sponge at the end, or a smaller bristle brush that comes out of the back of the handle).

How do I know that they can make a ton of money by rebranding the bottle brush? Look at this guy who’s made millions off of a bottle on which the bottom half unscrews for cleaning! That bottle looks like a hassle (I feel like the bottom could come undone while you’re running or something of that nature).

You don’t need to re-design your containers, you just need to re-brand your cleaning device (and, even if you don’t have a baby, I highly recommend buying a bottle brush)!