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Internet Password Organizer - Winners

Announcing the winners from our Internet Password Organizer Giveaway:

We enjoyed over 3 dozen entries with great comments and professional tips on how you organize your passwords and vital online information.  Thank you to everyone who took the time to enter the contest.  Winners have been contacted and your password organizers will be mailed out from Innovation Lab's headquarters in Cary, North Carolina.  Congratulations!

Sheila Jones, Colorado Springs, CO

Dustin Weeks, Jersey City NJ

Ann Guns, Lake Oswego, OR

Angie Newton, McHenry, IL

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Gotta Get My Stuff Done - Weekend Video

Welcome to the weekend when we post videos OrganizingLA Blog readers have sent to us.

Is procrastination a part-time job for you?  Here is an oldie but a goodie.  We've even posted it in 2005, but that was prior to being able to actually post video directly onto the blog.

These pieces are for the amusement of our weekend blog readers, we're continuing to feature organizing videos that are satirical, irreverent, smart or just plain fun.  If you are reading the blog on RSS or Feedblitz and want to see the videos you should click over to the main site.  Do you have a video you'd like to have us feature?  Check out this post first, then email us.

Oh, and last week's video was courtesy Hazel Thornton, of Albuquerque, New Mexico.  Forgot to mention that.

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10 Commandments of Clutter

In our decor8 Interview we posted recently, the question came up about the behaviors that guide you when you tackle an organizing project.

We came up with such guidelines, allow us to also present them here.

The 10 Commandments of Clutter:

1. Thou shall not directly worship the Container Store Goddess.  The purity of organizing products does not preclude you from clearing your clutter, first.
2. The Organizing “Secret” is no secret at all; keepith space available brings you untold fortune.
3. Thou shall not commit adultery (however, ‘tis honorable to ask for organizing helpith during Spring Fling.)
4. Devote thy days to mess maintenance, but thou nights to wine and dine.
5. Honor thy elders. Thou shall not nag if items are in wrong place; put them back without saying anythingth.
6. Getting thyself organized is easier then staying organized.
7. Avoidith keeping clutter as a yardstick of thy achievements. Thou must not give false evidence against thy neighbor.
8. Stop chasing thy paper chase; lose thy “to file” box and handle immediately by putting it away in its rightful place.
9. Thou shall not covet thy neighbor’s goods. Thy grass may be greener around thy neighbor’s lawn mover shed, but inside may be a dark surprise.
10. Eat, drink and be merry. Organizing thyself is reflective, but should be funneth.

• Check out the entire interview by reading Decor8 and our mention OrganizingLA - a great blog, decor8 from our press kit (PDF).

Do you have any personal "commandments of clutter" to share with fellow readers?

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250,000 Visitors to the OrganizingLA Blog

Last Monday, our 250,000th visitor to the OrganizingLA Blog signed on.  Was it you?

To celebrate, we've once again splurged on a weekday rental of the iconic Hollywood Sign.

Here is our annual "progress report, since November 2005.

• 250,000 visitors
• 425,000 page views
• 315 daily Feedblitz readers
• 400 active readers through RSS
• 625 posts
• 1000 reader comments
• 45 trackbacks

Thank you so much for your continued support, feedback, blog partnerships, linking, following, insider tips and business referrals.  Our small site continues to grow and we're so honored to have you with us.

This site was originally an opportunity for us to post an occasional piece or two in-between hands-on organizing appointments with Southern California professional organizing clients.  Over time, with your support, we've become a really fun place to stop by everyday and read the latest celebrity news, watch videos, hear about technology, personal stories, product spotlights, recalls, organizing industry reports and how life in Los Angeles, and the nation, continues to speed forward faster than we can sometimes keep up.  But it's all about how you can be your organized best no matter your own personal view of perfection.

Again, thank you-- and we really mean that.

John Joins Peter Walsh In His Radio Debut

Recently, John made his radio debut alongside Peter Walsh and Monica Ricci, Organizing Experts and Authors.  Such an honor!

Organizing Playground Hosts Allison Carter and Sara Fisher grilled John on the Los Angeles Organizing Awards (pictured above is Mr. Walsh speaking at the podium at the Organizing Awards last February).  On the radio show, John says:

"The Los Angeles Organizing Awards" is a public celebration honoring the people, products and services that make the nation neater and more productive."

What else does John say?  Does John tell all?  You'll have to listen to the show by downloading the podcast.  There is great information all through the broadcast.  John calls in around 40:00 and joins in on the fun.

Links for the show, hosts and guests:

• Organizing Gym - Allison Carter's Blog
• Sara Fisher's website
• Monica Ricci's blog
• Peter Walsh's "clutter-free" website
• Organizing Playground Radio Show - Archives
• Go directly to the podcast with Peter Walsh and Monica Ricci and hear John, too

Listen to the show and come back here for some feedback.  How do you think John did for his "first time?"

Related Posts:

• BusinessWeek interviews John for small business podcast - listen or read the transcript (PDF)

Top 10 Strangest Things Ever Lost in Space

One of the biggest reasons people get organized is so they can find what they need, when they need it.

How many times have you said to yourself: "I know I have that... somewhere. Just give me a minute (or a week) to find it."

Even Astronauts seem to lose things too. Could it be from random carelessness or disorganization?  1990 Toys is a blog dedicated to the best toys of the 1990’s.  They've written about many well-documented items lost in space.  And NASA is actually tracking those lost items. What are they?

1. Glove
2. Spatula
3. Rubbish
4. Camera
5. Toothbrush
6. Pliers
7. Nuclear Fuel
8. A rocket
9. A pen
10. Bolts (as in nuts)

What is the strangest thing you've ever lost in YOUR space?  How do you keep track of your stuff?

images courtesy Art.com and NASA