I love whiteboards. I have several, two of which are made of metal (heavy) so that you can stick magnets on them as well. (I also love fridge magnets, plastic letter or number magnets, and of course, those word magnets that you can compose verse with.)
In fact, I find it hard to restrain myself from drawing something on any whiteboard when I see one -- this includes the time I was at a job interview and the guy interviewing me stepped out of his office for a minute. (I did get the job, by the way.)
You can understand, then, why I liked this post from Lou Rosenfeld:
Don't know why I never mentioned this here before, but when we outfitted our office last year, I went out and purchased a 4'x8' whiteboard from Staples. You know, the kind with a chintzy aluminum frame and weak fastening tabs which, over a year or two, would likely snap off from weight stress. The thing cost about $250, but hey, what good is an information architect without a whiteboard?
The next day I happened to find myself at Lowes. A large white shiny thing caught my eye in the "Lumber'n'Other Large Flat Unwieldy Items" section. Lo and behold, a 4'x8' sheet of melamine, intended for lining a basement shower stall, but perfectly suitable for dry erase markers. And no crappy aluminum frame to fuss with. All for the incredible price of $9.99. I bolted it up on the office wall in minutes, and sent the overpriced version back on its way to Staples.
I gotta get me some melamine.
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heh-- i'll no longer be embarrassed when people come over and raise eyebrows at the three intricately scribbled whiteboards decorating our walls. they are works of art, right? mmmm.... melamine.....
Posted by: K-Sue | May 23, 2003 12:25 AM
My addictions for white-boards have finally diminished. I have one at work and at home and I very seldom use it. In fact at work we have one to mark whether or not we are going to be late, away etc. I think my boss is the only one that uses it. My white-board at home is so old that you can't even take off the marker that is on there LOL
Posted by: Kim | May 23, 2003 5:35 AM