Where it with pride. As long as you have your 5417 together, what does it matter? Anyway, I would probably turn the tables and make fun of them for being disorganized and forgetful.

But, if you want something nicer and more grown up, you could consider some of the levenger products, especially the Circa 3X5 notebooks. I think a rope case for storage and a Circa for regular use would be a great combination. Plus, I'm totally in love with that new blue color they put out.

For $38 you can wrap your index cards in fine leather. I don't know if that ameliorates or merely decorates your geekiness, though. But I love mine.

Along the same lines, to avoid geekiness I often avoid wearing my "shirt-pocket briefcase" IN my shirt pocket, even though it fits there much more nicely than in my pants pockets...

Yes, the shirt pocket is a big mistake. But if, on the other hand, I were to wear a jacket (the dressy kind) and pull one of those Levenger briefcases out of the inside pocket, suddenly I'm a paragon of elegance... Hmmm... maybe I'll have to invest not only in a Levenger pocket briefcase, but also a better wardrobe.

Does anyone know why a jacket pocket is cool but a shirt pocket is nerdy? I'm usually a layer of clothing warmer than everyone else around me, and rarely wear anything warmer than a short-sleeved shirt when indoors.

Shirt-pocket : nerdy pocket protector :: Jacket pocket : 1950's tv/film hero's cigarette case

Of course, I can't talk about anyone's fashion sense. I can't go anywhere without my combo pen/pencil/stylus, and even when I wear a shirt with a pocket, it gets clipped across the collar on a T-shirt or across the ... whatever you call the buttoned area, probably still the collar ... on a knit shirt.

Regarding clothing options, in case it's not obvious, different styles of pants can make for massive differences in the ease of access to stuff in the pockets. In my case, Levi's 550 relaxed fit jeans made it much easier to carry around my Palm (fat Zire 21 for a few years, back to a much slimmer and recently-resurrected m515 now) versus the same size 505 jeans. Never mind switching entirely to khakis or something more formal.

My clothing options and requirements may differ from others, though. On any given day, my clothes may get deposits of grease, machining coolant, oil, solvents, and various other types of industrial/chemical/office grunge. I don't tend to know when those days are in advance, so I simplify.

If it was me, I'd move the hipster to a pants pocket and possibly dress up the outside of it. Berko said everything else I was going to say earlier, but much more concisely. If they're making fun of you for compulsive notetaking, the proof's in the performance. If it's the shirt-pocket nerdiness and shabby looks of your hipster, then dress it up and/or put it in your pants pocket.

Tell them to go piss up a flagpole. Works for me.

Maybe my problem was that I was carrying my hipster around in a fanny-pack...

dude.

i'm certain i would have slapped you.

That's just wrong. ;)

Don't change a thing, I adore a man with a stack of index cards in his pocket.