I love the Office Supply Geek’s idea of keeping his Rhodia pads closed with a binder clip. Even cooler is the way that clip can double as a notebook stand.

At any rate, it got me thinking about how to customize notebooks and planners to make them more functional (as opposed to more pretty or unique, which is obviously great, as well). The possibilities are endless, of course, and the hacks both big and small. Geralin Thomas keeps her life organized with a customized alphabetic planning system. I use a paperclip in my Habana to keep track of my place. John Berendt, author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, goes so far as to make his own planner every year with custom-made rubber stamps and a cloth-bound Clairefontaine notebook.

What are your notebook hacks?