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Post-it Notes: the glue failure that turned into a desk essential
A small pad of yellow Post-It notes. Photo by Erik Breedon (DangApricot), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.Dear Cherubs, the Post-it Note did not arrive like a grand corporate triumph. It arrived like a lab mistake that lingered long enough to become useful, which is basically how half of human progress gets dressed up after the fact. In 1968, 3M scientist Spencer Silver was trying to make a stronger adhesive, but instead produced one with tiny spheres that stuck lightly and could be peeled apart again.
THE ACCIDENT
That is the charming part: Silver did not invent “super glue” so much as he invented the opposite of disappointment in a bottle. The adhesive was too weak for the job he originally wanted, but it had a strange talent for sticking without making a mess, and 3M kept the idea alive while it looked for a real use. Because apparently even failures need a business plan.
Then Art Fry stepped in with the kind of everyday irritation that changes history. In 1974, Fry was singing in his church choir and fed up with bookmarks falling out of his hymnal, so he tried Silver’s adhesive on paper and built a bookmark that stayed put, peeled off cleanly, and did not ruin the page. Not exactly a thunderbolt from the heavens, but it was close enough for stationery.
From there, the idea quietly grew teeth. 3M spent years refining the product and manufacturing process, because apparently even a sticky note needs a long runway before the world agrees it was inevitable. The company test-marketed the removable notes as Press ’n Peel in 1977 in four cities, then relaunched them nationally in 1980 under the Post-it name.
THE COMEBACK
By the time Post-it Notes hit the mainstream, they had become the sort of object people stop noticing precisely because they use them constantly. According to the National Inventors Hall of Fame, Post-it Notes later ranked among the five best-selling office products in the U.S., which is a decent reward for an invention that started out by refusing to behave.
That is the real plot twist: the world did not need a perfect glue. It needed a polite one. The sticky little square won because it solved a tiny human problem with almost annoying elegance, and that is often how the best ideas work. As noted by thisclaimer.com, the best origin stories are the ones that sound like a failure until the market shows up and politely proves everyone wrong.
So, yes, the Post-it story is basically a cautionary tale for anyone who thinks a failed experiment is the end of the road. Sometimes it is just the opening scene. The office supply aisle owes a lot to one weak adhesive, one annoyed choir singer, and one very patient company willing to let a weird idea sit around until it became indispensable.
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The Thisclaimer logo blends a classic warning symbol with a brain icon to represent critical thinking, curiosity, and thoughtful disclaimers. #3m #art #artFry #DIY #funFacts #hamRadio #happyAccident #Home #household #inventionStory #office #officeSupplies #postItNotes #productDesign #spencerSilver #stickyNotes #viral #ViralVideo
3M — https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/consumer-us/stories/full-story/?storyid=e9f444d3-a5c5-46f1-a34b-082ff275aa7d
3M history — https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/about-3m/history/
National Inventors Hall of Fame: Spencer Silver — https://www.invent.org/inductees/spencer-silver
National Inventors Hall of Fame: Art Fry — https://www.invent.org/blog/inventors/art-fry-post-it-notes
History.com — https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/april-6/post-it-notes-debut
thisclaimer.com — https://thisclaimer.com
Wikimedia Commons image — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PostItNotePad.JPG -
🎉 Bravo, UK! You've saved "millions" by swapping out complex #Palantir tech for what we can only assume is an #abacus and some sticky notes. 📉 Because nothing says "efficient refugee management" like the tech equivalent of a toddler's toy box! 🙃
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2l2j1lxdk5o #BravoUK #refugeeManagement #techSwap #StickyNotes #HackerNews #ngated -
🎉 Bravo, UK! You've saved "millions" by swapping out complex #Palantir tech for what we can only assume is an #abacus and some sticky notes. 📉 Because nothing says "efficient refugee management" like the tech equivalent of a toddler's toy box! 🙃
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2l2j1lxdk5o #BravoUK #refugeeManagement #techSwap #StickyNotes #HackerNews #ngated -
🎉 Bravo, UK! You've saved "millions" by swapping out complex #Palantir tech for what we can only assume is an #abacus and some sticky notes. 📉 Because nothing says "efficient refugee management" like the tech equivalent of a toddler's toy box! 🙃
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2l2j1lxdk5o #BravoUK #refugeeManagement #techSwap #StickyNotes #HackerNews #ngated -
🎉 Bravo, UK! You've saved "millions" by swapping out complex #Palantir tech for what we can only assume is an #abacus and some sticky notes. 📉 Because nothing says "efficient refugee management" like the tech equivalent of a toddler's toy box! 🙃
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2l2j1lxdk5o #BravoUK #refugeeManagement #techSwap #StickyNotes #HackerNews #ngated -
🎉 Bravo, UK! You've saved "millions" by swapping out complex #Palantir tech for what we can only assume is an #abacus and some sticky notes. 📉 Because nothing says "efficient refugee management" like the tech equivalent of a toddler's toy box! 🙃
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2l2j1lxdk5o #BravoUK #refugeeManagement #techSwap #StickyNotes #HackerNews #ngated -
Post-It Plus makes categorizing and analysis of sticky notes post-session just about as simple as possible—and the price is right!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/technology/2014/10/post-it-plus
#meetings #GroupWork #Post-ItPlus #stickynotes #tool #app #eventprofs
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Post-It Plus makes categorizing and analysis of sticky notes post-session just about as simple as possible—and the price is right!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/technology/2014/10/post-it-plus
#meetings #GroupWork #Post-ItPlus #stickynotes #tool #app #eventprofs
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Post-It Plus makes categorizing and analysis of sticky notes post-session just about as simple as possible—and the price is right!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/technology/2014/10/post-it-plus
#meetings #GroupWork #Post-ItPlus #stickynotes #tool #app #eventprofs
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Post-It Plus makes categorizing and analysis of sticky notes post-session just about as simple as possible—and the price is right!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/technology/2014/10/post-it-plus
#meetings #GroupWork #Post-ItPlus #stickynotes #tool #app #eventprofs
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Post-It Plus makes categorizing and analysis of sticky notes post-session just about as simple as possible—and the price is right!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/technology/2014/10/post-it-plus
#meetings #GroupWork #Post-ItPlus #stickynotes #tool #app #eventprofs
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Post-It Plus makes categorizing and analysis of sticky notes post-session just about as simple as possible—and the price is right!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/technology/2014/10/post-it-plus
#meetings #GroupWork #Post-ItPlus #stickynotes #tool #app #eventprofs
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Post-It Plus makes categorizing and analysis of sticky notes post-session just about as simple as possible—and the price is right!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/technology/2014/10/post-it-plus
#meetings #GroupWork #Post-ItPlus #stickynotes #tool #app #eventprofs
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Post-It Plus makes categorizing and analysis of sticky notes post-session just about as simple as possible—and the price is right!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/technology/2014/10/post-it-plus
#meetings #GroupWork #Post-ItPlus #stickynotes #tool #app #eventprofs
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Post-It Plus makes categorizing and analysis of sticky notes post-session just about as simple as possible—and the price is right!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/technology/2014/10/post-it-plus
#meetings #GroupWork #Post-ItPlus #stickynotes #tool #app #eventprofs
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Post-It Plus makes categorizing and analysis of sticky notes post-session just about as simple as possible—and the price is right!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/technology/2014/10/post-it-plus
#meetings #GroupWork #Post-ItPlus #stickynotes #tool #app #eventprofs
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sticky note meme generator
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Một ứng dụng ghi chú Sticky Notes dựa trên terminal mới, được viết bằng Python & Textual! Tập trung vào thao tác bàn phím, có mã màu, ưu tiên & ghim ghi chú, tìm kiếm nhanh và tự động lưu. Thích hợp cho dân chuyên terminal muốn quản lý tác vụ hiệu quả.
#Python #Textual #TUI #StickyNotes #Terminal #Productivity
#LậpTrình #GhiChú #GiaoDiệnTerminal #NăngSuất -
Post-It Plus makes categorizing and analysis of sticky notes post-session just about as simple as possible—and the price is right!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/technology/2014/10/post-it-plus
#meetings #GroupWork #Post-ItPlus #stickynotes #tool #app #eventprofs
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Post-It Plus makes categorizing and analysis of sticky notes post-session just about as simple as possible—and the price is right!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/technology/2014/10/post-it-plus
#meetings #GroupWork #Post-ItPlus #stickynotes #tool #app #eventprofs
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Post-It Plus makes categorizing and analysis of sticky notes post-session just about as simple as possible—and the price is right!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/technology/2014/10/post-it-plus
#meetings #GroupWork #Post-ItPlus #stickynotes #tool #app #eventprofs
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Post-It Plus makes categorizing and analysis of sticky notes post-session just about as simple as possible—and the price is right!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/technology/2014/10/post-it-plus
#meetings #GroupWork #Post-ItPlus #stickynotes #tool #app #eventprofs
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Post-It Plus makes categorizing and analysis of sticky notes post-session just about as simple as possible—and the price is right!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/technology/2014/10/post-it-plus
#meetings #GroupWork #Post-ItPlus #stickynotes #tool #app #eventprofs
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Tác giả không chuyên code đã tự mày mò tạo tiện ích mở rộng Chrome "KaKio" giúp dán ghi chú ngay trên trình duyệt, nhờ sự trợ giúp lớn từ GPT. Anh ấy rất mong nhận được phản hồi từ cộng đồng để cải thiện sản phẩm.
#ChromeExtension #TienIchMoRong #StickyNotes #GhiChu #SideProject #DuAnBen
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There were some freebies with my last JetPens order including a couple packs of Beverly Marumi Sticky Notes. Thankfully, they were free. They look great and are FP-friendly, but they stick better to themselves than anything else. Impossible to peel off the pad without them getting permanently curled, too.
I'll stick (har har) with Kokuyo and Suatelier which have been good for me.
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There were some freebies with my last JetPens order including a couple packs of Beverly Marumi Sticky Notes. Thankfully, they were free. They look great and are FP-friendly, but they stick better to themselves than anything else. Impossible to peel off the pad without them getting permanently curled, too.
I'll stick (har har) with Kokuyo and Suatelier which have been good for me.
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There were some freebies with my last JetPens order including a couple packs of Beverly Marumi Sticky Notes. Thankfully, they were free. They look great and are FP-friendly, but they stick better to themselves than anything else. Impossible to peel off the pad without them getting permanently curled, too.
I'll stick (har har) with Kokuyo and Suatelier which have been good for me.
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There were some freebies with my last JetPens order including a couple packs of Beverly Marumi Sticky Notes. Thankfully, they were free. They look great and are FP-friendly, but they stick better to themselves than anything else. Impossible to peel off the pad without them getting permanently curled, too.
I'll stick (har har) with Kokuyo and Suatelier which have been good for me.
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There were some freebies with my last JetPens order including a couple packs of Beverly Marumi Sticky Notes. Thankfully, they were free. They look great and are FP-friendly, but they stick better to themselves than anything else. Impossible to peel off the pad without them getting permanently curled, too.
I'll stick (har har) with Kokuyo and Suatelier which have been good for me.
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Post-It Plus makes categorizing and analysis of sticky notes post-session just about as simple as possible—and the price is right!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/technology/2014/10/post-it-plus
#meetings #GroupWork #Post-ItPlus #stickynotes #tool #app #eventprofs
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Post-It Plus makes categorizing and analysis of sticky notes post-session just about as simple as possible—and the price is right!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/technology/2014/10/post-it-plus
#meetings #GroupWork #Post-ItPlus #stickynotes #tool #app #eventprofs
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Post-It Plus makes categorizing and analysis of sticky notes post-session just about as simple as possible—and the price is right!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/technology/2014/10/post-it-plus
#meetings #GroupWork #Post-ItPlus #stickynotes #tool #app #eventprofs
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Post-It Plus makes categorizing and analysis of sticky notes post-session just about as simple as possible—and the price is right!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/technology/2014/10/post-it-plus
#meetings #GroupWork #Post-ItPlus #stickynotes #tool #app #eventprofs
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Post-It Plus makes categorizing and analysis of sticky notes post-session just about as simple as possible—and the price is right!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/technology/2014/10/post-it-plus
#meetings #GroupWork #Post-ItPlus #stickynotes #tool #app #eventprofs
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#Windows11's new #StickyNotes app (a thinly disguised #OneNote) is fucking annoying. Since it is so-called "smart", and it attempts to provide context around the "source" of your note, its window is constantly updating with "current source" ALL THE TIME. Its visually distracting AF.
And it can't be disabled. Do better #Microsoft.
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#Windows11's new #StickyNotes app (a thinly disguised #OneNote) is fucking annoying. Since it is so-called "smart", and it attempts to provide context around the "source" of your note, its window is constantly updating with "current source" ALL THE TIME. Its visually distracting AF.
And it can't be disabled. Do better #Microsoft.
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#Windows11's new #StickyNotes app (a thinly disguised #OneNote) is fucking annoying. Since it is so-called "smart", and it attempts to provide context around the "source" of your note, its window is constantly updating with "current source" ALL THE TIME. Its visually distracting AF.
And it can't be disabled. Do better #Microsoft.
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#Windows11's new #StickyNotes app (a thinly disguised #OneNote) is fucking annoying. Since it is so-called "smart", and it attempts to provide context around the "source" of your note, its window is constantly updating with "current source" ALL THE TIME. Its visually distracting AF.
And it can't be disabled. Do better #Microsoft.
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#Windows11's new #StickyNotes app (a thinly disguised #OneNote) is fucking annoying. Since it is so-called "smart", and it attempts to provide context around the "source" of your note, its window is constantly updating with "current source" ALL THE TIME. Its visually distracting AF.
And it can't be disabled. Do better #Microsoft.
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Bei meinen Eltern ist auch der CPU eine Generation zu alt für Windows 11. Neuer CPU kaufen macht da auch gleich null sinn. Zudem macht das Outlook auch nur noch Ärger...
Da ich zumindest auch auf meinen alten PC auch wechseln will. Gaming ist eh auf die Xbox ausgelagert (wird das einzige von MS übrig bleiben)
Bisher habe ich mich in Zorin OS und Elementary OS eingegrenzt.
Falls hier wer noch eine bessere Idee hat, gerne schreiben, soll auch schön aussehen und nicht für jeden Furtz eine Konsole brauch.Office wird Only Office werden, was bereits schon teste.
Bitwarden wird der Passwortmanager.
Email wird wahrscheinlich Thunderbird. Wer hier was besseres kennt, einfach antworten.
Browser wird Vivaldi.
Dann wird der Teil für mich noch die Frage, was als Ersatz von Sticky Notes und One Note nehmen soll. Es soll auf allen Betriebssystemen funktionieren.
Teil 2 drunter
#Linux #Windows #Microsoft #Vivaldi #Bitwarden #OnlyOffice #OneNote #StickyNotes #Affinity
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Bei meinen Eltern ist auch der CPU eine Generation zu alt für Windows 11. Neuer CPU kaufen macht da auch gleich null sinn. Zudem macht das Outlook auch nur noch Ärger...
Da ich zumindest auch auf meinen alten PC auch wechseln will. Gaming ist eh auf die Xbox ausgelagert (wird das einzige von MS übrig bleiben)
Bisher habe ich mich in Zorin OS und Elementary OS eingegrenzt.
Falls hier wer noch eine bessere Idee hat, gerne schreiben, soll auch schön aussehen und nicht für jeden Furtz eine Konsole brauch.Office wird Only Office werden, was bereits schon teste.
Bitwarden wird der Passwortmanager.
Email wird wahrscheinlich Thunderbird. Wer hier was besseres kennt, einfach antworten.
Browser wird Vivaldi.
Dann wird der Teil für mich noch die Frage, was als Ersatz von Sticky Notes und One Note nehmen soll. Es soll auf allen Betriebssystemen funktionieren.
Teil 2 drunter
#Linux #Windows #Microsoft #Vivaldi #Bitwarden #OnlyOffice #OneNote #StickyNotes #Affinity
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Bei meinen Eltern ist auch der CPU eine Generation zu alt für Windows 11. Neuer CPU kaufen macht da auch gleich null sinn. Zudem macht das Outlook auch nur noch Ärger...
Da ich zumindest auch auf meinen alten PC auch wechseln will. Gaming ist eh auf die Xbox ausgelagert (wird das einzige von MS übrig bleiben)
Bisher habe ich mich in Zorin OS und Elementary OS eingegrenzt.
Falls hier wer noch eine bessere Idee hat, gerne schreiben, soll auch schön aussehen und nicht für jeden Furtz eine Konsole brauch.Office wird Only Office werden, was bereits schon teste.
Bitwarden wird der Passwortmanager.
Email wird wahrscheinlich Thunderbird. Wer hier was besseres kennt, einfach antworten.
Browser wird Vivaldi.
Dann wird der Teil für mich noch die Frage, was als Ersatz von Sticky Notes und One Note nehmen soll. Es soll auf allen Betriebssystemen funktionieren.
Teil 2 drunter
#Linux #Windows #Microsoft #Vivaldi #Bitwarden #OnlyOffice #OneNote #StickyNotes #Affinity
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Bei meinen Eltern ist auch der CPU eine Generation zu alt für Windows 11. Neuer CPU kaufen macht da auch gleich null sinn. Zudem macht das Outlook auch nur noch Ärger...
Da ich zumindest auch auf meinen alten PC auch wechseln will. Gaming ist eh auf die Xbox ausgelagert (wird das einzige von MS übrig bleiben)
Bisher habe ich mich in Zorin OS und Elementary OS eingegrenzt.
Falls hier wer noch eine bessere Idee hat, gerne schreiben, soll auch schön aussehen und nicht für jeden Furtz eine Konsole brauch.Office wird Only Office werden, was bereits schon teste.
Bitwarden wird der Passwortmanager.
Email wird wahrscheinlich Thunderbird. Wer hier was besseres kennt, einfach antworten.
Browser wird Vivaldi.
Dann wird der Teil für mich noch die Frage, was als Ersatz von Sticky Notes und One Note nehmen soll. Es soll auf allen Betriebssystemen funktionieren.
Teil 2 drunter
#Linux #Windows #Microsoft #Vivaldi #Bitwarden #OnlyOffice #OneNote #StickyNotes #Affinity
-
Bei meinen Eltern ist auch der CPU eine Generation zu alt für Windows 11. Neuer CPU kaufen macht da auch gleich null sinn. Zudem macht das Outlook auch nur noch Ärger...
Da ich zumindest auch auf meinen alten PC auch wechseln will. Gaming ist eh auf die Xbox ausgelagert (wird das einzige von MS übrig bleiben)
Bisher habe ich mich in Zorin OS und Elementary OS eingegrenzt.
Falls hier wer noch eine bessere Idee hat, gerne schreiben, soll auch schön aussehen und nicht für jeden Furtz eine Konsole brauch.Office wird Only Office werden, was bereits schon teste.
Bitwarden wird der Passwortmanager.
Email wird wahrscheinlich Thunderbird. Wer hier was besseres kennt, einfach antworten.
Browser wird Vivaldi.
Dann wird der Teil für mich noch die Frage, was als Ersatz von Sticky Notes und One Note nehmen soll. Es soll auf allen Betriebssystemen funktionieren.
Teil 2 drunter
#Linux #Windows #Microsoft #Vivaldi #Bitwarden #OnlyOffice #OneNote #StickyNotes #Affinity
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Post-It Plus makes categorizing and analysis of sticky notes post-session just about as simple as possible—and the price is right!
#meetings #GroupWork #Post-ItPlus #stickynotes #tool #app #eventprofs
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Post-It Plus makes categorizing and analysis of sticky notes post-session just about as simple as possible—and the price is right!
#meetings #GroupWork #Post-ItPlus #stickynotes #tool #app #eventprofs