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20 November 2019

Video Web Finds - Wednesday 20 November 2019

So I hope you have had a good weekend.

So now it is time to enjoy a great collection of videos from around the internet.

Here are a selection of the latest Filofax videos for your enjoyment.

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Enjoy

19 November 2019

Free For All Tuesday - No. 459

So what questions or discussion points have you got for us today?

It doesn't matter if you are a beginner or a more experienced user of organisers, we want to hear your thoughts, questions, opinions etc.

We are here to answer your questions.

Make today the one day you post a comment or a question.

It is Tuesday after all so fire away with any questions and comments.

18 November 2019

What is in a name?

Are you influenced by the name of an organiser model?

For many years Filofax used town/city names to name their organisers. There is a huge list of them and a map to help pin-point the locations.

Some names go well with organisers, for instance the Kendal. Kendal is a town in northern England, it is a 'rugged' sort of place and it has higher than average rainfall, so the oiled leather of Filofax Kendal seems fitting for that name/model.

The Filofax Eton, Eton is famous for Eton College, a fee paying private boarding school. So the high quality Filofax Eton models released in deluxe leather seem to fit with the image they wanted to portray with that model name. You get the idea.

Gillio uses Italian words for their model names, but some don't make a lot of sense if you translate them back in to English!

Amica - Friend
Mia Cara - My dear
Compagna - Mate
Appunto - Just. Although Google translate also offers 'Note'
Giramondo - Globe trotter

Van der Spek has the Nomad, which Janet and I named! for their Travellers Notebook. Codex for their Notebook covers.

How do Filofax think up the names? Do they get a mixed bunch of people who have never met each other in to a conference room somewhere and give them the full on marketing presentation and demonstration of the products before lunch. Then have to sit down and come up with a name.

Lunch is a bit overdone.. the poor office assistant didn't know what to order, so they went over the top and ordered everything off the menu... resulting in everyone 'grazing' off the remaining food all afternoon... any one smiling and nodding at this point knows exactly what I mean!

Some names like I've highlighted above were obvious and easy picks... but how did they arrive at 'Apex' ?

At least they didn't name any after motorway service stations... the Filofax Leicester Forest East sounds pleasant to people who have never visited the famed service station on the M1 Motorway!

I think I would call a model 'Another one' just so I could watch people go in to stores and ask for Another one please.... Another what? !!

What name would you call a new Filofax Model?

17 November 2019

Silent Sunday

After the post this week about the Filofax Malden, I was asked what does my 'collection' of Malden items look like!

L-R Top to Bottom:

A5 Grey with 25mm rings, A5 Ochre, A5 Grey with 30mm rings.
Personal Grey, Compact Ochre, Personal Ochre, Personal Crimson
Pocket Ochre, Mini Grey, Pocket Grey
iPad Slip Case Ochre, A5 iPad Organiser Case Ochre, eReader (Kindle) Slip Case Ochre
iPhone 4 Case Black, Portrait Wallet Black, Business Card Case Black

16 November 2019

Web Finds - Saturday 16 November 2019

So I hope you have had a good week

So now it is time to enjoy a few blog posts from around the internet, so grab a drink and make yourself comfortable for our weekly round-up.

Here are some Philofaxy posts you might have missed this week:

So here are the latest Filofax and other brand blog posts from around the Internet. Don't forget to leave a comment on the posts you enjoyed reading, all bloggers enjoy getting comments.

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