Reddit mentions of Fellowes Wire Study Stand-Silver (10024)

espresso machine!

If he uses Onenote or something to take notes in lecture, a Wacom tablet is awesome. There were ~5 people in my class that used a Wacom attached to their laptop during lecture.

Also, I own this and I loved it all through medschool

Whether or not you like to type your notes or you like to write them out by hand like me, a good investment is a portable book stand. I can't tell you how useful one of those things was when I was reading for my oral exams.

I would say as far as reading and organization goes that there's no universal method that works for everyone; recognize your style and cater to it. I have to read things on paper (I hate e-books) and I have to take notes on paper, so I'll generally write in books and jot things down on PDF documents.

My tendency is to scribble short notes about refutation - just enough to help me remember what I disagreed with - and more detailed notes that will help me summarize the book's argument when I'm finished. Then I go through my notes and write a "literature review" of what I've read. I try to summarize the piece's argument as succinctly as possible and offer some constructive criticism - all within the span of less than a thousand words, which is about the word limit for a journal review. This helps me remember the book better than simply reading it, particularly if it's not a remarkable one.

My other piece of advice: for the love of God, be consistent. I've had colleagues who've had to switch note-taking methods midway through their research and ended up with a clusterfuck on their hands trying to adapt one format to another (in this case, note cards to Endnote X5).

I have a book stand that is awesome for holding my tablet. It's wrought iron, very basic, and does a killer job holding my tablet in landscape form. If I were to use it for a phone I would have to rig something with a ruler and a book to give it a proper place to rest, but it's totally doable.

Unfortunately, it was given to me by an aunt before I went to college, and there are no marks on it to distinguish it.

You might be able to go with something like this from Amazon or at least derive some inspiration from that. I saw a ton of book stands on Amazon - I would imagine there's something out there you could use.

And there's nothing to stop you from making one yourself out of some nice lumber from a hardware store.

I've been looking for something like this for a long time: http://imgur.com/a/bkE2U (The Roost for Books / Notebooks)

I want to prop up textbooks while working at my computer.

However, $60 for a bookstand is bit on the high side, and I have a desktop, not a laptop. And textbooks can get heavy, but I doubt I'll ever run into a 200-pound book.

On the other hand, the collapsible feature is appealing for storage. I would be interested in a cheaper version of the Roost that might not be made of such strong materials, but is meant only to hold books.

Just thought I'd mention it, if you ever saw the demand.

I know, just like how redditors pointed out other notebook stand options, there are options for books. But they are either like this (not cheap, sturdy, but take up a lot of desk space): http://www.amazon.com/Book-Stand-Bookstand-Bookstands-Holder/dp/B001J9SFXK or like this (cheap, collapsible and look like they can't hold shit): http://www.amazon.com/Fellowes-Wire-Study-Stand-Silver-10024/dp/B00006B8HT/ref=pd_sim_op_1

$20 though. Wouldn't one of those [textbook stands] ( http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00006B8HT/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?qid=1394293213&sr=1-3) be considerably cheaper. Not to mention the book being propped upright would free up counter space and the stand would make pages easier to turn with say just your knuckle while your hands are sticky with dough.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00006B8HT/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

This is inferior to the Staples one that I bought before... but I can't find the link now. Basically both legs move, so if you have intermittent OCD you're just going to readjust it every 5 secs until it's straight. The Staples one they move together and they also slope a bit more.

The specific one you’re asking about is Fellowes wire study stand 10024 and is $7 on Amazon.

I guess you've never been to an office supply store?

http://www.amazon.com/Wire-Study-Stand-Holder-chrome/dp/B00006B8HT