Comments on: What is it called?

By: dgm

dgm — Fri, 11 May 2007 07:04:09 +0000

it’s called blu tak but there are half a hundred competitors, pink, yellow, green

personally I go for connectedness diagrams that need lots of colors and lots of sheets of paper glued together to get the structure right.

Glueing menas you can paste a new page over a section if it has to change

By: Livia

Livia — Thu, 03 May 2007 21:10:47 +0000

I don’t think there is anything inherently good about posting things on foamboards, I just like to have things up on a wall so they can be viewed, discussed and manipulated in a more visual/tactile/quick manner – and I don’t have enough walls to do that, thus the foamboards.

There is, however, the benefit of mobility. If you have a lot of projects at the same time or if you have a small office space, it’s easy to take your entire “project discussion” to another room and continue there, or move it to presentation room to walk other people through it.

By: George Girton

George Girton — Thu, 03 May 2007 15:37:32 +0000

So, I have a question about this basic method, tacking up all those sheets on big posterboards.

Does it really help? Isn’t just writing down all the ideas on a big sheet of paper, by which I mean a text file on a big monitor, just as good? Or is there something about “wall work” that involves hands/eyes/serendipity that makes it kinda breakthrough?

By: Livia

Livia — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:10:59 +0000

YES! Thank you so much everyone (I can sleep at night again). BlueTak from Botik is the one I was familiar with – recognized once I saw the box on leisa’s link. It should be easy to find it now – I’ll also check out the other recommendations, thanks.

By: Chase

Chase — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:27:58 +0000

I’ve always called it Sticky-tack, which may be one of many possible generic names. Looks like the key word ended up being “tacky”.

By: Andrew Hinton

Andrew Hinton — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:05:22 +0000

Pretty sure that in the states it was “Sticky Tac”

found an interesting blog post about it here: http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2007/04/22/what-is-sticky-tac-made-out-of-anyway/

I haven’t used it in years, but fondly remember it as a kid according to that post, though, it might not work as well as you recall?

By: peterme

peterme — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:33:34 +0000

Though not what you’re looking for, we’ve become highly enamored of Staedtler’s Drafting Dots for the purpose your explain:
http://www.officedepot.com/ddSKU.do?level=SK&id=448661&Ntt=staedtler&uniqueSearchFlag=true&An=text

You use it like tape, but it’s reusable like post-its, but stickier than post-its, but not as sticky as tape.

By: Josue

Josue — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:28:51 +0000

I think its called sticky-tack. You can find it in craft stores, or in office depot or other office supply stores.

Would you post some pictures of your “war room” walls? I’m curious to see your brainstorming process.

Josue

By: Austin Govella

Austin Govella — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 13:38:42 +0000

It’s also been called Sticky-Tac.

By: Julie Horton

Julie Horton — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:31:30 +0000

my mom used to call it “Stick-em” but maybe that was her term!

you can also check out a variety of 3M products. the one i’m thinking of is “3M Wallsaver Removable Poster Tape”: http://www.officedepot.com/ddSKU.do?level=SK&id=508218&Ntt=3m%20wallsaver&uniqueSearchFlag=true&An=text