Slim Card Wallet Writer

Low tech sometimes succeeds—and quite effortlessly—where high tech can only try. Using old-fashioned paper in a sturdy leather holder to jot quick notes can actually be faster than entering them, letter by letter, in a palm-size digital assistant. Your hand hastening across the paper is better equipped to capture the thought before it disappears from memory. Plus, you have an instant hard copy.

Our palm-size Pocket Briefcases need no batteries, can survive a fall even onto concrete or into salt water, have warm and luxurious leather that will wear gracefully over the years—and cost less than a PDA. Pocket Briefcases have a loyal following among our customers, and we continue to upgrade our designs based on customers, input.

Who says low tech can't keep up?

You might take pictures with your cell phone and answer email on your BlackBerry, but now you can jot a note with your wallet. Levenger has designed a line of Wallet Writers that marry fine leather wallets with miniature writing platforms built right in.

The company also provides the peripherals—in this case a pint-size pen and a supply of Wallet Cards for writing those notes. And they're smaller than a BlackBerry or a cell phone: the cards are, in fact, the same size as a standard business card.

"It stops the inefficient and perhaps disrespectful practice of scribbling on business cards, "says Steve Leveen, the CEO and co-founder with his wife, Lori Granger Leveen, of Levenger.

More important, it means that as long as you have your wallet with you, you're guaranteed a means of writing down the name of that wine, the title of that book, or the actor in that movie before it slips out of memory.

In keeping with the company's goal of providing "the world's superior paper note systems," as Leveen describes them, Levenger has created its Wallet Cards on a crisp and strong 60-lb. paper stock. (It's three times more substantial than standard-issue office-supply paper.) The cards feature a grid design on one side and rules on the other, so that you can be not only quick but orderly as well.

Wallet Writers are available in billfold style for men, a compact snap style for women, and as a business card holder for both. All three are made of soft, full-grain leather.

Wallet Writers are one of several product lines that Levenger has designed for making paper-based note-taking as efficient and convenient as electronic versions. "We believe that both low tech and high have a place in people's hands today as they go about their busy lives," says Leveen. "Paper can be a valuable supplement to electronics. Plus it feels so good to use."