happy 30th birthday post-it note

By Mike Ashworth | April 26, 2010

What’s yellow and sticky and makes us remember stuff?

The post-it note celebrates its 30th birthday this week. Read more about how this humble item came to be (and almost didnt) in this news story at the guardian

And for more creative uses of the post-it note, its over to the guys at eepybird

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2 Responses to “happy 30th birthday post-it note”

  1. Clive Walker
    5:24 pm on April 26th, 2010

    I heard a story that the adhesive was actually one that was deemed to have failed in other tests. 3M did not know how/where it could be used unil the Post-It idea was derived.

  2. Mike Ashworth
    11:05 pm on April 26th, 2010

    i heard the same thing clive, apparently the glue just wasnt sticky enough for sticking things permanently then someone thought of the post-it

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