Tools of The Trade

»If you work in a 21st century office, chances are good the space behind your computer is infested with tangles of unruly power cords, USB cables and, at least at our desk, some sort of yogurt-like blob. And while we can’t help with the blob, we can limit the knots by directing you to the t’Light, short for “The Most Talented Light,” from M&C Lighting. This normal-looking, three-watt LED office lamp is the ultimate plug-able for your toys, with slots for your laptop, iPhone and a USB port, plus 50,000 hours of light. www.tlight.cc. $119.  

»Thanks to PDAs, sending electronic messages doesn’t require an office or a computer anymore. In fact, the only thing keeping us shackled to a desk is the impossibility of turning real paper into e-mails without a scanner. There’s no app for that. Luckily, the folks at The Neat Company have developed a portable scanner, the NeatReceipt, which weighs less than a pound and can scan everything from receipts to business cards. Plus, the information it pulls can be exported to Excel, Quicken and Turbo Tax programs, or a PDF file. www.neatco.com. $199.95.