This was a new idea I got yesterday when I was shopping at Halted. Since the Sunnyvale Halted is kinda far from my house, and the Sacramento one is hellza far from my Davis apartment, I usually tend to go with parts lists for several projects I have queued up at once. Unfortunately, this means the first thing I get to do when I get home is sort out three projects worth of parts from one bag, based on the what seems to be sometimes optional markings on parts.

New trick: Bring a roll of masking tape, and then lay each project down on one strip of tape, then once they’re all collected, put a second piece down on top of it. Once you get home, it’s just a matter of peeling the tape apart when you have time to work on that specific project. Masking tape with electronic parts organized by project Masking tape strips with parts laid out