So this week I completed a project I've been putting off.  It only took about 20 minutes and it's already saved me more than that, you gotta love organization!

In the world of technology, if you're anything like me, you have usernames and passwords to account after account.  Email, websites, autoresponders, Facebook, Twitter, you name it.  Up to this point, I'd been keeping my usernames and passwords in a notebook - list style, which worked out really well for a while...until the list became 5 pages long, boo. 

Every time I needed a password, I'd scan through the multipage list looking for the right one and each time it bugged me.  Then a lightbulb moment (ta-da!).  I decided to write my usernames and passwords with the program/website they belong to in a small extra address book I had laying around. 

Now they are all grouped alphabetically, so when I'm staring at my Netflix screen wanting to watch a movie (and I could have sworn I'd asked it to remember my log-in information for me), I can grab my little black book of passwords, flip to 'N' and there it is - in less time than it would take to request an email reminder and way less time than it did to scan 5 pages of passwords, yahoo! 

Do you have a time saving organization system for your technological life?  

Please share by commenting below, we'll love you for it!

Creativity and Joy,
Erin

 


Comments

Thu, 09 Dec 2010 11:37:45

I keep all my passwords in a word document when I want to find one I pull up The document and hit control f (short cut for find) I type in the website I am looking for and it finds it for me automatically. It is super quick and efficient.

 

Thu, 09 Dec 2010 11:58:29

Ooooh, Amelia, I love it! Search-ability at its best!!

Thanks for the hot tip,
Erin

 

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 07:39:10

Hi all,

I use two programs. Ewallet is a secure, password required to access login to see the passwords. It's super easy to use. The cool feature is that it can autofill the logins with passwords.

For my business I use an excel spreadsheet, which is quick and easy to use. It also helps me see just how much my business has grown as I add vendors to it.

Camille

 



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