A mate of mine has the messiest desktop on his Macbook that I have ever seen.
Why?
Because his screen is covered with electronic 'Post-It' notes - each one containing a username and password for a web site, e-mail service or ftp site.
That's his way of remembering - he 'writes them down' on a Post-It!
If you're like me, you've probably got over 100 different user names and log-ons for a whole range of on-line activities, e-mail, blogs, web site memberships and banking.
It's easy to remember the details for the on-line services we use everyday but ones we might only access once a month or even once a year - forget it.
Every one of these 'activities' wants you to create a multi-character password that is unique to that site. In theory you're not supposed to write them down.
PINs were probably the first codes we had to remember and we were told over and over, don't write your PIN on your card.
But the reality is that we do write them down - maybe not on a Post-It note on our desktop (and NEVER on the back of your creditcard, but they're too important to trust to memory - mine at least.
I do use an app called 'Firebox' which does encrypt the data put into it - so at least I have it in electronic form.
Any suggestions of other apps that work?
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