NEVER Lose an idea, password, or have to search twice for a hard topic!

I bet your wondering, what is this lady's great idea to solve all my idea filing woes? Well your in luck. It's really not that crazy, hard, or time consuming. Simply archive everything!

I'm not telling you to write everything down on your computer and save it, because frankly that would file up your hard drive with useless information. You don't even have to buy an external hard drive. Here are two ideas:

Sign-up for a free gmail account.

Every time you learn something complicated, like a new coding technique just take notes and email your self. In the subject line tag it with keywords you would think to type in to yourself for future reference.

Example:
So if it was a coding note, I would tag it with the words: Coding, what the code might do for me, where I have used it before. Then when I need it again I would just type in one of those words and EVERY email I've ever written or received would be pulled up from my archives.

You can also make folders to organize your emails in. Set filters to automatically archive or organize your emails.

Saving passwords in your gmail account is NOT highly recommended, but if its not very important feel free to do that as well. Just keep in mind its not the most secure method of archiving your passwords, but is an option.

Another option for storing all of your information is EVERNOTE.

You can copy full web pages and bring them up online or your desktop. This program also lets you tag items, and set up folders for them.