Are you constantly forgetting to buy that bottle of milk on the way home or make that birthday call to aunt Sarah? Or have you committed the unforgivable of missing an anniversary?
Postit notes have served us well for many years as that short-term memory jogger. Any office, home or corporate, is a silent testament to their use with most people's PC screens adorned with at least one sticky note.
The sticky notes applet appeared some years ago and I recall being not that much impressed by it and promptly forgot it. It's now part of windows 7 and "techrepublic" brought it back to my attention.
With the ever increasing busyness of our lives and the constant demands diverting our immediate attention, yellow stickies have become an institution and an important enabler to getting on with our lives. But they do have a risk factor: "write once, lose many times".
As I reflect on my engagement with the written word in the last 2 years I observe a major evolution in my practices. I read books, yes, but unless it's a major text, I do a lot of my reading on electronic devices. I have noted that my handwriting has gone to pot because I rarely write any more. I type into an electronic device - usually my laptop, which has become my most important business-critical possession. I don't even write a shopping list, I type it.
So it's time to embrace electronic "sticky notes". I know I've decided to.
Follow the link in the title to techrepublic's article in tips on how to use and customise it.
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