I have 13,102 Word, Excel, PowerPoint, text, etc files at the time I’m writing this.

Fortunately I have a system for keeping them organized.

I know people who would have them all in their My Documents folder, or worse on their Desktop. Imagine scrolling through 10,000+ files in a file open dialog!

I came back from CTIA last night.  Getting home about 9:30 pm, I started my usual routine of using Microsoft SyncToy to move any changed files, especially my Outlook PST file, back to my desktop from my netbook.

Except my Acer Aspire One won’t boot.  So I pull the battery, disconnect the charger and wait, figuring that will reset the computer.  Plug it all back in, nothing.  I left it charging all night.  Nothing this morning.  Do the battery thing, nothing.

Suffering from email overload? Join the club.

One issue I’ve noticed helping several people is they have hundreds, in some cases thousands, of emails in their inbox. And a lot of those emails are marked unread.

I don’t know how people can operate in that environment. Your goal should be an empty inbox.

I “joke” with the TSA agents looking at the x-ray of my backpack I carry onto planes that it is a walking Radio Shack.

I have the usual electronic travel toys: notebook computer, MP3 player, noise canceling headphones, wireless mouse, cell phone, etc. I also occasionally carry a portable printer and/or a portable scanner.