If, like me, you tend to write lots of reminder notes on pieces of paper, which then bury your desktop under clutter, you definitely need some organization in your life.

One day I lost a particularly important phone number that I had written on a scrap of paper and promptly lost.  After a fruitless half-hour search I reluctantly came to the conclusion that it had gone to the place where all such flotsam goes and turned to the internet in some desperation. Surely there must be a piece of software that would liberate me from my mess?

There are, and you can find a few of them here. Some are free, most are not. Some are simple to use and some are so complicated they require a manual. Personally I like Remember the Milk . Not only is it free to use online, but simple to use and at your fingertips if you keep a web browser open.

You can send reminders by email, or synchronize with Google Calendar to alert you when tasks are due. If you want to use it whilst out of the office, it is possible to purchase software for almost all mobile phone operating systems or pda's.

No more scraps of paper for me.