Sunday, December 23, 2012

Organizing and Living In The Computer Age-Complications Are Inevitable

By Bryant S. Cole


Almost everyone these days is taking advantage of technology. This includes mobile phones, tablet computers, and laptops. But adopting these new devices means you have to balance your electronic life with the one that involves paper.

A paperless life can be very convenient. You can pay many of your bills right on the Internet. You can save all of your family pictures online and can also store those funny jokes you get in e-mails from friends and family members. Any piece of paper that is important can be stored and securely saved online.

Although it's fun to store music and pictures or video files on your computer, there are many other good things you can do with your computer. Staying organized by using a computer is one of these great benefits. Make sure you have a certain place designed for storing all of your important files and documents. You can also keep track of every subscription you have, to different things, on your computer. Online digital storage is a fantastic way to save your files.

For safekeeping purposes, online cloud storage is the way to go. All it requires is scanning your papers and then putting them in your online storage account. This means you can save a copy of all of your important papers online like birth certificates or a list of passwords to your safety deposit box or to your online accounts. Keeping track of these documents by storing them with an online service will make things a whole lot easier for your loved ones to access them, if necessary.

Something else to think about in this computer age is what will happen with your online accounts like your e-mail or Facebook accounts. At least you should write down a list of all the log-in and password information you use for your Twitter, MySpace, Facebook, or LinkedIn accounts. The person you choose to handle your affairs when you can't yourself will have easy access to your online accounts this way. Doing this will make life easier on everyone just in case something happens. Plus it will give you a complete list of your online info in case you forget a username or password yourself.




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