Keeping Track of All Those Accounts - Spreadsheets are My Friend!
I knew I had a problem when I got an email the other day. It was a friend request from a social site I forgot I signed up for! At some point, I started to keep track but it was in a messy word document that wasn’t alphabetized.
Plus, I just went looking for that file and have no idea where I put it.
So, I started a spreadsheet. I only have 5% of my account information on there at the moment and I am still looking for my old word document. But, I placed the document in a very good spot - I won’t lose it now. If you’re having the same problems as me with remembering your login information, here are the fields I put in the spreadsheet:
- Name of the site
- URL
- Username
- Password
- What the site is for (I make a note such as “social bookmarking” or “blog directory”
It’s embarrassingly simple so I wonder what took me so long to set it up. Sometimes the simple solution isn’t always the most obvious!
Jun 29th, 2008 at 6:47 pm
Have a look at KeePass. It manages all your accounts and you can paste username and password right into the browser with a simple Ctrl+V. It fills out the sign in form and enters the site for you. It also generates passwords for you.
It’s free, you can find it here:
http://keepass.info/
Jun 30th, 2008 at 1:09 am
@Oliver - Thanks for the tip - I’ll have to check it out. I downloaded RoboForm which is a big pain - Keepass sounds more like what I need.