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This is one of my favorite "inventions" - I'm sure that someone else thought of it, posted a note on their blog about it and I read about it - but I woke up one morning and I thought --Self! Why don't you put all of your websites and passwords into a book!! How about you put it into an Address Book! You have several very nice address books that have nothing in them - lets find one and put it to good use!
So I did.
I first made up a little secret code for my passwords. I have to admit, I only have three different passwords. So I named them P1, P2 and P3 -- I know what these mean. You should come up with your own secret code for your passwords so that you can remember it.
This is how I used my password book.
Under the P tab of the Address book I have
1st line --- www.photobucket.com (I alphabetize by name of the website)
2nd line --- the email address I used when I signed up
3rd line -- the password or the secret code to the password
4th line -- anything else that might be important to that site. secret questions, secret answers, telephone number you used, etc.
I have 4 different accounts with Photobucket, so the address book has come in VERY handy when I can't remember what email went with which account.
This book has come in handy when I travel or when I am using a computer that isn't my own. I rely on my list of "favorites" on my own computer and have trouble remembering my favorite sites if I can't just use my bookmarks.
Even if I don't have to have a password or login name, I still write down websites - like Rocks in my Dryer, for instance, just so I have a record of sites I like.
I hope you found this to be helpful. I look forward to reading your tips!
Have a great day!
Kristin
6 comments:
I NEED to do this - I do digital scrapbooking, and there are so many stores, and I have variations of my username. I always struggle to get the correct combination.
Thanks for a great solution.
This is just brilliant! I'm always seeing cute address books but don't really use them for that purpose. Now I have an excuse to get one, LOL! Believe me, at 52 my mind is starting to go slowly but surely--and help I can get in the remembering department is great!
Great idea! I only use a couple of passwords--shh don't tell the hackers, but the emails/usernames can be problematic! Way to go! You get the smart cookie award.
Blessings,
Jane
Oh, I definitely need to do this. And like one of your earlier commenters, I'd love an excuse to buy a cute address book!
Thanks for the great idea.
caution not to put secure info in here. If this is lost or stolen, could be a problem. I like the idea for all the scrapbooking sites, though. Thanks, Kristin!
I like the address book idea!
Another password technique is to choose one master password - let's say "mickey06". Then for each site you add additional characters, which you write down, but only represent your master pwd with a single digit - say "X". So you record the pwd as Xlmpq but the full pwd is mickey06lmpq.
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