As I travel frequently and always need access to my files – I carry around a portable hard disk, however there have been occassions when it has failed, or worse I could have lost it. I have found and started to use some of these online tools which make them readily available as long as I have an internet connection available.

• Drop box - I really like this to share between my 3 computers
• Mozy - online back up
• Google Docs – I use this word docs and excel so that peopl that I work with in Canada and Australia can access the same files ( and its free)
• Zoho has a heap of online collaboration tools thatyou may find useful

Bumptop is Anand Agarawala’s creative solution to PC desktop organisation. I first discovered the product in his amazing demo presentation at TED Talks. It’s offers an alternative user interface that turns your PC desktop into a literal 3D desk space. You can organise documents into piles, crumple them, stick post-its on the walls, hang photos and pictures around you desk and virtually customise as you like.

My own desktop resembles something of a files slum; overcrowded with old files, excels, images all with poor or no naming conventions – i found one call “aidglw988db”. I just installed Bump Top and it has been very instrumental in inspiring me to clean up my desktop; my slum is looking more and more like a well planned (and well named) CBD.

You can download the trial version for a play or get Bump Top Pro for $29. Check it out.