Keep your
Handheld PC
Desk Clean
As barnacles grow on a boat, so stuff aggregates about our offices and on our Handheld
PCs. In the physical and electronic world, clutter hampers our effectiveness and our
fulfillment.
The solution is to regularly clean up, organize and toss out the extraneous material.
Experts advise that you schedule a filing session once a week to deal with piles of paper
and unwanted mail on your desk or in your in-box. Lessen the incoming volume of mail by
taking the time to get off mailing lists. Throw away anything you haven’t used in six
months, and create storage spaces for your nonessential, but treasured barnacles.
Keeping the Handheld PC clean Most of this advice applies to your Handheld PC. Make a
weekly appointment for yourself to finish up and clean off past appointments and tasks.
At least once a year take a close look at your Tasks list. It tends to grow because
there’s always more things to do than time to do them. Take the ones that have been
on the list a long time and are probably never going to be done and archive them in a
Pocket Word document somewhere.
Again, at least once a year, go through your Contacts list and delete any that are no
longer needed. From the main screen tap on the “My Handheld PC” icon and take a
look at the files in “My Documents.” Review the documents and delete or backup
to your desktop any that you no longer use.
