Geek to Live: Incorporate text files onto your desktop

by Gina Trapani

You've gotten into the habit of stowing away information into text files. But how do you make sure your todo.txt doesn't languish in the dark depths of your hard drive, untouched?

If you keep your daily worklog, grocery shopping list, todo's, project ideas or even your calendar in text files, you can embed that information right onto your Windows desktop automatically with free Windows system monitoring software, Samurize.

Among other things, Samurize displays a constantly-updated text file right on your computer desktop, no text editor or command shell required, for quick and easy visual reference.

Note: Back in the dog days of July, we dashed off a post on Samurize, but to the newbie, it's not the most intuitive piece of software. This article serves as a detailed tutorial on getting started with Samurize.

Check out a Windows desktop with Samurize configured to display several .txt files on it, as well as a short process list:

Here's how, click here!