For the record, I am not one of those people who fawns over everything that Google does. For one, I strongly disagree with their approach to censor search results for users in communist China…I guess free speech only applies to democratic institutions. That being said, there is one product from Google that has worked wonders for me: Google Desktop.

I am pretty well organized when it comes to arranging and backing up all of my document files, but there are times that I simply cannot find an article I wrote for the life of me. Recently, pressed with finding an article which I desperately needed, I remembered Google Desktop and downloaded the program. Within moments, I was able to enter a few key search words and the article popped up in the results. I saved myself much time and certain aggravation because I had the presence of mind to use this handy tool.

Yes, it is free. I may be a bit paranoid though as I wonder if Google can snoop around my computer at any time. I guess that is the price I must pay for using Big Brother, oops, Google to help streamline my work.