Simple way to keep lists, TODOs, movies to watch, RSVPs other things that simply don't require software that's any more powerful.
In fact the brute simplicity of a text editer is that it actually frees you up to not have to think about formatting and filing and complicating. It's the computer version of scribbling a note-to-self.
Do you use text files on your desktop? What for?
Text files on your desktop
