If a portable desktop on the web was once just a concept, today, its being close to common since more than a million users use (virtual) portable desktops. One of them named Netvibes is the one I currently use. I’d like to share this web tool that could be very helpful to people who has a couple of computers (at home, at the office and somewhere else).

Actually, netvibes is properly a personal web portal (or a start page) than a desktop, but minus the windows shortcuts, I treat it very much like a desktop. My reminders are there, to-do lists, self-motivation notes, bookmarks, scribble area, world clock (we have a couple of clients in different time zones) and a lot more.

Netvibes has helped me a lot to organize my thoughts when I’m still playing with ideas. Just drop a web note and scribble a spur-of-the-moment thought which can be easily forgotten. The things you can add/remove on your netvibe desktop are called widgets and just to name a couple of widgets that can help you get organized:

Weather
Webnote
To Do List
Calculator
Ical
Bookmarks
Mail
Storage
HTML Editor

The list goes on and on. Other than the widgets provided by netvibes there are user made widgets as well available in the netvibe ecosystem. So if your desktop needs decluttering, why don’t you head to www.netvibes.com and give it a try. You might need it. ^_^