Well, I say that, but this is assuming that, like me, saving things to your desktop – rather than in neatly organised folders within your Documents or My Documents folder – is a habit that you can't break. You worry that if you save something out of sight, then you'll forget it. And as the Desktop is always visible, you know that you'll always have instant access to that file, rather than navigate your way through nests of folders, But the thing is, your desktop will often end up looking like the picture above.

A solution which indulges your habit but also allows you to find stuff and reorganise it quickly is here. Just open up your current desktop background image in an image editor, like GIMP or Photoshop. And just draw on it, dividing it up into zones that make sense for you – current work, downloads, to file, to read, to listen to – and re-save the image. Choose that re saved image as your desktop background, and lo, an instant no-frills desktop filing system.

Everything still visible, nothing hidden away in folders, but now you can neatly organise it all. Egg, bacon, chips and beans fan Russell Davies did his own cheap and cheerful version over the weekend, and here's my own.

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