Your desktop is not a to-do list!
Example methods for using the desktop more productively
Desktop as app launcher--most used apps (and many not so used apps) positioned in groups according to their basic function i.e. Development, Office, Multimedia, System, Reference etc.
And the ultimate productivity-enabled desktop wallpaper…
Links How to organize your cluttered desktop and regain your sanity – regain-your-sanity/ regain-your-sanity/ –Great Mac tips and Applescript links in the comments Featured Desktop: Wallpaper Your Desktops by Context – Geek to Live: Organizing "My Documents" – phphttp://lifehacker.com/software/top/geek-to-live--organizing-my-documents php Coding Horror: Your Desktop Is Not a Destination – Featured Desktop: XP Goes Back to School – Kinkless Desktop 1: The "No Mercy" Cleanup | Kinkless – –5-part series on fighting “desktop entropy,” with a Mac focus Featured Desktop: Four-Faced Semi-Transparent "GeekTop" –
Links GTD wallpaper! | Anabubula.com * – Feature: Top 10 Ways to Trick Out Your Desktop – Top links list for a Productive Desktop | Hack the Day – EZ Access Desktops! — Antbag.com – Layered Desktop - a set on Flickr – AJ's Blog - Desktop Zen - Reducing Visual Clutter on your Desktop – My Stuff for Getting Things Done: The Ultimate Guide to GTD Desktop Wallpaper – GTD Desktop Wallpaper, version 1.0 | David Fisco – Remotely Obvious: Organizing your Desktop with an Wallpaper Image –