OK - so I take a lot of pictures. Most of them are crappy, but the beauty of digital is that you can keep firing away while occasionally peeking at the screen (a.k.a "chimping") to find the best of the bunch.
Like my old shoeboxes full of 4x6 and negatives of old I always struggle to keep my arms around the every growing library of files. I struggle letting even the bad ones go, never mind the marginal ones so having a program to help catalog and share these files is key.
The simple, cheapest, and I'd argue best tool I've found is Picasa (get it here if you like). Now there are other more full featured picture editors (Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, etc.) and other library managers (Aperture, Photoshop Elements, etc.) that may offer more features and greater flexibility, but for the price (FREE!) and the level of features that it offers Picasa is really tough to beat.
A simple download and once it starts it automatically begins to catalogue your shots. I can't recommend it enough, and no I'm not on Google's payroll (although I wish I was). Take some time on a rainy Saturday afternoon and go through the video tutorials and you will begin to see not only how feature reach this program is but how easy it is to work with.
Now shut-up and shoot.
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