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Harder to learn than vocabulary: Passwords

Usually I write about all the fun caused by the German language. But one thing that is even harder to remember than all these crazy German vocabulary (words like Bannmeile or Nacktscanner!) are passwords.

Don’t you have the same problem? Sitting in front of your computer, wanting to log into a website and you can’t figure out your password? OK, it’s easy for websites that you use on a daily basis, but what about ebay? I don’t buy and sell things every day, and I always forget my password.

I’ve tried everything: Writing it down (can’t find the piece of paper anymore), memorizing it, making up a story around the password (forgot the story)… Maybe I should think about a tattoo.

Anyway, maybe it’s just me who has a limited capacity of remembering passwords (because my brain is full of German vocabulary). So here’s the solution: Check out the website allyve.com. It’s like a Vokabelkasten for your passwords. Using allyve as a starting page, you have an overview of all your favorite websites in one shot, you don’t have to log in or log out all the time, and you can use your entire brain capacity to remember German vocabulary instead of passwords. Cool stuff, I would say!