Knowing the basics of how to create passwords makes dealing with online resources easier. For those of you with Macs, get 1password, it is a program that saves all your passwords and backs them up. That way, you will never forget a password.
To make things easier, use the same username for everything.
And the security wonks aren’t going to like the next thing I’m going to say: Here’s the main thing. If what you are doing isn’t about money, use the same password for everything. It’s not worth trying to remember.
But with 1password you don’t have to. I use an independently generated 26 alfa-numeric password for everything. 1password is a beautiful thing.
