To log on to a website such as Gmail or Yahoo!, you need to specify your login name and password. The site does not allow you to access your e-mail...

To log on to a website such as Gmail or Yahoo!, you need to specify your login name and password. The site does not allow you to access your e-mail messages if the information provided is incorrect. At times you do not remember the password for a particular site and have to repeatedly guess the right password and type it, wasting valuable time.

What are some of the ideas that you use for generating passwords for your own use? What do you believe are good aspects about this method and what do you think are issues with this method? Be careful not to share any of your own personal passwords.