Abstract: A user is displayed an icon palette having a palette boundary and including icons representing a plurality of predetermined categories representing notable events in a life of the user, including, for example, predefined default categories of marriage, faith, family, children, school, travel, military, and health. The user can adjust a relative size of and control a location of the icon palette. The user can select an order and color of the icons. User action assigns an unsorted file to a category so that dragging and dropping a file across the palette boundary onto an icon assigns the file. The file and associated data are stored in a database, including on a remote server providing user access through an electronic communications network. The file and associated data can be temporarily stored in a database on a local user computer allowing user action during slow or interrupted communications with the server.