Josh Foer gave a good TED talk about this topic, you can watch it at http://www.ted.com/talks/joshua_foer_feats_of_memory_anyone_can_do.html http://www.ted.com

Josh Foer gave a good TED talk about this topic, you can watch it at http://www.ted.com/talks/joshua_foer_feats_of_memory_anyone_can_do.html http://www.ted.com/talks/joshua_foer_feats_of_memory_anyone_... After seeing this I actually was able to use his technique to help remember all the parts of a long wedding toast I had to deliver. It definitely worked in this situation, though I'm not sure how applicable it would be for cataloguing every day information you may or may not need to recall.