Sometimes I wish I had a personal assistant to make my appointments, run my errands and keep track of important dates. This feeling is particularly strong when I miss something important, like when I neglected to send my father a birthday card earlier this month. I never seem to be able to get birthday cards for my friends and family in the mail on time. It's not that I don't remember that their birthdays are coming up. The dates are programmed into my calendar, so I can't forget. Instead, between my work and home responsibilities, I can't seem to find the time to buy the card and get in the mail before the big day.

There's a new service from JackCards that could help me solve my problem, though. It's called "Card Concierge" and it let's you pick out cards for special events in advance and, when the time comes, JackCards mails the card to you already addressed and stamped. All you have to do is add your signature and drop it in the mail. It will even address and stamp all your holiday cards for you. It's not quite as good as a personal assistant, but maybe I'll give it a try.