1. In a computer system including a video display device, a method for presenting data items included in personal information so as to indicate the importance and urgency of the personal information, comprising the following: an act of receiving a user-indication of an importance level associated with a particular data item; an act of assigning a first visual cue associated with the data item based on an importance of the data item; an act of assigning a second visual cue associated with the data item based on an urgency of the data item; and an act of causing the data item to be displayed using the first and second visual cues to provide a visual indication as to both the importance and the urgency of the data item, wherein displaying the data item causes the display of at least one other displayed data item to be dynamically and automatically modified.