I thought this was a very insightful article: http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=d20modern/fb/20040127a
I'm not posting this to pick on or complain about anyone in our group; we're actually a pretty organized group these days. Still, there's some good ideas in there... I especially like the 3x5 card idea for the GM, and I think I'll be trying it out once we start playing D20 Modern.