1. Context association software in a computer readable medium, comprising: a system activity monitor that monitors user activity on a user-operated computer; a computer system database of metadata relating to objects stored or activities carried out on the computer; an association system that determines a degree of association between at least a pair of computer objects; a chunking system that uses the degrees of association determined by the association system for a set of objects and groups them into a number of sub-groups; and a user interface system that utilizes information stored in the computer system database by the system activity monitor, and information determined by the association system and the chunking system to display information relating to objects stored or activities carried out on the computer.