I hate finding items in my start menu.  I've installed so many applications over the years that finding what I want is nearly impossible.

In comes Launchy.  Launchy allows me to set a key command to launch it, then within its window I can start typing the name of an application and launch it!

They just released version 2.0.  If you've never heard of it, give it a whirl. 

Don't see a whole lot of difference from 2.0 and 1.x, but its still worth the shout out.