Tickled to see that housekeeping is housekeeping, with sustained work, no matter what it is for!
On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 8:28 AM Udhay Shankar N <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 8:14 AM Prashant P Kothari <[email protected]> > wrote: > > A question for the hive mind: do you have any tips for how to organize > > files/ folders on one's computer. > > My challenge: after multiple laptops/ desktops/ hard rives and > transferring > > data and files from one to the other, I have a mishmash of folders on my > > current laptop - and lots of duplicates > > > > There is a certain amount of up-front hard work that is required, and a > certain amount of ongoing discipline. > > 1. Start with organizing in VERY high level directory structure. (e.g WORK > and PLAY at the highest level) > 2. PLAY could then possibly have subdirectories like READ, WATCH, LISTEN, > PICTURES and so on... > 3. The subdirectory names should get more and more specific as you drill > down (e.g there is a directory called "Jaipur2010Oct" under PICTURES, which > might contain another subfolder called "RedFort") > 4. Don't worry about filling up the directories just yet, but do put new > stuff in specific directories as they get created. > 5. Over time, as you use more files on your computer, get into the habit of > moving it to a specifically named directory. > 6. Copy this entire directory structure to a cloud service like dropbox, > box, or google drive (two caveats: if you are truly paranoid, consider > encrypting it first; and you may not want to bother with music/movies). You > can automate this process by using a tool like Synctoy for Windows. This > will give you a copy accessible from any other computer. > 7. Depending on how much stuff you have, this will, over time, come to > resemble a well-organised and structured computer. :) > > Udhay >
