On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 08:13:48AM +0530, Prashant P Kothari 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
> Came across this article online that seems interesting
> https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/15677/zen-and-the-art-of-file-and-folder-organization/
> But I'm always a big fan of learning from experience shares - what's worked
> for you?
I don't save a lot of stuff, but stuff that is important to me have
their own location / method:
- E-mail: I save all my personal e-mail (newsletters and mailing lists
get wiped from time to time, except messages that I send myself, such
as this one) since around 2004. This is on my e-mail provider servers,
plus locally synchronized using IMAP.
- Code: I have a code/ folder on my home directory where every project
is its own folder. This typically also goes to a github repo (if the
project is public) or a gitlab one (if it's private).
- Music: with Spotify this is a bit of a legacy thing, but I have an
/mp3 folder with all the stuff I used to listen, plus an offline
backup in an USB disk.
- Books: they're all synchronized on my e-book reader, plus a local copy
managed using Calibre.
So: I tend to keep only important stuff ("important" depends on who you
ask, of course), and at least a couple of copies of everything lying
around so nothing is lost in the event of a disaster.
Cheers!
--
José María (Chema) Mateos || https://rinzewind.org
