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How Do You Organize Your Data?
kpellegr asks: "After returning from a well deserved holiday, I was faced with an exploding inbox. While organizing and deleting my mail, I realised I was having trouble classifying each mail into one specific folder. I had the feeling I should be able to link to one email from several folders (e.g. product information should be linked to from the 'vendor' folder, as well as from a specific project folder where this product is used). The more I thought about this, the more I realised that trees (such as the Windows filesystems) are not really ideally suited for organizing data. On UNIX-like filesystems, symbolic links allow the creation of simple graphs for organising data, but I have the feeling data could be organized more efficiently. How does the Slashdot crowd organize their data? How do you manage files, email, contacts, meetings and all the relationships that might exist between them?"
That way, I never need to worry about what folder to put it in.
And I check it twice.
Checking twice really helps.
How do you manage files, email, contacts, meetings and all the relationships that might exist between them?
Easy! Do what I do and don't have any friends, contacts, meetings, or relationships with people!
I started with a Mac back in the day, so I just throw everything on the desktop and clear it out once a month or so...
...what is this "organize" ?
I organize files according to breast size, number of women, and relative perversity of the acts commited.
Duh!
You can't take the sky from me...
porn1
porn2
New Folder
New Folder(1)
unsorted_porn
mp3s
One folder for offers from Nigerians to make me rich, one folder for penis enlargement, and one folder for pr0n offers... that handles about 99% of my incoming email. Isn't that what everybody else does?
"Freedom means freedom for everybody" -- Dick Cheney
I just export it to my web server, wait a couple of weeks for google to index it, and then google it.
I have a organizational system which uses two folders and replication.
Folder 1: INBOX
Folder 2: SENT EMAIL
Any email which is important I send to one or more anal-retentive people who will create nice organized folders in which to store the email. This how I implement replicated storage with automatic retrieval. If I ever need an email back I can simply ask for it and get a copy forwarded to me. Using this method I don't have to waste valuable brain power deciding what folder things go in. As a backup, if for some reason my replicated storage goes on vacation or is out of the office, I can search my sent folder and usually find what I need in there.
This method works extremely well plus it has the advantage of replicated storage which helps thwart hardware failures.
Good luck! Staying organized is a full time job!
I use a tame black hole as a filing system.
It's really quite a simple choice: Life, Death, or Los Angeles.
Since Windows NT 4 at least, I have been able to make hard links. Granted, the OS didn't come with a tool to do it, but it did support it. Several third party tools are available.
Also, I know in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (and I heard also Windows ME), Folder Shortcuts (these are NOT shortcuts to folders) are also supported. These graft folders into the namespace that actually exist elsewhere. I've tested this across physical drives, and I believe it would also work with network-mapped drives. Note that on Windows XP, you have to temporarily switch to the classic start menu to create a Folder Shortcut.
I use microsoft exchange, and it randomly deletes, my data and users so i don't have to worry about organizing it :)
Sorry, i'm frustrated... I'm setting up an exchange server right now.
Nah, I store everything in /dev/random.
Wow, I should not post when knackered.
A friend at work waits until his Inbox is over quota (MS Exchange). Then, he'll create a folder called "File Later X" where X is some incrementing number, and move the contents of his inbox to there. So he has several folders: FileLater1, FileLater2, FileLater3, etc.
If you're a typical slashdotter i would put it in a folder at the end of the harddrive where it says "infrequently accessed files".
Trolls dont like to be Flamebait, because they burn so well. Protect our Troll heritage!
Thank you 3M.
File under 'M' for 'Manic ranting'
/dev/hda5 /home/$USERNAME/music (take a guess)
obfuscated pr0n?
They're totally flexible, extensible, and templatable.
Dude, you sound like an IBM commercial.
What, you thought there was more?
Most folk'll never lose a toe, and then again some folk'll...
that's a similar system to my desk. paper sits in piles. as it migrates further away, it becomes less important. Periodically, I just throw all the crap at the bottom of the most distant piles away.
you laugh, but this is true.
DO NOT DISTURB THE SE
So is that why you missed the barbeque?
Robots are everywhere, and they eat old people's medicine for fuel.
Try the "Slashdot I-mail Classification Kludge Linkage Yielder" (SICKLY). Everything falls into one of these classifications:
1. Overrated
2. Underrated
3. Troll
4. Flame-bait
5. Profit!
Oh, and it only runs on a Beowulf Cluster of Linuxes (Lini?). And, don't ask how it runs in Soviet Russia.
Table-ized A.I.
Ok, now to actually answer the question posed here (as opposed to what a lot of other people here are doing, which is either come up with something witty or else attempt to codify a sweeping new all-inclusive whiz-bang OS change).
This is slashdot; what do you expect?
Create new folder, call it 'Stuff" When it begins to get full and unweildly, create another folder and call it 'New Stuff' at this point you may want to call that older folder 'older stuff' ... you get the idea.
If you are feeling extra anal about your organization, create another folder and call it 'junk'. voila!
better !pout !cry
/etc/passwd > list
better watchout
lpr why
santa claus town
cat
ncheck list
ncheck list
cat list | grep naughty > nogiftlist
cat list | grep nice > giftlist
santa claus town
who | grep sleeping
who | grep awake
who | grep bad || good
for (goodness sake) {
be good
}
Hmm, when I try clicking on it I get this place of work's ACCESS DENIED banner page.
I guess you can't access it *anywhere*
8-PP