How does everyone organize and prune their data?
How do you manage to keep down the number of windows / tabs in your web browser? I'd like to consistently manage <120. Right now I'm using a Firefox add-on called Tab Utilities that lets me view all of my tabs in a window at once (semi-visible anyway). This has the benefits of making reading more difficult when I have too many tabs open (they cut into web page real estate) and of letting me quickly select items to review or discard.
Do you have any effective heuristics for keeping down the number of open .pdfs? I was thinking of adding a window list with titles to my window manager, and not allowing myself to open more windows at a time than fit into the window list bar.
Finally, Saved files! Because it's so much easier to save a paper for later than to read it, my document folder is growing fat. How do you name saved document files? How do you prioritize which saved papers to read? What is your rough directory structure? How do you associate a document with your personal summary notes of it for future access?
How do you manage to keep down the number of windows / tabs in your web browser? I'd like to consistently manage <120. Right now I'm using a Firefox add-on called Tab Utilities that lets me view all of my tabs in a window at once (semi-visible anyway). This has the benefits of making reading more difficult when I have too many tabs open (they cut into web page real estate) and of letting me quickly select items to review or discard.
I keep six virtual desktops and switch to a new one whenever I'm changing tasks or topics (or when one is too densely po...
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