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6 Post author: NancyLebovitz 03 February 2014 03:30PM

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Comment author: btrettel 09 February 2014 02:55:34PM 0 points [-]

Intriguing. Can you describe some of your automated filing rules? I am considering trying such a setup via fsniper.

Comment author: FourFire 11 February 2014 02:37:32AM *  0 points [-]

I wouldn't reccommend duplicating my filesystem (it's most likely less useful than most filing systems which aren't "throw everything in one folder/on desktop and forget about it") but I'll note some key features:

Files reside inside folder trees of which the folders are either named clearly as what they are, or in obsuficating special words or made up phrases (even acronyms) which have only special meaning to me in the context of that paticular position in the file tree.

Different types of files have seperate folders in places

Folder trees are arranged in sets of categories, sub categories and filetypes (the order of sorting is very ad-hoc and arbitrary) you could have for example: Media > Type of media > genre of media > Creator > Work but it could just as easily have Creator at the root of the tree.

I really suggest you just make your own system or copy someone else's; it will more likely than not provide more utility.

Edit: just to be clear I don't have any sort of automated software which organizes my files for me, I am merely saying that my mind organizes the files semiconciously so I'm not directly "driving" when the act of organizing occurs