tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633495.post894830797409675..comments2023-07-02T15:55:30.759+01:00Comments on De-Scribed: Tech Support: Lose Data, Gain a Soul?Scribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08757616056135886893noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633495.post-65347077785035591482007-11-28T17:07:00.000+00:002007-11-28T17:07:00.000+00:00Whilst I mention Life Hacker they had a link to:Me...Whilst I mention Life Hacker they had a link to:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://lifehacker.com/software/email/merlin-mann-presents-on-inbox-zero-282544.php" REL="nofollow">Merlin Mann presents "Inbox Zero"</A> to google bods.David Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04697527701468526022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633495.post-48201932780703025082007-11-28T16:58:00.000+00:002007-11-28T16:58:00.000+00:00Aha - the 43 folders meme spreads ever further...I...Aha - the 43 folders meme spreads ever further...<BR/><BR/>Inbox Zero is just Merlin Mann's email related take on GTD - Getting Things Done by David Allen (productivity blokey - not comedian!)<BR/><BR/>Rob Brooks was on at me for a couple of years to read GTD. I wish I had done so a couple of years back!<BR/><BR/>It's great - "advanced common sense".<BR/><BR/>I've re-organised everything along those lines.<BR/><BR/>Things either get binned or stored in a folder with a label on them telling me what they are. That goes for everything - ever.<BR/><BR/>Once a week I run through both my desktops (the real one and the virtual) and my list of projects to make sure I know where I am with everything. Sorted. Love it.<BR/><BR/>Nothing lives in my inbox. I do have a folder where I use Thunbderbird tags to tag things as "Action" "Waiting on" "Later" "Read" which works well (as long as you do review them once a week!).<BR/><BR/>Sorted my life right out!<BR/><BR/>On the other hand - I don't spend too much time cleaning up documents and things. Storage is cheap. Desktop search is powerful (google desktop is great if you tell it not to display anything - just double tap the Ctrl key to get a floating search box - all you need :)<BR/><BR/>Stick Life Hacker in your RSS feed reader and you'll get more 43folders and GTD than you know what to do with ;)<BR/><BR/></rant>David Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04697527701468526022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633495.post-67394310524157581822007-11-28T16:45:00.000+00:002007-11-28T16:45:00.000+00:00Thanks for the comments and suggestions, all. I'll...Thanks for the comments and suggestions, all. I'll look into them all once I get my laptop back (still under warranty, so getting a new drive fitted at the same time as having the <A HREF="http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=2529691" REL="nofollow">yellow wristrest</A> replaced).<BR/><BR/>Despite the good response, I'm also nevertheless a Mac user, and hence still tempted to upgrade to Leopard with its all fancy-pants <A HREF="http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/timemachine.html" REL="nofollow">Time Machine</A> too (+ better responsiveness, etc). Will look into it all when I have the time.<BR/><BR/>That still leaves the question of just what data I should keep, though, and generally one it seems that geeks are only just getting to grips with. <A HREF="http://www.43folders.com/izero" REL="nofollow">Inbox Zero</A> is next on my reading list, but I want to take a similar approach to everything else - RSS feeds, photos, files I've created, etc, etc. Hanging on to things is no longer an option.<BR/><BR/>I've been mulling this over a little in my head (hey, it's amazing how much stuff I get done without a laptop ;). Some things are fairly simple. Listing here more for personal memory than anything else.<BR/><BR/>- don't bother keeping more than 1 version of a photo if they're basically the same. Pick one, or none.<BR/><BR/>- don't bother keeping all the files you used to create something once it's done and released to the world. Gimp XCF files keep things together in layers, no need to keep original source files when doing sucky image copy-n-paste-mash-ups :)<BR/><BR/>- Make sure Firefox downloads any temporary files (i.e. those you view, rather than choose to save) to it's own damn folder. Half of my mess was just knowing what I'd chosen to save to my "incoming" folder, and what Firefox had dumped there.<BR/><BR/>- More here. I'll need to work out exactly how I work. It's all subjective, right?<BR/><BR/>Wonder if OSX has a nice easy way to list files that haven't been accessed in the last 6 months. Probably.Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08757616056135886893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633495.post-87814420961167042152007-11-28T13:56:00.000+00:002007-11-28T13:56:00.000+00:00I've been using unison to sync my data between des...I've been using unison to sync my data between desktop, laptop and server and I'm very happy with it. It has the side effect of creating a backup.<BR/><BR/>I think there is a mac client for unison and it is dead easy to set up.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10916957174208127452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633495.post-27926872225368690742007-11-26T22:53:00.000+00:002007-11-26T22:53:00.000+00:00Dude, been there, felt that. But I'm glad I manage...Dude, been there, felt that. But I'm glad I managed to rescue my files albeit with many of them having lost their names. But then I've got nearly every e-mail I've ever received.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633495.post-37784312421172021152007-11-26T17:56:00.000+00:002007-11-26T17:56:00.000+00:00I HATE it when that happens.Two words: Remote back...I HATE it when that happens.<BR/><BR/>Two words: Remote backup.<BR/><BR/>Jungle Disk or mozy.<BR/><BR/>Using both. They work.<BR/><BR/>Also: Acronis True Image<BR/><BR/>Saved the day when the laptop HD died.<BR/><BR/>Norton Ghost has now seen me through three HD failures in as many years (three!!?) on the desktop.<BR/><BR/>I've now also got a RAID 1 array in there so that I might stand some chance of seeing the crash coming and just swapping out the disk...David Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04697527701468526022noreply@blogger.com