Posts Tagged ‘folders’

Back to Basics: The Tickler File

A long-time standby in the productivity realm, a tickler file is a reminder system intended to act as an adjunct to your regular calendaring and scheduling system. Although there are several different kinds of tickler file, the most well-known (thanks largely to David Allen’s Getting Things Done and Merlin Mann’s 43 Folders) is the 43-folders system, with 31 numbered “day” folders and 12 labeled with… Continue reading

September 5 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: back-to-basics, file, folders, office, organization, reminder, tickler-file | 9 comments»

Hard Drive Zen with the Humble Folder

The hard drive; you bring one home and pop it in your computer, and it's a totally clean slate. You take a look inside the root directory and see the beauty of nothing. But like all hard drives, over time the files clutter up, filling every nook and cranny. Eventually, space runs out, but because you figured you'd process your files "another day," it takes hours to figure out what's… Continue reading

May 23 2008 | By Joel | Tagged: downloads, files, folders, hard drive, organization | 14 comments»