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6charlong · 09-03-2009, 11:35 AM

I mulled this over last night using the suggestions here, and this is my first attempt to guess an organization:

First Page:

Recent Files
Fiction
Non-Fiction
Library Books
School
Work Files
Manuals

Then under the two main categories, Fiction and non-Fiction:

1. Fiction
2. Genre
3. Author
4. Series
5. <actual book files>

I thought that I'd just put all Library Books in one folder since they expire in a few weeks anyway. As for school, I haven't taken a class for a couple years, but I've been thinking about signing up for a literature class. All my life I've tried to attend at least one class a year, even if it was just a language class or a community school offering. I guess the best way to organize school books is by making a separate folder for each Quarter/Year. I don't know if I have to put the year first to control sorting or if the order I put them stays in that same order. Probably there's no sorting? Here's how I envision it:

1. School
2. 09 Spring
09 Summer
3. <class name if there is more than one>
4. <book titles>

In Work Files I'll just make subfolders as I need them with a separate one for each task.

I couldn't decide whether Manuals belongs under non-Fiction or whether it gets a place on the front page. I decided that if I'm using the PC to organize the folders on an SD card, I can move it later if I want to.

09-03-2009, 11:35 AM	#11
6charlong friendly lurker Posts: 896 Karma: 2436026 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: US Device: Kindle, nook, Apple and Kobo	First Try I mulled this over last night using the suggestions here, and this is my first attempt to guess an organization: First Page: Recent Files Fiction Non-Fiction Library Books School Work Files Manuals Then under the two main categories, Fiction and non-Fiction: 1. Fiction 2. Genre 3. Author 4. Series 5. <actual book files> I thought that I'd just put all Library Books in one folder since they expire in a few weeks anyway. As for school, I haven't taken a class for a couple years, but I've been thinking about signing up for a literature class. All my life I've tried to attend at least one class a year, even if it was just a language class or a community school offering. I guess the best way to organize school books is by making a separate folder for each Quarter/Year. I don't know if I have to put the year first to control sorting or if the order I put them stays in that same order. Probably there's no sorting? Here's how I envision it: 1. School 2. 09 Spring 09 Summer 3. <class name if there is more than one> 4. <book titles> In Work Files I'll just make subfolders as I need them with a separate one for each task. I couldn't decide whether Manuals belongs under non-Fiction or whether it gets a place on the front page. I decided that if I'm using the PC to organize the folders on an SD card, I can move it later if I want to. Last edited by 6charlong; 09-03-2009 at 11:39 AM.