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Originally Posted by Trubu
It does require a fairly major shift in thinking, though. The old file/folder metaphor is hard to let go of completely.
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Yeah, and I'll freely agree that I'm one of those stuck in my ways folk that's resistant to change.
I don't have any busy work with the file/folder system. I keep things very organized from the get go and always have with very clear folders, sub folders etc. so it's not like I ever have to create a directory from scratch etc. It's just gradually built up over the years, backed up and moved to every new computer I have.
I'd be very resistant to moving to any kind of smart list or database type system vs. being able to manually manage my files. So I hope any moves in that direction are optional and can be turned off--like turning the start menu, control panel etc. in Windows XP
back to classing Windows 95 style!
But I will say I'm mostly talking about documents, data files etc. for my research and teaching work. I don't have a lot of media content. I don't take a lot of pictures so that's easy to manage. I just make a folder for each set of photos (say each vacation etc.).
Music I just use iTunes--it puts it in folders by artist and album which is how I'd do it myself anyway--so still easy to move to different computers etc.
Video is moot as I don't do digital video. Mainly stick with my DVR and Bluray/dvd for video needs, anything on the PC is just streaming video.
So I can see the tagging system etc. more for media files. Just not a good solution IMO for documents, databases, powerpoint files, pdfs etc. IMO.