RE: innovative methods of organization

["Kathy Bowman" <Kathy -dot- Bowman -at- saabsystems -dot- com -dot- au>]

Hi Tom,
I have a friend (Mac user) who scatters all his electronic files over
his desk top. I occasionally help him, and it drives me NUTS. I don't
know how he finds things, and I have had to send him copies of files
more than once! 

I use folders, for email, electronic files and paper files. Sometimes I
lose the paper war for a time, but I can always recover. I have a long
list of folders, but it works. Some folders have a lot of sub-folders. I
also believe in big hard drives, and a good back up strategy.

I take a LOT of photographs, and file these in folders chronologically,
using a sequence number at the beginning of each folder name. I will
often add extra info to the folder name to assist me finding specific
images later, and it serves me well.   

Regards,
 
Kath Bowman
 
Technical Writer
Saab Systems
21 Third Avenue
Mawson Lakes
Adelaide SA 5095
Tel: +61 8 8343 3865

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Johnson [mailto:lists -at- idratherbewriting -dot- com] 
Sent: Tuesday, 24 October 2006 10:14 AM
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: innovative methods of organization

I'm curious to know if anyone has any innovative methods of
organization. 
I'm referring to organization of pretty much everything -- e-mail,
paper, electronic files, etc. I know I sometimes get more and more
buried in email; have scattered electronic files on my desktop, and have
paper documenets sprawled out across my desk. Is organization even that
important?

Tom 

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