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Recently, I've been working hard on the very problem described. One thing that is crucial is having a model of the information hose. This information overload i
by abnry 6y ago
Recently, I've been working hard on the very problem described. One thing that is crucial is having a model of the information hose. This information overload is ultimately a psychological problem and having a way to conceptualize the issue can help these sorts of problems.
The way I approach this is to have tiered system of files. The source is Tier 0, your cache (downloads, undeleted emails, etc.) is Tier 1, deliberately saved files in a structure are Tier 2, and whatever you are working on, view regularly, or feel particularly pleased about is Tier 3.
Here's a short blog post I wrote on this.
https://blog.abnry.online/2020/11/18/digital-file-management.html https://blog.abnry.online/2020/11/18/digital-file-management...
There is obviously a lot more to discuss on this topic. But this is a start for me.
- mxuribe 6y agoThanks for sharing! Having read your blog post, I'm intrigued...but I'm not understanding the process involved in "curating" items between the tiers. It could be that i'm overthinking what you described, but I'm certainly curious to learn more about your process. I look forward to reading any follow-ups to this piece. :-)
- abnry 6y agoCuration is the process of selecting items from a data stream. When you browse youtube, clicking on one link over another is a form of curation. You may watch the video for 1 min or the whole thing. Or you may watch for 10s and save it for later. That is another form of curation. Then suppose you download the video via youtube-dl and store it in a folder. That is also an act of curation. And finally, if you watch the video every day, post it on a blog, use portions of it and edit it, that is also a form of curation.