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I'm reminded of a story. This is going to date me. When I was in graduate school, the university computer store put out a pamphlet, to help you decide if you sh

I'm reminded of a story. This is going to date me. When I was in graduate school, the university computer store put out a pamphlet, to help you decide if you should get your own computer. The one memorable comment was: Don't expect your computer to organize you. If you have a messy desk, you will have a messy computer. It probably also applies to note taking, to-do lists, etc. I am living proof of this.

Jeff_Brown 5y ago
Whether my desk or my computer is messy is not obvious to me. I mean it's clearly both. It almost always works perfectly for what I need, and it's ... kind of a mess. Both in reality and on my computer there is a top surface, and things get bounced from there to lower-priority spots when they deserve less attention. Some folders are very specific, others are as specific as "things I've done with money" or "Downloads". But I do vastly prefer org-roam (or when I'm in the mood, Semantic Synchrony) for letting me put things in more than one place, and keeping all relevant backlinks correct.