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This post is also me! From time to time such pieces emerge on HN, some examples: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26269832 https://news.ycombinator.com
by poisonborz 5y ago
This post is also me! From time to time such pieces emerge on HN, some examples:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26269832
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29692087
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25623010
I'm actually also halfway writing one! Two remarks:
- It's really interesting to see strategies, but the overarching themes are often mixed up in a subjective soup. All sentences begin with "I" and this is understandable, but it's harder to grasp this angle. More constructive, one could separate better known general topics like "personal media/memory keeping", "mind/thought mapping/notes", "data hoarding/sorting (for general media)".
- On the other hand I'd also love to read a research/analysis on such articles. What are the general ways on how users approach digital data management, how do people juggle between these topics above? I wonder if a holistic view on this is possible, without the subjective decisions and narrativizing elements. I feel there is a niche between best practices (strategy given a specific scenarios) and personal stories (how I distilled it to my life).
- dSebastien 5y agoI wrote the article. Great points, there's indeed a lot of subjectivity in this one. I decided to keep it that way because I cared as much about writing down my story (and diving back into my memories) as explaining a bit how I managed to keep my sanity (to some extent ). I intend to write more articles on the subject, diving deeper into each topic.