Let's be honest - we've all done this at some point: Doesn't this look much better? Devising and implementing a directory structure that suits your work is very easy - you could make a dramatic improvement in just one lunchtime! Consider sorting by category, or by project name - whatever suits the way you work. … Continue reading Bite-sized RDM #2 – directory structure
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Bite-sized RDM #1 – file naming conventions
Have a look at the filenames in the above image, and consider how useful they’ll be in three years’ time, when those files are sitting in a folder called ‘For filing’ along with several other desktop dumps, and hundreds of other, almost identical filenames? You shouldn’t rely on metadata like creation or modification dates for … Continue reading Bite-sized RDM #1 – file naming conventions