Tag: productivity

Dude, where’s my file?

Kids today don’t know what a file is. Kids today don’t know what directories are. Kids today don’t know where to find their files. What a stupid generation. Kids today, right?

File systems are a mystery

The first time I encountered this apparent knowledge gap was when I was working at on a tagging solution to supplement folder structure. The UX researchers came back with this mind-blowing article about kids today not knowing where their files were.

This turn of events has millennials confused: How is it possible that gen-z and beyond, who were born with more computing power in their pockets than we had in all our teenage years combined, don’t know what a file system is and how it works? How can they keep losing their files and come to us to rescue them as if they were boomers? What happened to their tech-literacy?

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How I get things done

I have a system. It works for me, maybe it will work for you. Probably worth trying, you never know.

A note before starting: Keeping things simple and accessible is key to a system that works. You don't need the perfect tool, most of the tools I use are probably missing some features, but they work well together as part of my daily routine and that is the most important factor.
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This email should have been a document

Everyone knows about the terribly boring and ineffective meeting that should have been an email, but… Should it really have been an email? I’m not so sure. I think email in the workplace was fine when that was all we had, but that form of communication has outlived its usefulness and should mostly be replaced by other mediums. There, I said it.

Photo by Maksim Goncharenok from Pexels

Emails are traditionally used for 3 main purposes:

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Posted on by Rina Artstain