Comments on: Save Time with Consistent Naming Conventions

By: hoongyee

Tue, 22 Apr 2014 23:43:15 +0000

I really appreciate you bringing the importance of naming files consistently and, as you describe in your wonderful course, how mindfulness is key in understanding how you got so disorganized in the first place and how to move forward with better habits.
Psychologically, I think people think they are so busy they don’t have the time to put something away properly thinking “oh, I’ll get around to it” and then wondering why they are tearing their hair out looking for things.
Personally, I think its the myth of being busy, a seductive trap we can all fall in to if we let ourselves think we are SO busy that we can’t take a few mindful minutes to honor our work and find a place for it.
I like thinking in timelines so I tag everything with a date followed by a subject like, 2014-04-22 Grant Proposal Draft/Avery Foundation. Then, I tag it as “Grants”. Since I write a lot of proposals, all of them pop up chronologically when I search for them by tags!
The trick, of course, is that I date and tag everything first. It is a great habit to have and takes the stress out of your work so you can easily find everything you need to do the work you love.
thanks again for providing great solutions,
hoongyee
http://hoongyee.com/

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Tue, 22 Apr 2014 15:03:08 +0000

In reply to Julia Dziuba.

Perfect, Julia.
I know you’ve worked hard on Makers’ Moon. Happy to share it with my readers here:
http://www.makersmoon.com/

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By: Julia Dziuba

Mon, 21 Apr 2014 18:22:50 +0000

I take this a step further in my art business. In order to organize my jewelry pieces I use an inventory ID system. I tag the actual piece, all picture files of the piece, and the database entry with a uniform ID. That way these components are connected in a uniform way and I can check the status of pieces easily. I use Makers’ Moon (an online database tool) to manage my works.

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