~/notes/ folder for org-mode notes (and other text based notes)
~/notes/journal.org dumpster for my personal day-to-day. from random quotes, to bizarre thoughts i had, and even code snippets (e.g. extract all image links from a page is one that i seem to keep going back to...)
~/notes/journal.work.org same thing as journal.org but for work related stuff. the layout is slightly different: it's a flat structure where each headline is top level (the personal journal is tree-like with year->month->day style nesting). it contains mostly technical details, notes on tasks and various bugs/TODOs.
~/code/qqj/ for my personal repos. i usually keep a "journal.org" style file in each private repo, detailing my work, thoughts, possible directions, snippets i found useful/interesting etc.
~/code/<company name> for work repos
~/code/ everything that is not personal or work related goes straight under "code". if i'm learning a new language i'll create a ~/code/<lang> dir and clone into it various repos to experiment with and learn from.
~/sync/ is like a dropbox dir that is synced across all machines. only the must have stuff that is lightweight.
~/cloud/ for cloud backup (exists on this machine only, not synced to other machines)
~/devon/ for devonthink databases (they are also synced to ~/cloud/ via devonthinks internal sync thing). most of my files i save in devon databases (i usually have two open: one for work and one for personal stuff, like interesting articles i find etc. but whenever i'm working on a personal project that requires extensive research and document collection i open a database for it. most of the documents are webpage captures in pdf format, pdf files (like papers and articles), and images. if it's text-based it's most likely under ~/notes/.
~/Downloads/ is for... downloads and pretty much everything else that is transient in nature. it's a big dumpster i clear out every month or two. every time i clean it i also empty the trash (before deleting current generation of Downloads). it's not automated because i like reviewing what i've been up to, and seeing how bad my adhd was this month :)
~/tmp/ is for files that can be deleted at any time (so... super transient files i guess). i'm not using /tmp/ because i want control over when they are deleted.
~/muhmusic is for offline music :) although i barely use it these days
~/ also contains a bunch of other directories that are synced to cloud backup, like a lecture series i downloaded from youtube. i prefer to have "big" meaningful collections like a lecture series under home dir because i'm much more likely to notice them when doing random stuff, and look into them.
~/notes/journal.org dumpster for my personal day-to-day. from random quotes, to bizarre thoughts i had, and even code snippets (e.g. extract all image links from a page is one that i seem to keep going back to...)
~/notes/journal.work.org same thing as journal.org but for work related stuff. the layout is slightly different: it's a flat structure where each headline is top level (the personal journal is tree-like with year->month->day style nesting). it contains mostly technical details, notes on tasks and various bugs/TODOs.
~/code/qqj/ for my personal repos. i usually keep a "journal.org" style file in each private repo, detailing my work, thoughts, possible directions, snippets i found useful/interesting etc.
~/code/<company name> for work repos
~/code/ everything that is not personal or work related goes straight under "code". if i'm learning a new language i'll create a ~/code/<lang> dir and clone into it various repos to experiment with and learn from.
~/sync/ is like a dropbox dir that is synced across all machines. only the must have stuff that is lightweight.
~/cloud/ for cloud backup (exists on this machine only, not synced to other machines)
~/devon/ for devonthink databases (they are also synced to ~/cloud/ via devonthinks internal sync thing). most of my files i save in devon databases (i usually have two open: one for work and one for personal stuff, like interesting articles i find etc. but whenever i'm working on a personal project that requires extensive research and document collection i open a database for it. most of the documents are webpage captures in pdf format, pdf files (like papers and articles), and images. if it's text-based it's most likely under ~/notes/.
~/Downloads/ is for... downloads and pretty much everything else that is transient in nature. it's a big dumpster i clear out every month or two. every time i clean it i also empty the trash (before deleting current generation of Downloads). it's not automated because i like reviewing what i've been up to, and seeing how bad my adhd was this month :)
~/tmp/ is for files that can be deleted at any time (so... super transient files i guess). i'm not using /tmp/ because i want control over when they are deleted.
~/muhmusic is for offline music :) although i barely use it these days
~/ also contains a bunch of other directories that are synced to cloud backup, like a lecture series i downloaded from youtube. i prefer to have "big" meaningful collections like a lecture series under home dir because i'm much more likely to notice them when doing random stuff, and look into them.