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My approach to file management is delegation:

- Most files go straight to the default recommended location. This includes downloads, git repositories, programs, etc.

- Source code is on GitHub.

- Emails are on Gmail.

- Notes and todos are on Google Keep.

- Books are on Google Drive in PDF or EPUB format.

- Photos and videos are on Google Photos and YouTube.

- Music is on Spotify and YouTube.

- Movies are on Netflix, or in the Downloads folder (until they're watched and deleted).

- Documents and scans are on Google Drive. If I must name a file, I use this convention: "Some_Description-20190106.ext". I mostly rely on search, but I have some high-level folders as well: Books, Health, Finance, Travel, Work, School, Scans, Thoughts, Projects, AppData, Backups.

In 2019, I want to migrate from files to a database. My plan is to extract knowledge from files and online services, and them into a RDF triple store:

- Google

- Keep

- Maps

- Fit

- Contacts

- Gmail

- Calendar

- Reddit

- Hacker News

- Pocket

- Amazon

- eBay

- Mint

- Bitcoin

- MyFitnessPal

- Chrome

- LinkedIn

- Twitter

- Facebook

- GitHub

- 23andMe

- iCheckMovies

- GoodReads

- YouTube

- Spotify

- Netflix

- IMDB

- VoIP.ms

- Airbnb

- Uber

- Agoda

- Booking

- TripAdvisor

Lastly, I want to make a lot of this data public. I'll start by releasing the source code of old/ongoing projects on GitHub and release my ideas/thoughts on my blog.



Since you seem to store everything on various Google services, what is your backup strategy in case you loose access to your account?



I think the GP meant what if Google erroneously block access to your account for a supposed T&C violation or what have you.


Option 2. You can download all you data.


I do like the idea that "Most files go straight to the default suggested path".

Maybe the rest is a little Google-centric for me. Perhaps that's why I'm having trouble being organised; I haven't bought 100% into any ecosystem.

Do you not keep source code locally? Or is it in two places?


> Do you not keep source code locally? Or is it in two places?

When I clone a git repository, it goes there by default:

  C:\Users\Me\source\repos\MyProject




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