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And it's now open-source: https://github.com/whyboris/Video-Hub-App
Everything important goes to ~/data/ and inside various folders like project/, so all I need to do for backup script is to sync that folder. I don't put anything intentionally under Documents/ as various apps try to put stuff in there to taint the folder layout. Temporary files downloaded just stay at Downloads/ folder unless I need to keep it for a long while and I move it under data/. Random text notes go to Notes…
This is basically why I do in Windows too - I don't use the Documents, Photos folders and the like. I have C:\Data, with subfolders inside for various 'topics', such as a 'Projects', 'Library', 'Cash Flow', 'Home' and 'Misc', as well as a folder for each family member. For media and archival, I have 2x 4TB drives in a RAID 1 array. This contains many thousands of photos, as well as videos and films. I use Seafile to…
I can organize, tag, annotate any file and then use the powerful search when I need it.
It has useful plugins and is easy to batch tag things.
I don't even bother organizing files or folders anymore I just dump them all in one place and then use tabbles.
128gb personal Macbook Pro, which requires being somewhat creative. * Lightroom collection (library & photos) on Samsung T5 external drive * GoPro video collection also on Samsung T5 external drive * All sites, organized by domain name, in /Sites/ (Use DNSMasq + Apache vhosts to map the folder to sitename.mac domain locally) * Various github clones in ~/Clones/ * Nonsite code projects in ~/Projects * Google Drive fol…
A bit off topic: I have a large collection of videos , but organizing them was exceptionally annoying, so I built a tool: Video Hub App with advanced search features and instant previews of screen-captures from each videos. Think of it like YouTube for videos on your computer: https://videohubapp.com/ And it's now open-source: https://github.com/whyboris/Video-Hub-App
Does anyone use a good indexer on Linux? I removed mlocate from my system because it always eats up CPU cycles when I least want it to. Also, the index is always out of date. And it doesn't index the contents of e.g. PDF files.
- [smb]/archives/hardware/ /* system tools and software specific for a device I own - [smb]/mediadepot/audio/* music and audio podcasts - [smb]/mediadepot/literature/* ebooks and pdfs - [smb]/mediadepot/pictures/* pictures - [smb]/mediadepot/software/ /* software archives - [smb]/mediadepot/videos/* videos - [smb]/personalstudy/* personal junk of all kinds - [smb]/projects/* software development stuff - [smb]/temp/*…
Rule #1: All data must be stored in a single root folder. As others on this thread have mentioned, this makes it easy to backup data and move it around. On Windows, this means I put everything in:
* `c:\data`
File systems are typically treated as hierarchies, so we now have to decide the most important aspects of data files that can be used to group and organize them. I believe that ownership is of first-order importance. Is this a file that I personally own, or is it a product for my employer? Is this a file I want to grant my family access to, or my wife? By separating things by owner first, it makes it easy to apply sensible permissions to data, apply organization-specific data retention policies, and copy it around when relationships change.
* `c:\data\acme-corp` * `c:\data\benjamin`
The next most important aspect is source of truth. Is my machine the primary storage location for this file, or am I keeping it sync with other machines? This info is critical for setting up automated jobs that safeguard your data.
* `c:\data\acme-corp\columbia` (the name of my machine) * `c:\data\acme-corp\git`
The final decision to be made is whether the data is "reference" data or "project" data (this is a GTD concept). An example of reference data would be your resume -- you want it to always be handy and current. But really, 99% of my data ends up being project data -- data that's very important to me right now, but will probably of little importance in six months.
So, my reference data is typically a handful of files single folder, and my project data is stored in a series of monthly folders.
* `c:\data\acme-corp\columbia\projects\2018\12` * `c:\data\acme-corp\columbia\projects\2019\01` * `c:\data\acme-corp\columbia\reference`
I absolutely love the monthly folders. I create the new monthly folders as a I need them, and older files silently slip out of my view as time goes on. Months later, when I'm searching for a file for an older project, I typically find several related files bunched together, which is hugely helpful. And organizing data by date makes it simple to adhere to corporate data retention policies.
Beyond that, I create sub-folders as needed, if there's a lot going on in that area that month.
* `c:\data\acme-corp\columbia\projects\2019\01\financial` * `c:\data\acme-corp\columbia\projects\2019\01\legal`
~/.build (random stuff I've had to build) ~/projects/personal/ (any of my stuff) ~/projects/ / / (work stuff) ~/Dropbox ~/Scratch ~/Journal ~/Applications That's about it really.
Dropbox is also not really obvious. It's obviously a reference to Dropbox Inc, and I assume you don't work there so it must be a synchronised folder, but I can't smell what's in there from this distance.
The killer feature I need is saving any highlighting/bookmarking right into the file (eg: a particular quote or diagram). If I can extrapolate these highlights along with page numbers and citations (APA format would be ideal) that would be even better. If there is some citation software out there that does this, that's fine too... though I do have EndNote but don't see these archival options available on it just yet.
Any solutions out there?