Collaborate Disseminate
As you may recall, I wrote last week that I had essentially finished organizing and decluttering my documents archives. But at that point, it was only in two places, one temporary: OneDrive, and then the locally synced copy on the laptop I was using. S… Continue reading Digital Declutter: Finish Work, Final Scans, and a Peek at the Future (Premium)
I can’t believe I’m writing these words, but I have completely archived what was previously an enormous amount of digital clutter across OneDrive and my NAS. In doing so, I have reduced my OneDrive storage usage by over 160 GB, and I am seeing even big… Continue reading Digital Decluttering: Documents Archive Complete (Premium)
As part of a grueling summer in concrete construction the summer after I graduated from high school in 1985, I built a wall. And not just any wall, but a concrete wall surrounding a field for horses that was molded using a Styrofoam “foam form” that wo… Continue reading Digital Decluttering: For the Love of NAS (Premium)
Over the weekend, I was able to dramatically reduce the file size of my pre-Thurrott.com archives, which dropped from 116 GB to about 48 GB.
At a high level, this work resembled what I did with my loose photos and scans: I assessed what I had, volume- … Continue reading Digital Decluttering: Tackling the Document Archive (Premium)
Two weeks ago, I started the time-consuming process of organizing, tagging, and archiving over 21 GB of scanned photos as part of a new digital decluttering initiative. Today, I am happy to report that I’ve concluded that work, and less happy to report… Continue reading Digital Decluttering: Some Photo Progress, and a Shift to Documents (Premium)