Monday, January 04, 2010

Managing files & email

In an effort to limit the number of emails and files I have to contend with at any given point I've started my Daily plan. In this plan I have a folder within Documents called Daily where I put files I'll only need temporarily (say a PDF version of a file I need to email to someone). At the end of every day I can select all and delete, or if I feel really confident in my system I can set up a job to clear it out daily.

Similarly, with email I've set up a filter that various status and promotional emails that come in are labeled Daily, and I can easily select all and delete them if I wish.

Easy stuff to do and it helps in keeping the load of information floating around down. No one wants a desktop and Documents folder chock full of files you're not sure what to do with.