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> Nothing is more than two clicks away > An important restriction of the system is that you’re not allowed to create any folders inside a Johnny.Decimal folder

> Nothing is more than two clicks away > An important restriction of the system is that you’re not allowed to create any folders inside a Johnny.Decimal folder. This being said immediately after a screenshot with three levels of directories confuses me. One problem I immediately identified with this system is that I would have to take extra steps to peek into the applicable directory to see what the current index is... I'm always looking for a good organizational methodology. This seems to be per project, no? Any suggestions for a system for overall data organization?

gglitch 3y ago
I'm enjoying using it for overall family/personal data organization. Took me a year to migrate in, and I allow myself the privilege of reorganizing as needed; but I've found it super simple and super stress-relieving. I do allow myself subsubdirs wherever it makes sense though. E.g. right now I have a file browser open to "64.05 TV Shows" (60 - 69 is "Media"; 64 is "Video"), and within 64.05 I have one subdir per TV show. I don't feel obliged to give each show a special number, and I also don't feel troubled by each show being a sub(sub)dir. This system is searchable and browsable within my tolerances.
makeworld 3y ago
> This being said immediately after a screenshot with three levels of directories confuses me. Me too, but reading more I understand this now. A "Johnny.Decimal folder" is a folder that starts with a name like 12.04, meaning it represents a unique item. It will already be inside two other folders, the 12 folder and the 10-19 folder. The point is that while 12.04 can be a folder if the unique item is actually multiple files, you can't have more folders inside 12.04, because that's considered too much nesting. > This seems to be per project, no? Any suggestions for a system for overall data organization? Multi-project organization is covered later on: https://johnnydecimal.com/10-19-concepts/13-multiple-projects/13.01-introduction/ https://johnnydecimal.com/10-19-concepts/13-multiple-project...

gglitch 3y ago

I'm enjoying using it for overall family/personal data organization. Took me a year to migrate in, and I allow myself the privilege of reorganizing as needed; but I've found it super simple and super stress-relieving. I do allow myself subsubdirs wherever it makes sense though. E.g. right now I have a file browser open to "64.05 TV Shows" (60 - 69 is "Media"; 64 is "Video"), and within 64.05 I have one subdir per TV show. I don't feel obliged to give each show a special number, and I also don't feel troubled by each show being a sub(sub)dir. This system is searchable and browsable within my tolerances.

makeworld 3y ago

> This being said immediately after a screenshot with three levels of directories confuses me. Me too, but reading more I understand this now. A "Johnny.Decimal folder" is a folder that starts with a name like 12.04, meaning it represents a unique item. It will already be inside two other folders, the 12 folder and the 10-19 folder. The point is that while 12.04 can be a folder if the unique item is actually multiple files, you can't have more folders inside 12.04, because that's considered too much nesting. > This seems to be per project, no? Any suggestions for a system for overall data organization? Multi-project organization is covered later on: https://johnnydecimal.com/10-19-concepts/13-multiple-projects/13.01-introduction/ https://johnnydecimal.com/10-19-concepts/13-multiple-project...