Pinkie’s Realm

I was looking through the recent posts of some of my favorite blogs (which as you may already know include TreeHugger, LifeHacker, and Jezebel) and I found LifeHacker’s most recent post to be very helpful. Being a bit of a computer-addict and being interested in going into a more technological field myself, their website if often useful and interesting. The post I read was called “Declutter your hard drive“. I am constantly playing games, writing, researching, chatting, and creating things using various programs on my computer so I’ve been known to clutter my computer fairly quickly. According to the post, they recommend deleting absolutely everything that isn’t needed and creating folders that mirror your own life. They even note another source that is credited with using this technique. They suggest using descriptive file names nad making liberal use of a temporary folder. The writer also includes his six-folder system for organizing your files, and lastly they recommend a few automated tools that will help clear out files from temporary folders. At the end of the post he encourages reader to comment on how they keep their hard drive clean. I browsed through the comments, and found some of them helpful and amusing. For instance, someone mentioned that they have a visible folder called “Legal” and two invisible folders entitled “Illegal” and “Really Illegal”. Other people just listed how they organize their files and data within folders. Whereas some people suggest deleting everything that isn’t necessary, some people insist on spending the extra cash on storage just in case you ever need those files again someday.