#ProdChat – 08/07/13 – Digital Clutter
This #ProdChat we had a lively discussion about digital information, defining digital clutter and strategies to deal with it when you realize you have digital clutter.
-
#ProdChat – 8pm ET – Topic: Digital Clutter – Join us! http://ow.ly/nJ2Zi -
Welcome to #ProdChat, the weekly #productivity chat! Topic: Digital Clutter
-
@rsidneysmith Thank you Ray #prodchat -
@nmhouston Welcome to the #productivity conversation, Natalie! Great to have you here, as always! 🙂 #prodchat
-
@rsidneysmith We meet again??? Wow — where did the week go??? 🙂 #prodchat -
@LoisMarketing I think they went where they always go! LOL. 😉 So good to have you here, Lois, my baking compadre! #prodchat
-
Hi Natalie! Good to chat with you again. #prodchat @nmhouston
-
-
@MCTheWriter Myrlande, you enjoy your travel! We look forward to seeing you again soon when you’re back! 🙂 I hope share pics! #prodchat
-
@MCTheWriter Myrlande, you enjoy your travel! We look forward to seeing you again soon when you’re back! 🙂 I hope share pics! #prodchat
-
@MCTheWriter Myrlande, you enjoy your travel! We look forward to seeing you again soon when you’re back! 🙂 I hope share pics! #prodchat
-
A1 Most important purposeful thing I do for managing digital info is to have comprehensive cloud backup and sync with @SpiderOak #prodchat -
A1 Most important purposeful thing I do for managing digital info is to have comprehensive cloud backup and sync with @SpiderOak #prodchat
-
RT @nmhouston: (expect increased volume of tweets from me for the next hour during #prodchat, then back to the usual intermittency…) -
-
@rsidneysmith why purge – archive instead? #prodchat
-
-
@rsidneysmith @LoisMarketing A2: yup – I don’t take with phone and filter through Lightroom discarding many #prodchat
-
@rsidneysmith so would we allow this “super app” to take the keys to our data and info? #prodchat
-
Yes! RT @nmhouston: A2 for me, digital clutter is sthng you can’t find when you want, or it’s in your way when you don’t want it. #prodchat -
@nmhouston a symptom yes #prodchat
-
RT @LoisMarketing Who in #prodchat has done a recent test restore of their data? If you’re using offsite backup you should!
-
@rsidneysmith roger that #prodchat
-
@LoisMarketing Good suggestion! I haven’t in over a year, but it’s something I’m going to add to my semi-annual checklist. Thanks! #prodchat
-
-
so true MT @LoisMarketing: I see the most clutter with photos — so easy to snap so many don’t go back, edit and save best #prodchat A2
-
-
If you haven’t tried it yet, I’m using http://twubs.com/prodchat tweetchatting tonight and it’s awesome! 🙂 #prodprodchat
-
@LoisMarketing yes if it’s clutter in the first place but a fine line #prodchat
-
@rsidneysmith Hmmm… I still don’t grok it. Are you asking what tech I’m willing to go without? #prodchat
-
RT @nmhouston A3 to manage your digital information, you have to first know (& manage) yourself. What are your habits, really? #prodchat
-
@rsidneysmith Oh!!! Thanks! #prodchat
-
@LoisMarketing @rsidneysmith excluding email I’m not sure it’s necessary if organized well in 1st #prodchat
-
@rsidneysmith I do the same. #prodchat
-
Twitter itself a good example for managing digital clutter. You can’t “keep up”, or keep them all. Just dip in when you choose. #prodchat
-
Twitter itself a good example for managing digital clutter. You can’t “keep up”, or keep them all. Just dip in when you choose. #prodchat
-
@LoisMarketing That’s very true…sometimes, less is more when it comes to our time with mobile tech especially…like at dinner! #prodchat
-
ditto MT @rsidneysmith: A3: I use the same digital folder structure… same framework wherever I store files #prodchat
-
me too MT @rsidneysmith: I use the same categories across my world so my digital information makes sense no matter where it is. #prodchat
-
@LoisMarketing @rsidneysmith yes – but I only take photos on a shoot and then filter the keepers #prodchat
-
@nmhouston I think that’s key, Natalie. It becomes digital clutter when it begins to control you or cause you stress. #prodchat -
@rsidneysmith Recent study shows average smartphone user checks their phone every 6 minutes. That is ridiculous!!! #prodchat
-
@nmhouston I decided long ago that Twitter & Facebook weren’t “inboxes”. #prodchat
-
-
-
@nmhouston Oh, that sounds zen! I am trying to incorporate more and more color coding into my system! Must compare notes! #prodchat
-
Q4: HOW DO YOU PHYSICALLY MANAGE YOUR DIGITAL STORAGE/DEVICES (EG, EXT HARD DRIVES, THUMBDRIVES, PERIPHERALS, ETC.)? #prodchat
-
-
@rsidneysmith Interesting… I try to be discerning when capturing. The touch it once rule… #prodchat
-
Agreed! RT @nmhouston: ditto except for personal msgs #prodchat
-
A4: My life works in semesters. Current and last semester are on @Dropbox. Back up on @LaCieTech at semester’s end. #prodchat
-
A4: My life works in semesters. Current and last semester are on @Dropbox. Back up on @LaCieTech at semester’s end. #prodchat
-
@rsidneysmith Why do you have so many thumb drives? #prodchat
-
@LoisMarketing that too! #prodchat
-
@nmhouston love the cloud! #prodchat
-
@nmhouston Weather events? Whatever do you mean? #prodchat
-
@rsidneysmith I see. Makes sense. I have one that I use for transferring documents. That’s all. #prodchat
-
@nmhouston Let me guess, Fujistu ScanSnap 1100? 🙂 #prodchat
-
@rsidneysmith I’m so predictable 🙂 (it’s the 1500) #prodchat
-
@rsidneysmith Yes. 1Tb should hold me for a while. Just concerned about Eula changes and retreivability. #prodchat
-
@rsidneysmith watch me! Apple+A. Delete. Happy me! 🙂 #prodchat
-
-
-
@BrandIdeas Do you have a formal process for your “tidy ups?” #prodchat
-
Adjust the spam filters for your email and keep them up to date. Opt out and unsubscribe if you’re prone to just delete something #prodchat
-
Adjust the spam filters for your email and keep them up to date. Opt out and unsubscribe if you’re prone to just delete something #prodchat
-
+1 RT @nmhouston I love how #prodchat went crazy about deleting 🙂 love you guys
-
@LoisMarketing but there’s nothing in my Inbox! 🙂 #prodchat
-
@nmhouston I just can’t imagine that there is anything I couldn’t find if I needed it again. A purge is good now and then. #prodchat
-
If you’re not reading your RSS, maybe it’s not just about clutter. Are you making time for reading, if that’s important to you? #prodchat
-
If you’re not reading your RSS, maybe it’s not just about clutter. Are you making time for reading, if that’s important to you? #prodchat
-
If you’re not reading your RSS, maybe it’s not just about clutter. Are you making time for reading, if that’s important to you? #prodchat
-
@LoisMarketing and only sorta truthful! #prodchat
-
@rsidneysmith when my desktop starts looking like an episode from hoarders #prodchat -
@LoisMarketing careful what you opt-out/unsubscribe some of those just is to confirm your valid email address = more spam #prodchat -
@nmhouston That’s a very important question to ask of yourself! “Is this important to me?” #prodchat
-
Nice! MT @nmhouston: recently unsubscribed from a bunch of email catalogs & newsletters – very satisfying purge of digital clutter #prodchat
-
LOL! RT @BrandIdeas @rsidneysmith when my desktop starts looking like an episode from hoarders #prodchat
-
-
A5: for docs especially scans I know I don’t need to retain I append “EXPIRES YYMM” to the fn and then each month delete ’em #prodchat
-
A5: for docs especially scans I know I don’t need to retain I append “EXPIRES YYMM” to the fn and then each month delete ’em #prodchat
-
@LoisMarketing Many marketers have been complaining about Gmail’s new tab system. Yay or nay? #prodchat
-
+1 RT @LoisMarketing: Delete the apps that you are not using. #prodchat
-
Yes! RT @LoisMarketing Delete the apps that you are not using. #prodchat
-
@rsidneysmith Not using it and do not have clients who are. So not familiar! Not active with Google apps or G+ either #prodchat
-
-
@rsidneysmith I have been so irritated by marketing letters trying to boss my tabs around. I like the tabs, know how to use them. #prodchat
-
RT @nmhouston I have been so irritated by marketing letters trying to boss my tabs around. I like the tabs, know how to use them. #prodchat
-
@nmhouston Agreed! I say write better quality content that makes me want to read your newsletter…don’t gripe! LOL #prodchat
-
@BrandIdeas well, I got rid of my actual “floppies” a while back. Still have some 3.5″ though. 🙂 #prodchat
-
@LoisMarketing @rsidneysmith seems like most of my G+ mates are mainly into photography and tech stuff #prodchat
-
@rsidneysmith Thanks. Perhaps in future but everything is working well now for me and for clients, settled into good systems. #prodchat
-
@LoisMarketing Understood! 🙂 #prodchat
-
-
@nmhouston I’m glad I’m not the only one with a few Microfloppies (3.5-ers) hanging around! 😉 #prodchat
-
@rsidneysmith @LoisMarketing I dislike it intensely and don’t/can’t use it do to the Labs feature Multiple Inboxes which is fine #prodchat
-
MT @nmhouston I think David Allen talks about having a reading material stack — w/ mobile can take it with you, use bits of time #prodchat
-
@rsidneysmith @nmhouston Geez… what are you going to do with them? Just cut your losses and cut them up. Psychic clutter be gone #prodchat
-
@rsidneysmith you are making me feel more curious about G+ — I have been staying away from it mostly #prodchat
-
@rsidneysmith Right… ’cause you’ve got time for that. 😉 #prodchat
