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Posted by Nomatica
Mar 11, 2020 at 04:28 PM
Slartibartfarst wrote:
>@Nomatica:
>Filenaming methods:
>Be aware that, with the limit on filename/path langths in Windows having
>been increased to some obscene size, filenames have become potentially
>very much more useful for containing lots of metadata and which can
>include Tags (so you DON’T need a proprietary tagging subsytem).
>
>Two examples:
Thank you for your examples. My issue with using file names has been that the names get too long, and that it is time consuming going into the file explorer and managing it. I am attracted to a system like tagspaces as it seems like it will make the process of tagging file names faster. Tagspaces goes away, the file names will remain. It occurs to me that there is likely a file explorer ( with integrated viewer) that would allow me to do the same thing tagspaces would allow. I believe you mentioned Xplorer2 in your review of Stick A Note. I am leaning towards a system where I have some initial tags in the file name ( ie. 5 or 6 identifiers similar to what you gave in your examples, and then using some sort of Information manager to further tag the files. I do like the idea of the information manager applying those tags automatically. It seems like Zoot is a possibility. I ahve not looked at the forum about One Note. While one note does not do auto tagging ( that I know) it does, as you mentioned, index many files.
Regarding websites and naming. I also save web pages in a number of ways, including as pdf, MHTML. I have found naming time consuming. While I am willing to continue doing it, I am also looking for a pim that can pull some of the relevant information from the page.
With saved web pages I have also run into a problem Windows Desktop Search is not good enough at indexing to handle searching these files. A simple search brings up too many webpages because the key words being searched are too prevalent. Perhaps another case for finding a better desktop search file explorer.
I would welcome any recommendations for file explorers that handle the types of files I have mentioned.
Posted by Nomatica
Mar 11, 2020 at 04:32 PM
>Slartibartfarst wrote:
>@Nomatica:
>That’s all I have to suggest in terms of recommended “PIM tools that
>work really well for me” as an IT nerd, but of course your specific
>requirements could be different to mine. I’m still not entirely “sold”
>on OneNote, as it still leaves a lot to be desired in terms of
>ergonomics and structruring of data - the latter being something that
>the excellent IQ (InfoQube) seems to be rather good at.
Thank you for all that you have shared and suggested. Appreciate it. What is interesting is that I started this thread right before I was going to begin exploring InfoQube. I cam out with a bunch of things to explore before that. I am still interested in knowing how people feel infoqube would work for me.
As an aside, I am familiar with Planz. I used it 10 years ago. At the time I found it good if you did not put too much into it.
Posted by Pierre Paul Landry
Mar 11, 2020 at 05:37 PM
Nomatica wrote:
> I cam out with a bunch of things to explore before that. I am still interested in knowing how people feel infoqube would work for me.
Hi Nomatica,
InfoQube designer here. IQ should be able to help you in this project, though it does not currently read NTFS file metadata. Not that it’s hard to do, but it hasn’t been requested yet. Same for monitoring file folders.
If you do not find a suitable tool, do not hesitate to ask, either here or on the IQ Community forum. Both of these features are on my todo list and could be brought closer to the top should it benefit users.
p.s. Quick update: Current dev. effort is syncing Tasks with online services (such as Google Tasks).
Pierre Paul Landry
IQ Designer
http://www.infoqube.biz/download
Posted by Nomatica
Mar 14, 2020 at 12:21 AM
Pierre Paul Landry wrote:
Nomatica wrote:
>> I cam out with a bunch of things to explore before that. I am still
>interested in knowing how people feel infoqube would work for me.
>
>Hi Nomatica,
>
>InfoQube designer here. IQ should be able to help you in this project,
>though it does not currently read NTFS file metadata. Not that it’s hard
>to do, but it hasn’t been requested yet. Same for monitoring file
>folders.
>If you do not find a suitable tool, do not hesitate to ask, either here
>or on the IQ Community forum. Both of these features are on my todo list
>and could be brought closer to the top should it benefit users.
Thank you very much. I think the one thing that is keeping me from taking the leap is time to learn and setup. Am I correct that InfoQube can be set up with rules to autotag etc?
>
>p.s. Quick update: Current dev. effort is syncing Tasks with online
>services (such as Google Tasks).
Sounds like a good ieas. I for one try to stay away from google services, but I know that many are very attracted to them.
>
>Pierre Paul Landry
>IQ Designer
>http://www.infoqube.biz/download
>