tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959738902390835474.post425732508940287159..comments2023-07-20T09:08:03.552-05:00Comments on The Corporate Hack: Clean Your Desktopburnsheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14906487461734329068noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959738902390835474.post-42737107547875663402008-11-28T16:45:00.000-06:002008-11-28T16:45:00.000-06:00Please allow a PC guy to stick in his 2¢ -- I take...Please allow a PC guy to stick in his 2¢ -- I take this a couple of steps to the left. And right. And top. And bottom.<BR/><BR/>See, I use the PC's taskbars to the max. <BR/><BR/>My main taskbar - at the bottom - is two complete rows of icons leading to apps, folders, and files I might need at any moment. After a number of years, I've narrowed it down to just 36 such items. I know, I know. It's way too many. Can't narrow it down any further. But this is the stuff I use all the time, and it hasn't changed in a long time.<BR/><BR/>I also have a "Current Items" folder set up as an auto-hide toolbar on the left side of my screen. I use this for things I'm working on at the moment, or things I find interesting and want to investigate further as time allows. If someting is used a lot, it gets moved to another auto-hide toolbar, this time on the right side of the screen. <BR/><BR/>Anything that doesn't get used more than once in a great while gets moved to a third auto-hide toolbar, this time at the top of the screen. <BR/><BR/>If it doens't get used even that often, it's moved to another part of computer, where I usually forget about it until I need to reclaim some hard drive space.<BR/><BR/>But my desktop is <I>Clean</I>. <B><I>Three Icons</I></B> -- My Computer, Recycle Bin, and one thing I need at the moment which will be moved to the netherlands Monday.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959738902390835474.post-40508053927436642852008-04-17T23:29:00.000-05:002008-04-17T23:29:00.000-05:00@ Michael: For me, that's where the Current Files ...@ Michael: For me, that's where the Current Files folder comes in extremely handy. Web downloads and working files get stored there until I'm ready to archive them to a permanent location... that way the desktop is clean all the time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959738902390835474.post-63202262709224920632008-04-17T16:36:00.000-05:002008-04-17T16:36:00.000-05:00I'm a clean desktop freak myself . . . relatively ...I'm a clean desktop freak myself . . . relatively speaking. I do find it useful to use my desktop as a staging area for web downloads, and files I'm working on frequently, but I try to limit myself to a third of my desktop instead of all of it. It used to be I didn't use my desktop at all, but then I figured that's what it's for. But, I only use it for things that I really need a lot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com