Desktop Neo – rethinking the desktop interface for productivity
Tags are really tough. Unstructured categorization comes with its own basket of issues -- some distinct from structured taxonomies, but not necessarily less tricky.<p>A few thoughts there:<p>1. What happens when my mental schemas change in a year? The word I use to look something up changes, and I suddenly can no longer find it.<p>2. What happens when I get a little lazy in obediently tagging everything I create? Imagining the 2 or 3 words I&#x27;ll want to use in the future to look something up (see the first thought) is really tough. Mentally taxing = a barrier to adoption.<p>3. Folders can get unnecessarily deep, stale, etc... but having the structure available to browse can be an extremely useful trigger in reestablishing the hallways of my desktop-stored &quot;mind palace.&quot;<p>4. Having many ways to discover information I&#x27;m looking for &gt; having a few ways. Search, browse, categorize, all have a purpose depending on the way a file or piece of information imprinted on my memory.