The “q” trick
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…My trick is to end the file name of all my most frequently used or referenced files with a certain number of “q”s. Why?
If I type “qq,” I whittle down to 15 or so greatest hits. If I type “qqq,” I narrow down to an even more rarefied handful of really important files. And, so on, until “qqqqq” takes me to exactly one “agenda” file where I throw anything I need to capture or do today, but only have a second to grab.
Why “q?”
- It’s right under my left thumb on the iPhone.
- No English word I use contains more than one “q”
Dumb little trick. Giant time and finger saver.
This (above) is why I LOVE checking in on Merlin Mann/Kungfoogripe. Yes it’s a dumb little trick, but you had the brains and the “yeah, I’m going to DO this”-osity to… well… do it!
We all should actually find better ways of doing things all the time. As long as we don’t fall into the trap of spending ALL of our time finding better ways to do things. The balance? Merlin even thought about that. HERE I don’t know… I’m done looking for new doing-thing-ways for now, I’m off to build some stuff outa latex.
