The spotlight search featire of...

The spotlight search featire of...

Submitted by Martin (not verified) on August 17, 2005 - 7:55am.

The spotlight search featire of Tiger OS effectively turns everything on my computer into one big file. I no longer bother to organize anything- it’s smart folders feature does it for me. If I want to assign categories to something I’m doing all I have to do is include the category name anywhere in the doc or file. Spotlight does a complete GTD Collect for you and organizes. Now if I could only have a version for the real world…

Life inside one big text file By: Merlin Mann (74 replies) August 17, 2005 - 3:28am

I still have three different... By: R (2005-08-17 04:41)

I would think that maybe... By: Nikhil Mulani (2005-08-17 04:49)

I have been experimenting with... By: Robert Daeley (2005-08-17 04:56)

Funny that this should come... By: Rusty Haskell (2005-08-17 04:58)

I'm just wondering if you... By: Bob (2005-08-17 05:12)

Slightly off-topic, but: this... By: scruzia (2005-08-17 05:14)

I just started doing what... By: Nathan DeGruchy (2005-08-17 05:23)

I've been doing this for... By: meatpeople (2005-08-17 05:37)

On the computer, I use... By: jklymak (2005-08-17 05:57)

I have to second Bob's... By: Tom Otvos (2005-08-17 05:58)

I'm ashamed right now because... By: Peppers (2005-08-17 06:06)

I'm a very recent mac... By: Charlie (Colorado) (2005-08-17 06:46)

I try to get the... By: dan (2005-08-17 06:47)

I did the one file... By: Fatlimey (2005-08-17 07:00)

I'm surprised there is generally... By: MH (2005-08-17 07:01)

@Peppers: My thought with the single... By: Rusty Haskell (2005-08-17 07:15)

The spotlight search featire of... By: Martin (2005-08-17 07:55)

I'm surprised no one else... By: Jason (2005-08-17 07:55)

To everyone who experimented with... By: Sam (2005-08-17 08:09)

@sam Yeah, I would use it,... By: Nathan DeGruchy (2005-08-17 09:23)

erm http://www.degruchy.org/projects/note-book/handy-dandy-note By: Nathan DeGruchy (2005-08-17 09:24)

I use one text file... By: Mike Penner (2005-08-17 09:44)

Nice one, DeGruchy! I was... By: Nikhil Mulani (2005-08-17 09:48)

Wowzers; I didn't realise my... By: Giles Turnbull (2005-08-17 09:58)

I keep a work diary... By: Kenneth Bowen (2005-08-17 10:21)

A tool you all might... By: Josh Centers (2005-08-17 10:25)

I picked up this habit... By: Bill Bradford (2005-08-17 10:37)

MAKRDOWN IN VIM http://plasticboy.com/dox/mkd.vim Credits to Pla By: r (2005-08-17 12:18)

I started using VoodooPad about... By: NicH (2005-08-17 12:23)

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The four big advantages I've... By: mg (2005-08-17 12:58)

I live by DevTodo. ... By: Matthew (2005-08-17 14:36)

I myself have a lot... By: Brett (2005-08-17 15:45)

i'm using a few textfiles,... By: kepart (2005-08-17 17:47)

Back in the day, before... By: Jason Gilstrap (2005-08-18 02:11)

I find the combination of... By: Swaroop C H (2005-08-18 02:37)

I store a bunch of... By: monorailmike (2005-08-18 03:09)

My problem with the one... By: carib (2005-08-18 03:14)

I'm with Jason...the GTD Tiddly... By: Jay Dreyer (2005-08-18 06:15)

So here's my question for... By: Merlin (2005-08-18 06:56)

The past day I've been... By: Doug McInnes (2005-08-18 08:17)

I use multiple files and... By: D Fitch (2005-08-18 08:18)

For those last two, an... By: Rich (2005-08-18 09:01)

@Rich: Cool Vim tip! I... By: Doug McInnes (2005-08-18 09:53)

Wow, my "personal information management... By: dollface (2005-08-18 11:27)

mac folks, i super-recommend this: http://www.vojousoftware.com/ By: tomax (2005-08-19 00:46)

Merlin, for jumping around in... By: PlasticBoy (2005-08-19 04:14)

@NicH .... you mention custom... By: Constella (2005-08-20 09:32)

I also find folding a... By: bongoman (2005-08-20 11:47)

I've been playing around with... By: Mitch Wagner (2005-08-20 12:33)

Argh, most of my previous... By: Mitch Wagner (2005-08-20 12:44)

Bloody hell, the comments software... By: Mitch Wagner (2005-08-20 12:46)

Thanks for the great article... By: Matthew Cornell (2005-08-21 00:51)

You should take a look... By: mathew (2005-08-21 04:37)

i just want to recomment... By: michael yap (2005-08-21 04:48)

Like Jklymak, I use Emacs... By: Clair (2005-08-21 15:55)

I've been kicking my backpackit.com... By: Nathan DeGruchy (2005-08-22 16:49)

One other item that might... By: Sean (2005-08-23 07:02)

Oy... I have two systems. Home... By: korinthe (2005-08-23 08:30)

I have been using a... By: Tom (2005-08-24 07:45)

I absolutely love this idea.... By: Mike Shea (2005-08-24 10:06)

I just wrote a tiny... By: Mike (2005-08-24 13:40)

I have been dipping into... By: jimmy outboard (2005-08-26 06:15)

This is unfortunately Windows and... By: Merlin (2005-08-26 08:19)

I use OS X Vim... By: KKovacs (2005-09-02 06:01)

Hmm, some htmltag-like things have... By: KKovacs (2005-09-02 06:07)

One Big File 43 Folders had... By: Enlightened Despotism (2005-08-17 04:38)

http://WWW.tsuibhne.net/knot/archives/000645.html 43 Folders: L By: Life As A Knot (2005-08-17 06:14)

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However, under no circumstances do... By: Gramarye (2005-08-19 15:41)

Making Sections In Text Files... By: M. Ellis Conroy's OM&TR: Linklog (2005-08-22 00:24)

One big ass text file Recently... By: Ascent Stage (2005-08-27 08:12)

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