Filing paper is not a fun task, but paper will just sit there unfiled until you do stick it in a folder, or toss it, or just lose it. Even when you do file it, there’s a chance you won’t find it again, either because you can’t remember where you filed it, or because you don’t remember it’s there to look for.
Although you can make folders and sub folders and sub sub folders for your computer information, you don’t really have to. I know people who keep all their documents, programs and other computer files randomly piled on the Desktop, or all in the root directory. That used to drive me crazy, but since Google Desktop Search came along (and for free), well, I just look the other way (shudder).
Turns out, Bill Gates uses this technology too. He doesn’t mention Google, but since we all know that the built-in Microsoft search function works at the speed of molasses in January, he can’t be using that.
In an interview on CNN Money, Gates said, "Instead of having to navigate through folders to find that one document where I think a piece of information might be, I simply type search terms into a toolbar and all the e-mails and documents that contain that information are at my fingertips. The same goes for phone numbers and email addresses."
You still may have the problem of not remembering what you’ve saved on your computer, but with the speed of Google Desktop Search, you can just take a quick peek.
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