Focusing

2009 May 10
by beelers

My search for focus continued in DEVONthink Pro today. When I migrated from version 1.x to 2.0beta, I moved from multiple databases to a single database. It turns out that was a mistake for me. I have spent much of this afternoon splitting data back into focused databases. So far, I have four:

  • Life
  • This is a place for receipts, family-related stuff, and other personal information.

  • Reading Library
  • Collections of any books I’ve collected over time. Complete books, mostly in PDF format.

  • Research Library
  • Snippets and excerpts of books, articles and Web site. These are generally less than 500 words.

  • Writing
  • This is for my personal writing. Journals. Article and book drafts.

Several ideas are swirling in my mind recently and I’m struggling to wrestle one down to the ground. I’m beginning to think more about writing non-fiction, but that doesn’t mean the fiction ideas are gone. Still wading through the fog.