Bookmark Organization
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Bookmarking a page used to mean hitting the “Bookmark” button and throwing the page in a pile of links. However, I recently took the time to re-invent the way I think about my bookmarks. Doing this allows me to have a comprehensive organization system, so when I’m looking for something, I simply navigate to the correct category and open up the page.
I have selected the following hierarchy for my bookmarks:
- School
- Matt Smith Tech
- Projects
- Media
- Restaurants
- Forums
- Social Networking
- Stores
- Tools
- Search
- Programming
- Games
- Blogs
And I’ve painstakingly selected the sites I use the most for the honor of placement in the bookmarks bar, which progresses in the same order as apps and links on my iPhone. The folders in the bookmarks menu will either be alphabetized, put in the same order as the bookmarks bar, or placed in order of usage and importance. I haven’t quite decided on how to handle that issue.
I know. I’m an OCD geek. Now it’s bothering me that the order of progression on my iPhone and bookmarks bar isn’t the same as my dock (OS X) and quick launch (Windows).
One Comment
bstrong1218
November 15th, 2008
at 8:58pm
Obviously, you are just a little OCD about that, but it is understandable. Once one spends enough time using bookmarks, it really becomes helpful to find them quickly as opposed to typing in the address or searching through a jumbled mess of bookmarks(which would seem to defeat the purpose of bookmarking since it should save time). Your solution may not be practical for the occasional surfer, but is great advice for a hardcore geek.