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[-] ptz@dubvee.org 193 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I think it's more a generational gap in basic computer skills.

Millennials grew up alongside modern computing (meaning the two matured together). We dealt with everything from BASIC on a C64 to DOS and then through Windows 3 through current. We also grew up alongside Linux. We understand computers (mostly) and the (various) paradigms they use.

Gen Z is what I refer to as the iPad generation (give or take a few years). Everything's dumbed down and they never had to learn what a folder is or why you should organize documents into them instead of throwing them all in "Documents" library and just using search. (i.e. throw everything in a junk drawer and rummage through it as needed).

As with millennials who can't balance a checkbook or do basic household tasks, I don't blame Gen Z for not learning; I blame those who didn't teach them. In this case, tech companies who keep dumbing everything down.

Edit: "Balance a checkbook" doesn't have to mean a physical transaction log for old school checks. It just means keeping track of expenditures and deposits so that you know the money in your account is sufficient to cover your purchases. You'd be surprised how many people my age can't manage that.

[-] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 83 points 1 month ago

you should organize documents into them instead of throwing them all in “Documents” library and just using search.

[-] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 46 points 1 month ago

nobody look at my downloads folder. It's fine. I promise.

[-] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 17 points 1 month ago

Organizing my downloads has been on my to do list for... Four, I think? Yeah, four... phones...

[-] jlow@beehaw.org 6 points 1 month ago

Datahoarder checking in:

Never delete 🫡

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

Aren't most (sensible) data hoarders very organized? You want to save shit and be able to find it later lol

[-] jlow@beehaw.org 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah, but downloading new stuff is even more exciting then sorting the already downloaded stuff 😸

[-] overload@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 month ago
[-] compostgoblin@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago

I’ve been interested in Zettelkasten for a few years, since I discovered Obsidian, but I’ve never been able to quite get the hang of it enough to make it stick

[-] overload@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Obsidian user as well. I like to think of it that tags are folders.

When you put something in a folder, you have to choose one of the files identities. Tags more or less allow you to assign a file to any number of groups.

So if you're writing about an NPC in a DnD campaign, for example: That NPC will exist in a certain place. He will be associated with particular guilds and he will have certain moves that you might want to keep track of. You can later easily search by a guild or a move or a place and there will be a link to that NPC and others that share those indentifying characteristics.

A big advantage of zettelkasten is that you don't need to really worry about file management in the sense of needing to make exclusionary choices.

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