How I Use CLOGs to Organize My Writing Files
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{Folders are like servers. They're the places where all your information is stored. Files, working docs, notes, PDFs, resources, images, every digital thing you've collected is stored somewhere, be it in a vault or on a hard drive. In folders, this information is typically stacked alphabetically or in numerical order. The only real way to organize the contents of a folder according to what best suits you is to rename, number, or https://writing.bobdoto.computer/how-i-use-clogs-to-organize-my-writing-files/ Page 3 of 7}
Folders are there to organize information. I like this idea that the file system is a backend of my projects.
2.8.2.4.5 The file system is a backend for our projects
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{If folders are servers, then CLOGs are user interfaces. A CLOG is the means by which I engage with my writing files so I don't have to engage with what's stored in my folders. Kind of like email.}
The CLOG is like an OmniFocus project. Linking resources to a project from folders.
I wonder if I need separate ideation folders. Would be just one TaskPaper document enough (Interstitial Journal).
What does he mean by kind of like email?
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{Whenever you open Gmail, you're engaging with Google's UI. This UI allows you to curate what you'd like to see. When you're in Gmail, you're engaging with a representation of the information stored on the server. You're engaging with whatever you've allowed to pass through your pre-defined filters. When you delete an email, it disappears from your UI, but not necessarily from the server. CLOGs function in the same way.}
He explains email here.
So a folder is a backend, the project is the frontend of our system.
2.8.2.4.4 The project view is the frontend of our file system
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{Underneath "PUBLISHED" I list all the places I published my piece and how it did on each platform.}
Having a published section for plans is actually helpful to see outputs of a project. So technically this should managed in TaskPaper. I don’t think I need the ideation database like I think. It should be one folder called Project Support, and that’s it. Maybe organize it by area, but otherwise the folder of a project is just a backend. How I use that information in my Interstitial Journal is what’s interesting.
I want to have a way to click from OmniFocus and filter everything related to a project in TaskPaper.
- Plans
- Journal entries
I have to use the OmniFocus ID.
2024-10-05_21-08 The published section for plans is helpful to see the outputs of a project