I use TextWrangler and several text files along with Chrome bookmarks.
I'm minimalist and run a very simple operation so this may not be appropriate for many.
To organize the text files; over time I build an index of categories at the top in CAPS, and each category heading below is also in CAPS. Then when I save / retrieve / cull information I search the category "Case sensitive" to locate it quickly. Once major groupings can be identified and corralled, I separate those into independent text files. It's work.
For Chrome bookmarks I build similar categories but this can get unwieldy if not maintained and subdivided on the regular.
If it matters; all my local files reside in one of two folders (or downstream of them). One is for current "in flux" files & the rest goes in the other "archive" folder. I do encrypted backups on the "in flux" often and the "archive" far less often to external drive(s) & the cloud/online. I have a third "clients" folder but all the files there are temp and go back to their respective servers and I don't backup any of it.
I concur with sp3n concerning over-collecting, often I get back to something and it's already obsolete or maybe not at all.
As a result I end up in a data cull session from time to time.
Don't like paper and would love to migrate all to 100 percent online one day.
Yes but not always. Anything in the Buddha Bar collection, ambient, lounge, world, new age, trance, chill & space. Sometimes the blues & rock. Lyrics at times can distract but any good music beats noise when coding among chaos. Headphones are a must.
To organize the text files; over time I build an index of categories at the top in CAPS, and each category heading below is also in CAPS. Then when I save / retrieve / cull information I search the category "Case sensitive" to locate it quickly. Once major groupings can be identified and corralled, I separate those into independent text files. It's work.
For Chrome bookmarks I build similar categories but this can get unwieldy if not maintained and subdivided on the regular.
If it matters; all my local files reside in one of two folders (or downstream of them). One is for current "in flux" files & the rest goes in the other "archive" folder. I do encrypted backups on the "in flux" often and the "archive" far less often to external drive(s) & the cloud/online. I have a third "clients" folder but all the files there are temp and go back to their respective servers and I don't backup any of it.
I concur with sp3n concerning over-collecting, often I get back to something and it's already obsolete or maybe not at all. As a result I end up in a data cull session from time to time.
Don't like paper and would love to migrate all to 100 percent online one day.