Background:

I would like to minimize the of levels in my folder hierarchy while maximizing the logic of its organization

Question:

Are there any best practices for organizing my working folders

Example:

For example, now I separate my folders in a way that seems sub-optimal:

~/research/
~/research/project1
~/research/project1/data/
~/writing
~/writing/project1
~/writing/project1/figures/
~/personal

Perhaps it would be better to have one folder per project in my home directory:

~/project1/writing
~/project1/data
~/project2
...

Or perhaps there is a better way?

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Sorry dude, theres no real answer to that. Do you put a video-editing program under video\editors or editors\video? Do you put a photo of a cat doing something funny under funny\animals\cats or animals\cats\funny? I've struggled with this issue for years and still have no solution in sight. It really just depends on the amount of data you've got in each and your best guess as to your future needs (to prevent having to completely restructure later). – Synetech Mar 17 '11 at 3:15
yeah exactly - I'm agreeing with Synetech inc. Although I thought of doing something similar to combining some basic folder structure with tags/labels. Or perhaps creating both structures you have pointed out and then make some symbolic links one to another? I would really like to see some good answers here.. – Merstzik Mar 17 '11 at 4:20
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closed as not constructive by grawity, studiohack Mar 17 '11 at 16:49

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