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To Tag or Not to Tag?

Posted in 37signals, 43Folders, Backpack, Bare Bones Software, Del.icio.us, DevonThink Pro, Highrise, Journler, MailTags, Online Productivity, Packrat, PathFinder, productivity, Quicksilver, Yojimbo by jquig99 on October 8, 2007

Becoming a tagging kung-fu master | 43 Folders

I have become obsessed with tagging. Well, maybe not obsessed, but it’s becoming important to consistently tag across my applications and services. Which is why this article grabbed my attention.

List of Apps/Services I use tags:
– Yojimbo
– My WordPress Blog
– My Typeface Blog
– My Ning
– MarsEdit
– Pathfinder
– Backpack/Packrat
– Highrise
– Facebook
– del.icio.us
– Gmail
– Journler
– Mail.app (MailTags)
– DevonThink Pro
– etc.

So I’m starting to develop a list of tags (and the consistent format) that I’ll use across formats. While I refuse to keep a Sticky Note(s) – I’ll figure out a easily accessible file that I can open quickly (sounds like a QuickSilver trigger!).

(Via 43Folders.)

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  1. To Tag or Not to Tag? said, on October 8, 2007 at 10:53 pm

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  2. Netty Gritty said, on October 12, 2007 at 11:49 pm

    thanks for this post! that sounds cool……..developing a cross-platform tag list! i’m definitely gonna try it out.

  3. pardillo said, on September 9, 2008 at 12:03 pm

    I know that this post is quite old, but I have to ask: Does DevonThinkPro have tagging capabilities?? I’m trying the program right now and I don’t see any tags. Am I missing something? why do you include this program in a post about tagging? I assume that you found something that I didn’t, or maybe you came up with a personal system for tagging entries with devonthink. Maybe using the Comments field to store “tags”?

    I’m really curious about this!, if you could give me a hint I’d be very grateful. Thanks.

    And by the way, your blog is very interesting!.

  4. jquig99 said, on September 14, 2008 at 8:55 pm

    I have used the “Label” feature for tagging…especially if you have the GTD Devonthink script (http://www.devon-technologies.com/support/academy/dt_scripts.html).

    Thanks for the kind words!

  5. pardillo said, on September 22, 2008 at 1:46 pm

    Thanks to you for your reply!. I’ll check that script and I’ll take a closer look into the label field.


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