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That's what I took away from reading Everything is Miscellaneous a long while back https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_Is_Miscellaneous

Definitely thinking about categorization differently (folders which are similar to this, tags, organic order by linking; bookmarks, notes, all are in the same boat as well).

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I saw David Weinberger's talk at Google [1] some 15 years ago, where he presented the ideas from his book (and bought the book afterwards). This is one of those videos I rewatch regularly, because the ideas hold up so well, even today.

His critique of the Dewey Decimal system was the first thing that came to mind when I read Johnny Decimal. And indeed, it is flawed the same way.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3wOhXsjPYM

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