The Wall Street Journal

I have 20 years of digital files, what do I do with them?

I have 20 years of digital files, what do I do with them?
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The Wall Street Journal
By Robbie ShellI started with “A” and a Word document labeled “Advicetokids.” It was followed by 149 files—and that was just the A’s.This was going to be a huge project.The A’s were the kickoff to downsizing what I came to call my “digital basement,” the cluttered home to thousands of Word files, some dating back to 2001, most no longer relevant or particularly interesting.The practical goal: to end up with a much smaller document folder that I could easily navigate without getting tripped u...

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