There’s “mere” egosurfing, and then there’s the flat out narcissism of having a constant google search running for mentions of your name. I indulge in the latter, and it turns up a rare gem, along with a crap-heap of doppelgangers.
This one refers to a webcast that I did for Bio-IT World a few weeks ago. He summarizes my point, perhaps, more clearly than I made it in the first place:
It was Chris Dwan, the latter of the two who suggested structural and descriptive file systems as a means of keeping data in order, along with effective lines of open communication and annual audits of information to determine what must be retained and what can be removed.
Of course, by “structural and descriptive file systems,” I meant “that horrible naming convention we came up with on a whiteboard that one time:” It usually looks like this: YYYY/MM/DD/TECH-MACHINE-SAMPLE-COMMENT. Sometimes it looks like this: LAB/PROJECT/YYYY/MM/DD/TECH-MACHINE-SAMPLE-COMMENT.
However, back to my point: Somebody was listening! Usually those webex sessions feel like I’m talking into a bottle, putting the cork in it, and tossing it into the ocean.
