Workspace 3.0 - Noguchi File
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I flirt with the label maker, but generally find that it slows me down with the NF, only because I don't have enough desk space anymore to have it out.
The Measure of Man And Woman - Henry Dreyfuss Assoc.
Per Ed Vielmetti, I've mixed up the
Noguchi Filing System with a bookshelf, which actually works rather well.
You can see the beginnings of a crude classification system I'm flirting with: one dash means "reference article" (of which there are many in the file), and two means "project support material."
I review the Noguchi file every other week. So far, it's working well.
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Is this just for work or are you implenting
this for all your files?
Posted 29 months ago.
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Basically all my files.
I file away my passports and stuff, though;
the NF is basically a buffer between my GTD
"reference" file and my desktop. It
serves a double purpose, to clear
distractions away, and to percolate out the
stuff that I'm not using and can stow or
toss.
Posted 29 months ago.
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Do you use Noguchi with index cards or just
with full-sized docs?
Posted 29 months ago.
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Good question, Dave.
The answer is "it depends."
I use it with the binders that hold sets of
cards for whole projects. And I will put even
a single card into a Noguchi envelope and
file it, if I want to be able to find it.
But mostly the cards serve a
sketchbook-notebook function, and so that's
better off not filed, but left out.
Posted 29 months ago.
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Thanks Josh -- I am redesigning my workspace
and am thinking of implementing Noguchi. Do
you recommend the Jerker desk? It looks
pretty cool.
Posted 29 months ago.
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What do you think of Noguchi so far -- is it
working well for you?
Posted 29 months ago.
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I do recommend the desk. It's actually quite
well made, despite IKEA's reputation; the
surface is real wood, and the frame is steel.
I'm really liking the Noguchi filing
system. I've been using it since December,
and so far it's done me well for keeping
current work available and yet off my desk.
The only alternative I'd consider would be
to get some real filing cabinets (not the
cheapo banker's boxes I have now) and fully
implement The David's Getting Things
Done-style reference file, where you file
*everything* alphabetically in labeled
folders, and make a folder for any single
item that you'll want access to.
Whichever of these fits your work style is
your call, but so far I'd say go with one or
the other.
Posted 29 months ago.
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What is the Noguchi filing system?
*blank look*
Posted 24 months ago.
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Stephanie: Fair question. See added link in
entry.
Posted 24 months ago.
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Also, nota bene: I've trashed the Noguchi
file in favor of a big, traditional, steel
filing cabinet.
Why and what and who and how will be
discussed on Paper Bits as time allows (which may mean in a while).
Posted 24 months ago.
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I'd since googled the noguchi filing system
(the wheels started clicking and the fingers
typing) -- but that link you used just gives
me a nasty "Notice to Internet
Criminals" message (suggesting that I
may be one?)
Going off to read Paper Bits anyway.
I have to say your GTD with index cards set
sent me straight to Office World to buy some
:-) -- only problem now is my overflowing
inbox:
Posted 24 months ago.
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NF system is so popular in Japan. How did you
get to know it?
Posted 23 months ago.
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