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Pro tip: my old boss said my file names were 'a junk drawer' and he was right
About 6 months ago my old boss looked at my project folder and said "this is a junk drawer, not a system." I had 14 versions of the same logo file all named stuff like final, final2, and final-real. He made me rename everything with a simple date and client code format before I could leave that day. Now every design file starts with a client code, then a date, then what it actually is, like ACV-0312-logo-draft. It takes me maybe 30 extra seconds per file and I stopped opening the wrong version. What naming setup do you all use when you have a ton of revisions?
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evand6523d ago
Ha, that "final-real" life is way too familiar. I worked at a print shop for years and we had folders full of stuff like flyer-new-final-EDIT and logo-USE THIS ONE. It got so bad that I once sent a client a version from two years prior because it looked the most "final" in the list. Now I do client code, then year-month-day, then a short description, so like BRK-240315-menu-back. The date sorts itself in order too, which saved me from scrolling forever. It sounds dumb but spending a few seconds on a file name beats digging through a mess later.
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