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Some quick collection feedback

I thought I would share some insights on the number of collections I have put together since I started using Onfolio, how many are the most oftenly used, and also some data on how big those collections are. 

I started using Onfolio back in October of 2003 when I joined the team here.  You could guess that we were pretty heavy users of Onfolio internally before it was released even while a lot of it was still being put together.  Since that time I have accumulated about 18 collections that contain pretty much all of "my stuff."  Inside of those 18 collections is a subset of about 7 collections that I use most often.  Here is the collection names and a brief description of those:
    Personal - used as a dumping ground with a bunch of folders for different things that I need to keep organized
    Onfolio - used for organizing info that I need for use on the job for time to time
    Onfolio Support - used for tracking support oriented issues that I may be helping with or finding research on
    Quality Assurance Resources - used to organize different articles, research, and technical notes that I come across on the web relating to QA
    Technical - same as QA Resources collection for all items that are outside of the QA world such as .NET info, web dev related/CSS, etc.
    Finance and Investing - research on investing in general as well as organizing research on specific company's, stocks, mutual funds, tracking data, etc.
    Real Estate - this used to be in the Finance and Investing collection, but the folder got big enough (in my mind) for exporting out to a separate collection that is used for tracking research based on different locations and articles on tracking the real estate industry

There is also another subset that I use often, but in a seasonal pattern, listed below with a descrption as well:
    Fantasy Football - use during football season for preparing for the draft and following players throughout the season
    Basketball - I coach a few youth basketball teams throughout the year, winter and summer, during which time I will use this collection for tracking my different players and contact info as well as a place to organize different drills that can be used during practices

The collections listed above are my largest collections as well because they are used more often than other collections I have which are less stagnant and most often built during a single researching sessions at a point in time that are accessed in more read-only fashion from time to time.  Out of the most commonly used collections, my largest is Personal, weighing in at 130MB and the others average out to around the 35-50MB area.

If you want to share any info on your collection usage patterns, leave a comment or a posting.  We are always happy to hear more data on how our users are managing their research using Onfolio.

Posted by mike on April 5, 2005 at 01:46 PM | Permalink | Comments (10) | TrackBack