{"id":4365,"date":"2004-03-04T16:56:00","date_gmt":"2004-03-04T16:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/housecleaning-work-favorites-must-die-2\/"},"modified":"2004-03-04T16:56:00","modified_gmt":"2004-03-04T16:56:00","slug":"housecleaning-work-favorites-must-die-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/housecleaning-work-favorites-must-die-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Housecleaning: Work Favorites Must Die!"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s spring and my fancy has turned to cleaning up the electronic detritis I’ve accumulated. I can’t find anything in my favorites, and I don’t visit half the stuff I have bookmarked. It seems the surest way to never get read is to be hidden in the guts of a browser. So…what to do? <\/p>\n

Method:<\/p>\n

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  1. Pull everything out of favorites folders ’cause it’s a double-whammy. Those links are as good as 404 if you don’t!<\/li>\n

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  2. Delete sites that are easy to remember. Is a link to Google or Yahoo necessary? Didn’t think so. Delete ’em.<\/li>\n

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  3. Delete the links that no longer go anywhere! Duh!<\/li>\n

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  4. Delete links to old conferences and software standards. Chuck old industry articles, unless they’re still interesting and relevant.<\/li>\n

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  5. Subscribe to the RSS feeds of the sites that have them. Delete those from favorites. <\/li>\n

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  6. Blogroll the sites that don’t have RSS, but are updated. Delete! <\/li>\n

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  7. Put the rest into a blog entry so you’ll have them, and entertain your site visitors in the process. Delete, delete!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I’ve edited mine down to just the links I need to do my job, and I put those on my browser bar so I don’t ever have to go into favorites! Yaaaah!<\/p>\n

    As for number 7 on the previous list…I don’t know why I have these links, but I couldn’t bring myself to toss’em. Enjoy!<\/p>\n