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In the spirit of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfHpDDXJQVg">alternative filesystems</a> - the downloads folder is acutely in need of a different structure.
It has multiple roles - a temporary cache for saved stuff, a reading list, ...
It shouldn't homogenize every file into the same old stack.
Where would it live? On mac, maybe the menubar? You can't replace finder, can you?
Would be a great addition to Alfred.
See also <a href="/inquiry/notes/7ccc68c9-07ae-4d2d-bc8f-8299dd6f1c5d">GNU/Linux as an environment to prototype desktop environments</a>
<a href="http://lynnecarty.info/">http://lynnecarty.info/</a> (view on desktop)
<a href="https://twitter.com/rsnous/status/1442465299282870274?s=21">https://twitter.com/rsnous/status/1442465299282870274?s=21</a>
Related: “augmented right click->clean up”
<a href="https://tropy.org">https://tropy.org</a>
<a href="https://www.spacedrive.app/">https://www.spacedrive.app/</a>
<a href="https://twitter.com/evanwallace/status/1554833352238108676?s=20&#x26;t=bxTUfhrQq1DkPnY534GxVg">https://twitter.com/evanwallace/status/1554833352238108676?s=20&#x26;t=bxTUfhrQq1DkPnY534GxVg</a>
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Backlinks
<ul>
<li><a href="/inquiry/notes/64iJyH8GGknz81XuOkGk4">Moodboarding</a></li>
<li><a href="/inquiry/notes/8696586c-2cfc-47a2-b483-e1e6be539a20">Metaballs as a UI paradigm</a></li>
<li><a href="/inquiry/notes/XovH6nLF2FrCQkewShwBA">Quick Capture Is Under-Explored</a></li>
</ul>

Downloads Folder Manager


This is [Max Krieger](https://a9.io)'s "inquiry" page. I guess it's like a [Digital Garden](https://github.com/MaggieAppleton/digital-gardeners). But I'm not trying to upload my Second Brain to it. Just want to share some half-baked ideas. One source of inspiration for this was Kevin Lynagh's ["Collaboration ideas"](https://kevinlynagh.com/ideas/). See also Sharif Shameem's ["Questions"](https://sharif.io/questions/).

It was made with [Dendron](https://dendron.so).

Take everything I write here (well, everywhere) with a grain of salt. That said I'm always happy to talk about anything on here.

The pages definitely don't adhere to [Andy's Evergreen Notes](https://notes.andymatuschak.org/z4SDCZQeRo4xFEQ8H4qrSqd68ucpgE6LU155C) pattern, I hope one day they do.

Feel free to add [a PR or issue to the repo](https://github.com/maxkrieger/inquiry) to discuss any of these in public!

## Guide

Here are some of my favorite/extensive pages:

- [[Linear algebra as spreadsheet|projects.linear-algebra-spreadsheet]]
- [[Domain learning for computational microworlds|rethinking-media.microworld-languages]]
- [[Linux DE prototyping|projects.linux-desktop]]
- [[System Archaeology|projects.system-archaeology]]

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