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Is Your Desktop Naked?

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Well, mine is. Working with an empty desktop can make managing your work a lot easier. For me, all the folders and paths I need are right inside of the start menu. From there I can get to my documents, music, photos and more.

Mitch’s Empty Desktop

With a clean desktop I have more room to work. Now for designers you could see this coming in handy because they would have plenty of place to work on multiple images, files and folders and have them all saved to the desktop.

With my podcast - I do much of the same. I keep all the different segments I have recorded save temporarily to to desktop so that way I have them handy when I need them. That way when I finish my job or project I can just hit Ctrl + A then move them over to a new folder if I need to keep them or hit delete if I want to toss them away.

How about you? How naked is your desktop or have you tried it with a naked desktop? For me it is one of my easy productivity techniques that keep me sane.

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Lost4Goten said on January 14, 2008 @ 6:45 am

Awesome tip wouldn’t have thought about it this way at all. I like the idea of keeping your desktop like your own clean canvas to work on.

I try to have a naked desktop, but it never works out. At home I have two folders on the desktop and at work I have many more. But I really try! :)

I try and keep mine tidy but sometimes it gets a bit of a struggle when your busy. Where can I find that desktop wallpaper I really like it?

Nentuaby said on January 14, 2008 @ 12:22 pm

Desktop? What’s that?

I have a few very commonly used shortcuts on my desktop, but I never, ever, under any circumstance save a file there, and all but the absolute rockstars among my applications stay tucked in the start menu. In fact, I rarely even click the ones that are there, I default to quicklaunch or start.

I have a very clean desktop (besides a few gadgets). I don’t like icons on the desktop and also use the Start Menu for the most part. A clean desktop makes me feel organized.

It bugs me when I see someone’s desktop cluttered with icons. Makes me want to delete them when no one’s looking.

lol, Alisha - I’ve been known to do that too from time to time. :)

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