how-to-name-your-stuff.md

How to name your stuff

Your files and folders should be named sensibly.

That is, named with enough information and in a predictable way.

Bad file names

1. stuff.txt too vague

• what I think about this topic.docx which topic? also better not to use spaces to separate words
• 11120926_10152832542182633_37200453_n.jpg am I a robot?
• Untitled.psd are you an artist?

Better file names

1. meeting-notes_01-05-2015.txt tells us what to expect in that file, and includes the meeting's date

• interview-techniques_V2.docx includes the document version
• homepage-logged-in.jpg describes what the file represents
• projectXX-mockups.psd describes what the file contains