Comments on: Organization Strategies: Google vs. Yahoo! http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/organization-strategies-google-vs-yahoo/ Get to know David Kadavy Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:01:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-bleeding By: Casey http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/organization-strategies-google-vs-yahoo/#comment-61 Casey Mon, 23 Jan 2006 22:55:07 +0000 http://www.devwp.kadavy.net/?p=43#comment-61 You know i vaccilate...as a matter of fact jsut today i decided not to empty the clean hamper of its undies and socks for this very reason. but there is something pleasurable about folding things and making them into a neat stack, or putting things into rows. it just depends on how i am feeling and when i have the time. :) You know i vaccilate…as a matter of fact jsut today i decided not to empty the clean hamper of its undies and socks for this very reason.

but there is something pleasurable about folding things and making them into a neat stack, or putting things into rows.

it just depends on how i am feeling and when i have the time. :)

]]> By: Karen http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/organization-strategies-google-vs-yahoo/#comment-60 Karen Sun, 08 Jan 2006 12:56:29 +0000 http://www.devwp.kadavy.net/?p=43#comment-60 Now that you mention it, I categorize my dresser drawers by frequency of clothing wear (underwear unsorted in top drawer, tops for work in second drawer, other stuff that I don't wear often in the bottom). I am going to experiment with clean a basket for each type of washer load in the laundry room (whites-cold, blacks-cold, reds/browns-cold, mixed colors-warm, sheets and towels-hot) and mirror clothing storage the same way. Now that you mention it, I categorize my dresser drawers by frequency of clothing wear (underwear unsorted in top drawer, tops for work in second drawer, other stuff that I don’t wear often in the bottom). I am going to experiment with clean a basket for each type of washer load in the laundry room (whites-cold, blacks-cold, reds/browns-cold, mixed colors-warm, sheets and towels-hot) and mirror clothing storage the same way.

]]> By: Ron http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/organization-strategies-google-vs-yahoo/#comment-59 Ron Mon, 19 Dec 2005 15:12:52 +0000 http://www.devwp.kadavy.net/?p=43#comment-59 Moving all you non-foldables into one big pile makes sense. As well you can store more in one area by not folding. Rubermaid makes bins of different sized that work well as sealable drawers. I have one for socks and underwear, another for sheets and pillowcases, and another for all of that stuff that you can't classify eaily but you want to hang onto (the junk drawer). Build a frame from Ikea shelving and you have a fully configurable / highly portable dresser storage system. I hang my t-shirts to dry as they transfer easily to a hanger then closet. Saves energy from not drying and wear and tear on your t-shirts (dryers are pretty nasty on material) and your t-shirt's and other hangables always look nice and neat. Now I'm looking for other for other areas that would benefit from a Google sort. Moving all you non-foldables into one big pile makes sense. As well you can store more in one area by not folding. Rubermaid makes bins of different sized that work well as sealable drawers. I have one for socks and underwear, another for sheets and pillowcases, and another for all of that stuff that you can’t classify eaily but you want to hang onto (the junk drawer). Build a frame from Ikea shelving and you have a fully configurable / highly portable dresser storage system.

I hang my t-shirts to dry as they transfer easily to a hanger then closet. Saves energy from not drying and wear and tear on your t-shirts (dryers are pretty nasty on material) and your t-shirt’s and other hangables always look nice and neat.

Now I’m looking for other for other areas that would benefit from a Google sort.

]]> By: kadavy http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/organization-strategies-google-vs-yahoo/#comment-58 kadavy Wed, 14 Dec 2005 19:07:18 +0000 http://www.devwp.kadavy.net/?p=43#comment-58 That looks like a great product, bo. Actually, I have since picked up a couple of <a href="http://www.ikea.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?topcategoryId=15597&catalogId=10103&storeId=12&langId=-1&parentCats=15597*16215&productId=21974" rel="nofollow">JALL hampers from IKEA</a>. That looks like a great product, bo. Actually, I have since picked up a couple of JALL hampers from IKEA.

]]> By: bo williams http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/organization-strategies-google-vs-yahoo/#comment-57 bo williams Wed, 14 Dec 2005 19:02:57 +0000 http://www.devwp.kadavy.net/?p=43#comment-57 ikea sells a wardrobe that has an optional built-in sliding 'hamper shelf' that holds two hanging hampers. take one out to do laundry, pull out the shirts/pants and hang them in the wardrobe, put the clean hamper back in the rack. voila! here's the hamper: <a href="http://www.ikea.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?topcategoryId=15597&catalogId=10103&storeId=12&productId=20739&langId=-1&parentCats=15597" rel="nofollow">http://www.ikea.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?topcategoryId=15597&catalogId=10103&storeId=12&productId=20739&langId=-1&parentCats=15597</a> which fits in almost any of their wardrobes. ikea sells a wardrobe that has an optional built-in sliding ‘hamper shelf’ that holds two hanging hampers. take one out to do laundry, pull out the shirts/pants and hang them in the wardrobe, put the clean hamper back in the rack. voila!

here’s the hamper:
http://www.ikea.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?topcategoryId=15597&catalogId=10103&storeId=12&productId=20739&langId=-1&parentCats=15597

which fits in almost any of their wardrobes.

]]> By: donna http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/organization-strategies-google-vs-yahoo/#comment-56 donna Wed, 14 Dec 2005 18:51:34 +0000 http://www.devwp.kadavy.net/?p=43#comment-56 I found storage bins for my kids that serve this purpose - they keep clean clothes in one bin, dirty clothes in the other, take to washer when needed. Or, they just use laundry baskets when things overflow. I still like my clothes in drawers and hung up, though. I found storage bins for my kids that serve this purpose - they keep clean clothes in one bin, dirty clothes in the other, take to washer when needed. Or, they just use laundry baskets when things overflow.

I still like my clothes in drawers and hung up, though.

]]> By: jen http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/organization-strategies-google-vs-yahoo/#comment-55 jen Wed, 14 Dec 2005 18:00:49 +0000 http://www.devwp.kadavy.net/?p=43#comment-55 my house has the ideal system for saving time when it comes to the organization of (or lack thereof) clothing. i have a bedroom with a walk-THROUGH closet. it walks straight through to a small laundry room. i just take my clothes off and throw them right into the washer and wait for it to fill up enough to start. my washer acts as hamper and a "thingy to wash clothes". once this has been done and i have clean clothes, i'm right there in my closet. i have stackable plastic "organizers" to throw wrinkle stuff (socks, bras, undies)...and yes, i agree that pairing socks is a big waste of time. i think these ways are a bit unusual for a girl. perhaps i'm the ideal girl for those,less than organized, boy-types so as to avoid the "nag syndrome". my house has the ideal system for saving time when it comes to the organization of (or lack thereof) clothing. i have a bedroom with a walk-THROUGH closet. it walks straight through to a small laundry room. i just take my clothes off and throw them right into the washer and wait for it to fill up enough to start. my washer acts as hamper and a “thingy to wash clothes”. once this has been done and i have clean clothes, i’m right there in my closet. i have stackable plastic “organizers” to throw wrinkle stuff (socks, bras, undies)…and yes, i agree that pairing socks is a big waste of time. i think these ways are a bit unusual for a girl. perhaps i’m the ideal girl for those,less than organized, boy-types so as to avoid the “nag syndrome”.

]]> By: theorajones http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/organization-strategies-google-vs-yahoo/#comment-54 theorajones Wed, 14 Dec 2005 17:02:13 +0000 http://www.devwp.kadavy.net/?p=43#comment-54 How do you clean the apartment around the big piles of clothes? I've taken the same approach, but I've always found that things get really dusty. And anything delivate, like stockings or camisoilles, get snagged and ruined. How do you clean the apartment around the big piles of clothes? I’ve taken the same approach, but I’ve always found that things get really dusty. And anything delivate, like stockings or camisoilles, get snagged and ruined.

]]> By: kadavy http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/organization-strategies-google-vs-yahoo/#comment-53 kadavy Wed, 14 Dec 2005 16:02:27 +0000 http://www.devwp.kadavy.net/?p=43#comment-53 buster, Great idea! Bryan, Unbelievable! That's pretty much what I do right now. I don't have a dresser, though, I just bought a couple of IKEA, standup hampers for $4 apiece. buster,
Great idea!

Bryan,
Unbelievable! That’s pretty much what I do right now. I don’t have a dresser, though, I just bought a couple of IKEA, standup hampers for $4 apiece.

]]> By: Joe http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/organization-strategies-google-vs-yahoo/#comment-52 Joe Wed, 14 Dec 2005 15:55:18 +0000 http://www.devwp.kadavy.net/?p=43#comment-52 The dishwasher idea is great. I never thought of it that way. The thing is a total waste of space, why not use it as a storage solution? The dishwasher idea is great. I never thought of it that way. The thing is a total waste of space, why not use it as a storage solution?

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