Digital organization
None of this is expert advice. It's what people worked out for themselves, usually the hard way — what actually helped, and what they'd tell someone standing where you are. Take what fits and leave the rest.
Watch live fireworks with your eyes instead of recording them on your phone.
Watching in person is more enjoyable than viewing through a phone lens.
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Compress old videos to smaller sizes if they are primarily viewed on phone screens.
One user compressed 3GB of bloated videos from 2-3 years ago down to 1.9GB since they only watch them on their phone.
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Consider backing up to your own drives instead of cloud storage, as it is often more economically feasible.
Cloud storage is someone else's computer that costs money.
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Avoid taking excessive numbers of similar photos; focus on quality over quantity.
People dislike looking at virtually indistinguishable pictures, which creates a 'flipbook effect'.
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Designate one hour per week to charge your phone, update apps, back up data to the cloud, and delete unneeded photos from that week.
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Reply to received document images in messaging apps with a text message containing keywords.
This enables you to search for the documents later by keyword.
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Make it a nightly habit to delete unnecessary photos taken that day while using your phone.
Miscellaneous photos can accumulate into thousands, becoming a large chore to clean out later.
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Wait until there is downtime after shooting, such as during the ride home, to transfer and sort photos, ensuring you do not transfer bad pictures to your computer.
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