Comments on: Week 6– https://digitalwriting.site/2026/03/03/week-6/ Experiments in Digital Content Wed, 29 Apr 2026 04:19:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: ipadbaby22 https://digitalwriting.site/2026/03/03/week-6/#comment-746 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 04:19:53 +0000 https://digitalwriting.site/?p=2039#comment-746 I would have to agree with you that I do not see younger generations’ file-storage methods as extremely alarming, at least for now; I don’t know what path gen alpha is on with file storage… I think that at least our generation, and older gen alpha, do learn file-sorting skills, even if it is not through school. A lot of us grew up with smart phones, tablets, and laptops that required file management, for those who cared at least. We grew up sorting photos into albums, music into playlist, apps into folders.

Of course not every kid was super organized, especially when it came to apps and home screens, but to me this just represents the classic messy backpack versus organized backpack kid. Like paper into a backpack, some people just shove files into the storing system and worry later when they need to find it. On the other hand, some people neatly put their papers into color-coded folders.

I think it would be interesting to see research on the differences, especially related to personality, or organization as a character.

]]> By: LKSOC1004 https://digitalwriting.site/2026/03/03/week-6/#comment-741 Tue, 28 Apr 2026 22:49:53 +0000 https://digitalwriting.site/?p=2039#comment-741 What I didn’t quite understand was how we can adapt file systems to the way that younger people are using them. In my opinion, the current directory system (usually) makes a lot of sense. The immediate thing to note is how it replicates filing systems that were used for decades before computers became something you could have in your house or hand. Paper filing systems worked quite similarly. On a wider note, I think that the directory systems that we use really resembles the way that we think. Everything is segmented by topic, and you can sort by relevance or time. This system seems to replicate the way that we would store information in thought. A broader question about the psychology of younger people and their filing strategies is raised by the finding mentioned in the reading.

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