Hey Caseykoons!

Another GTD academic here... I have to admit I've thought a lot about this, and haven't really implemented it very well yet. [I'm not completely implemented, unfortunately, but I'm getting there slowly.]

I think what I'd be likely to do... now that I think of it... is most likely file my academic journals in a separate filing system, and file them by first-author's last name. [If you have normal academic journals like in science... if they're different, i.e., not very self-contained, you may have to try something different.]

For me, I write in LaTeX and use bibTex for my references... BibDesk on the mac works with bibtex very nicely, and allows me to have various tags related to the work and notes. So, when it comes time to find that weird article about X that I remember reading... I can search the abstract, or my notes in my computer about it. Now, most of my articles I have in pdf form auto-organized by BibDesk by author's first name... so my physical file would do well to be organized in a mirror-fashion I think. Hmm.. you've movtivated me! This is going into my kGTD list to do! :)

The problem I've had is how to deal with subjects... I think what I might do is print out an index (most likely created from my Bibdesk program), which includes my most commonly looked for subjects, and place that at the very front of my drawer... this way if my computer is down, and my coworker wants to see everything on "Y" that I have... I can throw him my subject organized bibliography, and say "have fun!" ;) [That is, if I'm being nice. I should instead say: "dig a bit, I did" that way he'd learn. ;) he he he... Mwaa haa haa!!! _sorry_ got carried away a bit....]