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title: Subtractive Process
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-description: Today I edited an old page on my site because it's references had disappeared. I also noticed that my 'now' page was missing a place to note that I make edits somewhat regularly which got me to thinking about publishing workflows.
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+description: Today I edited an old page on my site because its references had disappeared. I also noticed that my 'now' page was missing a place to note that I make edits somewhat regularly which got me thinking about publishing workflows.
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slug: subtractive-process
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- name: David Windham
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hide_table_of_contents: true
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-Today I edited an old page on my site because it's references had disappeared<sub>1</sub>. I also noticed that my 'now' page<sub>2</sub> was missing a place to note that I make edits somewhat regularly which got me to thinking about publishing workflows.
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+Today I edited an old page on my site because its references had disappeared<sub>1</sub>. I also noticed that my 'now' page<sub>2</sub> was missing a place to note that I make edits somewhat regularly which got me thinking about publishing workflows.
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-I regularly edit old content and in the case of my docs and notes so I purposefully have the content organized to be continually edited. Over the years, I've noticed that people's tendency is to just stack more and more. I'm certainly guilty in that I've got half a closet of clothes that I don't wear and I've got a junk drawer in the mud room that's well... full of junk. It's especially true with computers because your storage isn't exactly noticeable. I've noticed that some folks like to stack files everywhere.
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+I regularly edit old content and in the case of my docs and notes, I purposefully have the content organized to be continually edited. Over the years, I've noticed that people's tend to just stack more and more. I'm certainly guilty in that I've got half a closet of clothes that I don't wear and I've got a junk drawer in the mud room that's well... full of junk. It's especially true with computers because your storage isn't exactly noticeable. I've noticed that some folks like to stack files everywhere.
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Over time, a file system just kinda worked itself out for me which is mostly based around having a really small number of directories and prefixing them with dates. In August 2012, I tweeted<sub>3</sub>
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-Part of the reason I can knock these posts out on a whim is that I've learned to try an match my local workflow with my publishing. I've started using the same techniques I use for software documentation on things like our house, finances, groceries or pets because a digital version is exactly the same as the old file cabinet. I've noticed that as I keep a documents for a good length of time, I inevitably add items like a `Table of Contents` and `Log` because they become more important in being able to **quickly** understand large documents. I like the 'Log' up top so I don't have to scroll and the markup starts to look like this 👇🏼 for almost every document.
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+Part of the reason I can knock these posts out on a whim is that I've learned to try and match my local workflow with my publishing. I've started using the same techniques I use for software documentation on things like our house, finances, groceries, or pets because a digital version is the same as the old file cabinet. I've noticed that as I keep documents for a good length of time, I inevitably add items like a `Table of Contents` and `Log` because they become more important in being able to **quickly** understand large documents. I like the 'Log' up top so I don't have to scroll and the markup starts to look like this 👇🏼 for almost every document.
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```md title="// docs/notes/lists"
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( Log of Repo changes )
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-I've noticed that any website I publish with a content management system will generally get 'away' from the editors over time. Editors like to to focus on whatever is new and sometimes fail to recognize the importance of trimming or editing the old content<sub>4</sub>. This can be really problematic when your have outdated pages published that haven't been updated or removed. It's especially important given that visitors are not usually navigating from the front page and are coming in from a search leading them directly to the outdated content. I've seen it over and over again where a site architecture changes and leaves behind a couple hundred third-tier pages of outdated information. I've had plenty of projects were they just wipe it clean and start fresh. The whole of the web really suffers from this and I'm just trying to keep my little section of it tidy.
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+I've noticed that any website I publish with a content management system will generally get 'away' from the editors over time. Editors like to focus on whatever is new and sometimes fail to recognize the importance of trimming or editing the old content<sub>4</sub>. This can be problematic when you have outdated pages published that haven't been updated or removed. It's especially important given that visitors are not usually navigating from the front page and are coming in from a search leading them directly to the outdated content. I've seen it over and over again where a site architecture changes and leaves behind a couple hundred third-tier pages of outdated information. I've had plenty of projects where they just wipe it clean and start fresh. The whole of the web suffers from this and I'm just trying to keep my little section of it tidy.
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