Headers

Headers group similar IDs into sections

They all have:

  • An ID ending in 0,
  • A black symbol (ā– ) to make them stand out, and
  • An emoji to make them memorable.1

For example, here is the first header ID from category 14 of the Life Admin System.

Figure 62.32A. An example of a header ID in a filesystem.

Headers are containers

Don't save anything in these ā€“ they're just there to help you find your way.

Headers are new-ish

When designing the Life Admin and Small Business Systems, we saw obvious patterns in the categories. IDs naturally 'clumped' together. So we added headers to make it even easier to jump to where you need to be.

However, we don't necessarily recommend them if you're designing your own system. They restrict how you create IDs, so this may not be appropriate for what you're organising.

It was easy for us to add headers because our systems are 'fixed/complete'. But your system probably won't be.

Related forum post: A discussion about headers.

Footnotes

  1. If your filesystem doesn't support the black square or emoji in folder names you'll need to omit these in your settings. ā†©