Even better, when you open the suitcase, everything comes out wrinkle-free. Imagine stuffing all your clothes into a tiny, lightweight suitcase–that’s what compression does. By zipping them, you end up with a single file that’s much smaller–maybe 1MB or even 500KB. Suppose you have, say, 50 Word documents that have a combined size of 5MB. The Zip file format has long been used to compress and archive data. Instead, compress the files into one smaller, easier-to-manage file. Need to send someone a big batch of files? Don’t attach one after another after another to your e-mail. For someone in your situation, with a computer that’s used by you 95 percent of the time, that might be the simplest and most effective solution. You could create a folder with the world’s most boring name–Widget Sales Projections 2007, for example–and nestle it a few folders deep where no one would ever find it. Of course, all these options overlook one of my favorite methods: misdirection.
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