Tin Eye for your hard drive. Sort of...

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Y'all are weird. I organize by the date the photo was taken, which is part of the filename. Each month gets a folder, and that folder is named by a descriptive list of what's inside, like "01-2011 - Snowballs, Grandma's house, D's Birthday, Birds."

Originally Posted by glatt

Date is easiest by far. It's how we live our lives. We steadily march through time. Organizing your pictures this way tells a story.

You're dealing with family snapshots, 3foot is a photographer. He's got all sorts of photos taken by him, and others, for reference, fun, and occasional profit. That's why he's dealing with 24k+.