How do you organize your $HOME?
elmindreda: The bits relevant to the topic at hand:  archive/
    people/*/ - misc files from people I know
    projects/*/ - dead source trees of mine
  downloads/ - stuff from the interwebs
  playground/ - simple throw-away code
  projects/
    pool/ - design sketches and failed experiments
      prototypes/ - successful experiments
      */ - design sketches for larger projects
    scripts/ - simple usable tools
    */ - my active project trees
  research/ - huge cache of docs, whitepapers, books
  software/
    sources/*/ - other people's source trees