I got an alert today for a meeting I have 24 hours from now.

The person who named this just typed some words into the box, the first ones that came to mind. Don’t be that guy: take 10 seconds to think about what this field is going to be used for and why.

The assumptions built in to a title such as “Project kickoff call”:

• I know which project it’s supposed to be (I don’t)

• I know what “kickoff” implies in terms of agenda (I don’t)

• I remember who’s going to be on the call (I don’t)

Be specific when you name things!

If it’s a 1-on-1, name both parties in the title. You know who you are, I don’t.

Include an agenda in the description if it’s something that is safe to be sent via email.

For file names, it might be a good idea to include the date the file was authored in the format YYYY-MM-DD at the beginning of the file, e.g. 2025-04-30.Project.Dragonfly.Agenda.md. This way, it will sort chronologically in a directory listing. Documents should always, always, always have a date on them (otherwise, how does a reader know if it’s a day or a year or a decade old?), and a date in the filename serves the purpose.