Update: I have written a new article describing my workflow with the 10D.

Every digicam user will create a workflow that suits their own requirements. I'm an amateur photographer producing images for my own use. I need a process that let's me create images for display in my web gallery, store in local "albums" to show friends, print a few select pictures, archive original files.

• Download image files
  Copy images files from camera to PC using Chris Breeze' Downloader. I have it set to create date-based folders and to automatically delete files from the CF card and start BreezeBrowser. These date folders all go into a folder I have named "Photo Originals".
  More detail on working with Downloader

• Get rid of the dross
  First pass through with BreezeBrowser to delete the crappy, out-of-focus, pointed-at-the-sky stuff.
  More detail on working with BreezeBrowser

• Rename image files
  Using BreezeBrowser, batch rename images files to format YYMMDD_nnnn.CRW. Date stamp files so that file date/time is same as EXIF data. From this point on the original image files will remain untouched.

• Optional further filtering
  Optionally, I may do a second pass filter using BreezeBrowser with Preferences set so that "deleted" files are moved to the Deleted folder. This is when I have got a lot of really similar images, so I try to pick the best ones for further processing, but you never know when you might want to go back to one of those "rejects". Besides it's hard to delete one of your babies, isn't it?

• Convert image files
  All remaining images are converted using BreezeBrowser. The converted files are placed in a folder called ..\Photo Lab\<year>\<month>\<day>. With Pekka Saarinen's LinearSharpen  and Fred Miranda's LinearPro actions that linear TIFF has become my default output format.
  More on conversion with BreezeBrowser