Slides / Bullets - That Syncing Feeling - Thomas Vander Wal - Design Engaged - Amsterdam, NL :: November 2004 - It used to be simple... - All our information fit in one place - Our mighty brain - Then... - Books were written - Libraries built - Computers built - One tool could store our information... - What’s on Your Powerbook - But, today... - Our information - The Dream - Our accurate up-to-date information at our disposal when we need it. - Personal InfoCloud - We spend time finding information - Regardless of volume, this information should be easy to manage - We want to be able to have the information attracted to our selves for easy reuse - We want this ease of all the information we capture - Device versus Network? - Do we trust the network connectivity - Can our devices hold enough information - Do we have easy access to our information using either or both - Situated information - How Close Are We? - Usable Syncing Between Two Devices - Calendar - Address book - To Do List - Dodgy bits - Documents - Media - Map - Web-based information - Multiple devices - We are missing two things that need attention - Personal Version Control - Keeping all our information across devices up to date - Personal Categorization - Standard Metadata for Personal InfoCloud - content descripton - creator - rights - ownership - document location - privacy - personal - shared - limited - open - context - project - place/location - use type (e.g.) - reference - source document - content - research - overview - example - etc. - instruction - sync - archive - expiration - reminder - priority - etc. - object - defines what type of object it is - photo, movie, audio file - categories - Sample for Document - Description: White Paper on Scent of Information Creator: Peretti (XeroxParc), copyright Document Location: http://123.45.67/ext/wpsoi.pdf Privacy: Shared_limited (IAWG_ClientX) Project: Navigation replacement, Model of Attraction Use: Reference, Research Sync: Yes Priority: 2 Object: PDF (handheld enabled) Categories: navigation, MoA, XeroxParc, foraging, scent, information, browsing - Progress is being made - - Actual solutions - Mac OS X Tiger’s Spotlight - MIT’s Project Oxygen - Possible/partial solutions - Script aggregation by metadata tag - Publish to private/public location in RSS - RSync (Psync) and CVS - Groove (Windows) - Quicksilver (Mac) - That Syncing Feeling - Thomas Vander Wal - http://vanderwal.net/essays/designengaged/041112/