MyLifeBits
MyLifeBits is a
MyLifeBits is an attempt to fulfill Vannevar Bush's vision of an automated store of the documents, pictures (including those taken automatically), and sounds an individual has experienced in his lifetime, to be accessed with speed and ease. For this, Bell has digitized all documents he has read or produced, CDs, emails, and so on. He continues to do so, gathering web pages browsed, phone and instant messaging conversations and the like more or less automatically. The book Total Recall describes the vision and implications for a personal, lifetime e-memory for recall, work, health, education, and immortality.[2] In 2010, Total Recall was published in paperback.[3] As of 2016[update], Bell was no longer using the wearable camera associated with the project. He described the rise of the smartphone as largely fulfilling Bush's vision of the Memex.[4]
See also
References
- ^ "MyLifeBits". Microsoft Research. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- ISBN 978-0-525-95134-6.
- ISBN 978-0-452-29656-5.
- ^ Elgan, Mike (4 April 2016). "Lifelogging is dead (for now)". Computerworld. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
External links
- MyLifeBits - Microsoft Research Archived version.
- Gordon Bell and Jim Gemmell – A look into Microsoft's Bay Area Research Center, Part I Channel9 video, including MyLifeBits material.
- Flogging Gordon Bell's Memory Thinking about how lifelogs, or flogs, would fundamentally change psychotherapy and psychiatry.
- "A Head For Detail" Clive Thompson, Fast Company