Kevin C — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 18:49:10 GMT

Thanks for the good discussion of the issue. I think at least some of the issues you’ve mentioned have begun to be solved by next generations OSes. OSX, and Windows vista support, things like tagging and virtual folders which are akin to what you’ve mentioned. They’ve also allowed search to be more powerful so it doesn’t just deal with files. Search can return browsing history, emails, contacts etc…

Here’s an interesting demo of Vista’s search and tagging facility: http://www.istartedsomething.com/uploads/search.mov

There’s a good bit more work to be done before it comes to the level you’re talking about, but some of the ideas have begun to be incorporated ta least.

Kevin C — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 18:49:56 GMT

I wonder if microformats will offer any solution to what you’re describing. It’s more web-based and still emerging, but does have some potential.

I just found a decent presentation on them today: http://www.xfront.com/microformats/Microformat-Demonstrat…

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