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December 28, 2005
Where is all of my data?
Just pondering a small question that may have an enormous impact to our lives in the future. Where is all of my data?
My Personal Laptop
Old Desktop Presented to my Seven Year Old Son
Online Web Site
This Blog
Work Computer
Cell Phone
Pager
Magnetic Stips on Cards
PDA (Very Old One)
5 Email Accounts
Digital Camera
Burned CD Backups
Printed Information Content Laying Around Everywhere
Business Partner Information Systems
Concise and Sub-Concise Brain Parts
More importantly, how will all of this content be integrated or will these islands of information stay separate? Several months ago, I arrived at the Airport and attempted to check in but I needed my frequent flyer number. I dug deep into the memory cells and the trash bin was empty. I opened my PDA and unfortunately the battery had gone dead. I could have opened the laptop or simply utilize my credit card which is cross indexed. While my information containers may not always be reliable, they do provide some relief due to their redundancy. Will this get worse as time moves on?
Posted by Todd at December 28, 2005 6:01 PM
Comments
Oddly enough I was pondering the same thing and wikipedia pointed me to you. You left one item off the list ... and one that is much more elusive to quantify ... and that is the data you've passed off to other people (who pass it off to other people, who store it in their PDAs, etc.). The cost of retrieval of this "socially stored" data is dependent on your maintenance of continued relationships.
Posted by: Steve at January 5, 2006 7:56 AM
Socially Stored? Wow, that's going to make me think for awhile....
Posted by: RTodd at January 6, 2006 6:26 PM