Re: Internet Bank of Content

brier — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:50:17 -0000

There is some additional interesting reading regarding this from Jon Udell, who calls it "hosted lifebits".

I think Udell's main focus is permanence (which is important) but lately I keep coming up hard against wanting, as you say, content by reference.

For example, I've got my photos locked up on a slow iMac upstairs in iPhoto, I can't get at them usefully from my Linux laptop, where I reside most often. My family want to see them, and they really don't want to have to wait 9 months for be to block out the time to sit at the iMac, fix them all up and publish them somewhere. So, I finally said screw it and began publishing them to Flickr directly, so they could be seen raw, with the idea that I'd fix them all up with Picnik as I had time.

Only now I've got differences between Flickr and iPhoto and no easy way to reconcile them. I could just dump iPhoto, and do everything with Flickr and Picnik, but Picnik isn't too quick and besides, iPhoto is a pretty nice application. I could switch to Picasa and Picasaweb, but then I'm stuck there with that software.

And then besides all this there's the fact that now I have to frickin' upload them to Facebook as well.

So, I'm actively jonesing for a content bank, or hosted lifebits service, or Permanent Record™ (steal that and I'll cut you), where I can store all my photos permanently and just point iPhoto, Flickr, Picnik, Facebook, whatever towards to gain miscellaneous utility.

I think it's inevitable. I hope we're starting to see the first signs of it coming.

Re: sydvish.tumblr.com - Crap...now I feel bad.

brier — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 14:07:50 -0000

I never know when to reblog vs. comment. Glad that's cleared up, I certainly didn't want to make you feel bad. All in fun!

Re: Mills Baker

brier — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:43:11 -0000

To reblog or comment, I never know...anyway, you're quite welcome. It's my pleasure and small thanks for all your excellent writing here.

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