2005-08-04
it :: hate one dimensional hierarchies
Well, if you can't stand stacks of folders nor the resulting one dimensional hierarchies and if the unix-like alias system is not really satisfying your outbreak -- then read on.
Let's get rid of folders and filenames alltogether. People think differently anyhow. Usually a document fits into more than one area. Live is multidimensional anyway. So how may a solution look like?
Operating systems from now on include desktop search engines with full text indexing. Filetypes allow metadata for years. CSV or Subversion allow versioning. Flicker developed tagging into an art form.
What about this: the datastore is always online therefor in the internet at home or centrally hosted. Your content can be in multiple virtual groups at a time. The sharing of this content can be graphically defined through a circle of sharing (radially growing rings from ego to internet with sectors for work, live, family, hobby, vicinity, etc.). If a document or document group is shared to a group represented by a ring-sector this sector will be colored. Separate individuals
are marked by a colored pixel in their ring-sector.
A central issue is easeing read/write access to metadata. On any search with a wrong hit one can easily add a tag to clarify the content of the document. Groups can also be tagged. A strong classification of Metadata ensures richer forms of search. Examples for classification would be EXIF data or versioning date and person stamp of text documents.
Let's get rid of folders and filenames alltogether. People think differently anyhow. Usually a document fits into more than one area. Live is multidimensional anyway. So how may a solution look like?
Operating systems from now on include desktop search engines with full text indexing. Filetypes allow metadata for years. CSV or Subversion allow versioning. Flicker developed tagging into an art form.
What about this: the datastore is always online therefor in the internet at home or centrally hosted. Your content can be in multiple virtual groups at a time. The sharing of this content can be graphically defined through a circle of sharing (radially growing rings from ego to internet with sectors for work, live, family, hobby, vicinity, etc.). If a document or document group is shared to a group represented by a ring-sector this sector will be colored. Separate individuals
are marked by a colored pixel in their ring-sector.
A central issue is easeing read/write access to metadata. On any search with a wrong hit one can easily add a tag to clarify the content of the document. Groups can also be tagged. A strong classification of Metadata ensures richer forms of search. Examples for classification would be EXIF data or versioning date and person stamp of text documents.
ce :: radio of the future
The next generation broadcasting networks (ngBN)are just about to be build around the world. South Korea is currently leading with it's DMB deployment. Now what is in for users?
We've got used to podcasting. RSS is a base technology. The exchange of playlists is a biggy on iTMS and Napster sells subscription based music.
Now I will define the ngBNs as follows. Looking at a region or nation they consist of several DVB-T Multiplex (each 3Mbit/s) and allow virtual channels. Let's take one Multiplex. For mp3 audio this ads up to 24 streams (at 128kbit/s) for 24hours a day.
Now why is this special? Because first of all that adds up to 576 hours of new audio every day on your harddisk-device. Second every music lover in the region/subscription receives the exact same extent of music. At this point the idea of playlists kick in.
What if -- the cultural institution of radio changes from beeing streeming audio to exchanging playlists on the base of available audio-sniplets.
We've got used to podcasting. RSS is a base technology. The exchange of playlists is a biggy on iTMS and Napster sells subscription based music.
Now I will define the ngBNs as follows. Looking at a region or nation they consist of several DVB-T Multiplex (each 3Mbit/s) and allow virtual channels. Let's take one Multiplex. For mp3 audio this ads up to 24 streams (at 128kbit/s) for 24hours a day.
Now why is this special? Because first of all that adds up to 576 hours of new audio every day on your harddisk-device. Second every music lover in the region/subscription receives the exact same extent of music. At this point the idea of playlists kick in.
What if -- the cultural institution of radio changes from beeing streeming audio to exchanging playlists on the base of available audio-sniplets.
2005-08-03
it :: the visual world online
"it :: the visual world" described a method to enhance the satelite globe experience by massive multicreator online efforts.
This method may be used for a special experience by realtime picture or video taking in zones of any special events. RSS is capable to function as syndication tool. Is there a user side interface to link certain picture, audio and video streams comming out of one event a new live experience is created.
Are certain users able to broadcast after linking the outcome the method can complement tv-news.
This method may be used for a special experience by realtime picture or video taking in zones of any special events. RSS is capable to function as syndication tool. Is there a user side interface to link certain picture, audio and video streams comming out of one event a new live experience is created.
Are certain users able to broadcast after linking the outcome the method can complement tv-news.
it :: the visual world
You may wonder what happens next in the vincinity of Google-Keyhole? Well you make it happen. Take pda like devices that are just learning to take medium resolution pictures and talk wifi, edge or umts. Add a GPS and a orientation sensor (tilt, direction).
GPS, orientation data are combined with camera data like angle, focus distance and resolution plus a short description (optional). All that is stored in the exif fields. The picture is sent to a server.
The server maps all received pictures to a virtual globe (best take a satellite imaged globe (like google's earth or MSN's map). Since there may be already some pictures from the same spot the server can now stitch those images together and bring them to a average brightness.
The method works best, if a series is taken from one device at one time.
GPS, orientation data are combined with camera data like angle, focus distance and resolution plus a short description (optional). All that is stored in the exif fields. The picture is sent to a server.
The server maps all received pictures to a virtual globe (best take a satellite imaged globe (like google's earth or MSN's map). Since there may be already some pictures from the same spot the server can now stitch those images together and bring them to a average brightness.
The method works best, if a series is taken from one device at one time.
