Would You Make Your Entire Existence Searchable?
Jessica Marcel — September 8, 2009 — Tech
References: research.microsoft & techcrunch
A life recorder, or the concept of it, will capture every moment of your day, your week, your year, and your life. Microsoft has been working on such a contraption, and other technology companies aren’t far behind on this concept that takes microblogging to a new level.
So is it a good idea? Do you want your entire life streamed and searchable?
As the author of a recent Guardian article about life recorders points out, advances in technology and social media have already done to our lives what would probably terrify a typical citizen from the 70s.
Blogging and podcasting are often already used as feeble attempts to capture the many moments of everyday life. A life recorder could combine a photo blog, a continuous podcast, and a personal diary all into one.
But there could already be a reason not to do this: take a look at any individual Twitter feed throughout the course of a day. Now imagine that instead of seeing a stream of moments condensed into 140 characters, you were presented with hours upon hours of footage of the monotonies of that person’s life.
So is it a good idea? Do you want your entire life streamed and searchable?
As the author of a recent Guardian article about life recorders points out, advances in technology and social media have already done to our lives what would probably terrify a typical citizen from the 70s.
Blogging and podcasting are often already used as feeble attempts to capture the many moments of everyday life. A life recorder could combine a photo blog, a continuous podcast, and a personal diary all into one.
But there could already be a reason not to do this: take a look at any individual Twitter feed throughout the course of a day. Now imagine that instead of seeing a stream of moments condensed into 140 characters, you were presented with hours upon hours of footage of the monotonies of that person’s life.
Trend Themes
1. Life Recorders - The development of life-recording technology presents opportunities for companies in the wearable technology industry to create new products and services for individuals looking to capture and catalog every moment of their daily life.
2. Searchable Existence - The concept of a life recorder that makes every moment of a person's daily life searchable could present opportunities for companies specializing in data storage, machine learning, and search technologies to develop innovative services and tools for organizing and analyzing life recorder data.
3. Personal Analytics - Life recorder technology could enable the rise of personal analytics, presenting opportunities for companies to develop innovative analytic tools that mine this data for unique insights and help people better understand their own behavior and habits.
Industry Implications
1. Wearable Technology - The development of life-recording technology presents opportunities for companies in the wearable technology industry to create new products and services for individuals looking to capture and catalog every moment of their daily life.
2. Data Storage and Search Technologies - The concept of a life recorder that makes every moment of a person's daily life searchable could present opportunities for companies specializing in data storage, machine learning, and search technologies to develop innovative services and tools for organizing and analyzing life recorder data.
3. Analytics and Business Intelligence Services - Life recorder technology could enable the rise of personal analytics, presenting opportunities for companies to develop innovative analytic tools that mine this data for unique insights and help people better understand their own behavior and habits.
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