Lifestreams were/are a facinating idea but I think Gelernter and Freeman weren't really doers. I've used Lifestrams for about 2 years and it was far from stable

Lifestreams were/are a facinating idea but I think Gelernter and Freeman weren't really doers. I've used Lifestrams for about 2 years and it was far from stable and had a lot of bugs under Solaris. Apple's TimeMachine UI[1] seems somehow "inspired" by Lifetream's[2]. [1] https://support.apple.com/library/content/dam/edam/applecare/images/en_US/osx/tm_starfield.png https://support.apple.com/library/content/dam/edam/applecare... [2] http://ignorethecode.net/blog/2009/03/17/lifestreams/ http://ignorethecode.net/blog/2009/03/17/lifestreams/