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His lifelogging was a project called MyLifeBits. He wore a camera that took a picture every 20 seconds. Even called the book about his work Total Recall (and MS
by avagate 2y ago
His lifelogging was a project called MyLifeBits. He wore a camera that took a picture every 20 seconds. Even called the book about his work Total Recall (and MSFT's new product that does something similar on the desktop is called Recall). Someone who worked with him at MSR wrote about it:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/gordon-bell-standing-shoulders-giants-vik-singh-ydlec/?trackingId=dIjTwgBaQ3OkSxCyS4e8eQ%3D%3D https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/gordon-bell-standing-shoulder...
- skottenborg 2y agoInteresting. Stephen Wolfram also wears a camera that snaps pictures every 20 seconds for special events. This is quite a read: https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2019/02/seeking-the-productive-life-some-details-of-my-personal-infrastructure/ https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2019/02/seeking-the-prod...
- Roritharr 2y agoI wish I could set my Meta Glasses to do this for special occasions where it's socially acceptable.
- drew870mitchell 2y agoThe book is wonderful, as biz-tech-optimist quick reads go, and some of its ideas have stuck with me over a decade after reading it. I'm almost entirely off MSFT products now but i was heartened to see the Recall announcement the other day. Bell was a rare visionary. RIP