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I have built a timeline thing to gather all of my data as an augmented diary. https://nicolasbouliane.com/projects/timeline https://nicolasbouliane.com/project
by nicbou 2y ago
I have built a timeline thing to gather all of my data as an augmented diary.
https://nicolasbouliane.com/projects/timeline https://nicolasbouliane.com/projects/timeline
The newer version is basically a static site generator running on top of my data. The older version was actively fetching the data from various sources, but it was getting a little unwieldy.
The biggest challenge is to automatically get your data out of Google Photos, social networks, and even your own phone. All of my handwritten notes and my sketches are stuck on my iPad and must be manually exported. It's tedious and unsustainable.
Same with social networks. Data must be manually exported. There is also no simple, human-readable file format for social media posts. You have to parse the export format they choose to use at the moment.
- joshcanhelp 2y agoThis is beautiful and something I wanted to accomplish, in my own way, as a part of this project. I love this: > It collects all your crap, and it puts it on a timeline. > I thought it would be neat. Everything you're describing in your comment here is what I'm trying to do with PDPL, get the data out of those services so you can use it. In your case, it looks like Timeline focuses on files ("The filesystem is the database") so you could (assuming it works for you) have an output function that formats the filenames in a way that you can use and adds the date.