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I agree that this would be an interesting problem to solve. But I doubt it could be made conclusive without manual data-entry. Even a tool following you around
by moe 17y ago
I agree that this would be an interesting problem to solve.
But I doubt it could be made conclusive without manual data-entry. Even a tool following you around the web can't possibly understand "Ah, he just ordered a toaster" - much less when that toaster actually arrives, gets returned etc.
I think at the bottom of this lies an interesting UI challenge. How to make data-entry painless enough so that you, me and others would actually use it?
- nitrogen 17y agoOr, perhaps, instead of data entry, a more universal data format and communication protocol for exchanging and synchronizing date information, so that supermarket purchases, websites etc. automatically add the data to a person's centralized calendaring system. This is something I want to make a (small) part of my current project, so someone please beat me to it, and then you can make a plugin for my project once I've launched :).
- petercooper 17y agoBut I doubt it could be made conclusive without manual data-entry. Thought.. it could be made semi-automated. Perhaps this sort of data could be in a QR bar code that when scanned (maybe even using the webcam that comes with most machines now) results in a program tracking the event as Daniel suggested.