This is a stark reminder that our personal devices are still very dumb. The article points out multiple times that all this data is readily available and it's still not combined in a way that enriches or simplifies our lives.
Reminds me of this GNOME-adjacent project (forgot the name) at the start of gnome 3 where every activity, every open file, every played music, ever visited website, location data, etc. was to be stored and you then were supposed to be able to search for files through a timeline of activities and how long you worked on a file or what music played during, instead of its name. But more importantly, the desktop environment was supposed to suggest activities based on learned behaviors. Visit Uni on Thursday -> already open my Algorithms-notes. Such a marvelous idea.
And yet we're stuck with systems that barely anticipate our needs, if even.
Reminds me of this GNOME-adjacent project (forgot the name) at the start of gnome 3 where every activity, every open file, every played music, ever visited website, location data, etc. was to be stored and you then were supposed to be able to search for files through a timeline of activities and how long you worked on a file or what music played during, instead of its name. But more importantly, the desktop environment was supposed to suggest activities based on learned behaviors. Visit Uni on Thursday -> already open my Algorithms-notes. Such a marvelous idea.
And yet we're stuck with systems that barely anticipate our needs, if even.