Professional Reading Shelf
Personal Information Management
Memex
Source: Communications of the ACM, vol. 49, Issue 1 (Jan 2006) and Microsoft Research (MSR)
New Full Text Article/Tech Report, MyLifeBits: a personal database for everything
A new article about the continuing MyLifeBits research project at MSR. We’ve linked to several other articles and presentation over the past few years. This article was written by Jim Gemmell, Gordon Bell and Roger Lueder. Our link is to an extended version of the ACM article that was published as Microsoft Research Technical Report MSR-TR-2006-23. From the abstract, MyLifeBits is a system that began in 2001 to explore the use of SQL to store all personal information found in PCs. The system initially focused on capturing and storing scanned and encoded archival material e.g. articles, books, music, photos, and video as well as everything born digital e.g. office documents, email, digital photos. It evolved to have a goal of storing everything that could be captured. The later included web pages, phone calls, meetings, room conversations, keystrokes and mouse clicks for every active screen or document, and all the 1-2 thousand photos that SenseCam captures every day. In 2006 the software platform is used for research including real time data collection, advanced SenseCams, and particular applications e.g. health and wellness. This article expands on the January 2006, CACM publication of the same name. MyLifeBits features, functions, and use experience are given in the main body, followed by an appendix of future research and product needs that the research has identified.”
See Also: See, Read and Learn More via the MyLifeBits Home Page
Note: This is one of the many projects trying to realize the vision of Vannevar Bush’s 1945 Memex article.
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National Archives–United States
Source: NARA
Archivist of the United States Announces New Steps in Response to Withdrawal of Declassified Records from Open Shelves at the National Archives

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