Sorry guys if I am a bit late on this, and didn't really follow all the discussion, I just wanted to throw on the table a project by some fellows which might be related and of interest:
http://itsme.it/project/ <http://itsme.it/project/>Best, chr On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 11:28 PM, Felipe Erias Morandeira < femorande...@igalia.com> wrote: > On 12/12/10 15:50, frederik.nn...@gmail.com wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 10:22, Felipe Erias Morandeira > > <femorande...@igalia.com <mailto:femorande...@igalia.com>> wrote: > > > > My point is just that there is some research that shows that people > are > > good at structuring personal projects in evolving hierarchies. The > > current solutions have several problems for this, as outlined in this > > and other pieces of research. > > > > there you nailed it! > > We use evolving hierarchies to structure personal projects. > > > > is this good, or is it bad? > > > That's just how we are wired :-) > > They (we!) like solutions that have a more or less good mapping with the > physical world, where things can only be in one place and they tend to > stay there until moved somewhere else. > > That's also one of the reasons that explain why people keep using > folders and subfolders as the main way organize their personal archives, > instead of using search-based systems as their primary tool. > > > Felipe > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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