There's a great quote from a Computer Science professor... Dr. David Gelernter. He said... describing file systems and searching them...
When I acquire a new piece of 'real-life' (versus electronic) information - a new memory of (let's say) talking to Melissa on a sunny afternoon outside the Red Parrot - I don't have to give this memory a name, or stuff it in a directory. I can use anything in the memory as a retrieval key.
Apple has taken a step closer to that goal with Tiger... OS X 10.4. I haven't upgraded yet, but everything I've read about Spotlight, Tiger's new indexed search function, sounds awesome!
I'm sure Longhorn will come up with something similar, that works sometimes, in a couple years...er... yeah.
I am pretty sure the next round of laptops we get in the office will be Powerbooks-- they are definitely growing on us.
# Posted by: Kris at May 3, 2005 11:02 AM