When I heard about the Nokia ‘Lifeblog” software, I remembered John Barnes’ In the Hall of the Martian King whose McGuffin was the ‘Lifelog’ of the messianic figure responsible for the world of Barnes’ Jak Jinnaka novels:
“A lifelog was a record, maintained by an AI complex running in background on one’s purse, downloaded into a more permanent location at every opportunity. The AI complex watched from your purse through all the years and events of your life, snapping copies of everything that might be of interest to a biographer–rough drafts, messages to friends, shopping orders, schoolwork, anything–keeping a running organization and catalog as it went.” — In the Hall of the Martian King, p. 36.
And Nokia’s lifeblog:
“The Lifeblog software automatically arranges all the messages, images, videos and sound clips people capture with their phones.”
“The PC software organises information on a timeline and lets people add to the collection with images from other digital still and video cameras.”
No word if in the 36th Century if Dave Winer and Bill Kearney were still arguing about syndication.
