Let’s not communicate. Let’s live.

http://www.teedot.com/blog/2010/02/11/lets-not-communicate-lets-live/

by tonyhanna • 16 years ago

11 6 16 years ago

Sounds a lot like the Semantic Web that Tim Berners-Lee has been talking about for the past several years.

WA• 16 years ago

These scenarios are best examples, why I wouldn't want such a system. If I have to think about a birthday gift for my girlfriend, that IS actually life. And usually, whenever I update my facebook profile picture, I'd choose a picture about which I can say:"Hey, that's a nice picture of mine" and certainly not:"I need a party picture of myself, let's arrange a party just to get that picture."

I guess the problem I'm having with such a system is that it looks for PATTERNS and in my opinion, a good life is all about BREAKING patterns in order to feel alive.

Slashed• 16 years ago

Seriously, if a user has only an email and Skype account(it's true for me, and in my experience, it's true for many other people) and doesn't have FB, Twitter, etc., does it mean he/she won't be able to use this feature?

I know there was always a lot of potential in technology that incorporates the "don't make them think". But honestly, do you really want a software to choose a gift for your girl friend? I want my personal stuff to be private and personal.

P.S. I'm not criticizing or anything - actually, I always admire software that changes to fit to a user's needs, not the opposite. But managing relationships.. No, thank you. :)

dwohlfahrt• 16 years ago

We're still a month and a half away from April fools... Talk about jumping the gun

Vladik• 16 years ago

The question is will it go to the bathroom for you as well? I could easily save a lot of time in the day by outsourcing that.

dmoney• 16 years ago

I think this would have Wolfram Alpha's problem of trying to be too general, without having invented general AI. How will the system understand what I want?

Auto-gifting would be particularly useful. Is there a way to use it without an iPhone?

Let’s not communicate. Let’s live.

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