MyLifeBits

MyLifeBits is a Microsoft Research project to create a "lifetime store of everything". It is the fulfillment of Vannevar Bush's 1945 Memex vision including full-text search, text and audio annotations, and hyperlinks. There are two parts to MyLifeBits: an experiment in lifetime storage, and a software research effort. The "experimental subject" of the project is computer scientist Gordon Bell. Dr. Jim Gemmell of Microsoft Research and Roger Lueder were the architects and creators of the system.

The idea stemmed from the fact that, although vast, our memory can be maddeningly elusive; examples are seen every day when we cannot remember what were even thinking of a few moments ago, or a past childhood friend.

See also

• LifeLog
• Sousveillance
• Dymaxion Chronofile

External links

• MyLifeBits Project
• Gordon Bell and Jim Gemmell - A look into Microsoft's Bay Area Research Center, Part I Channel9 video, including MyLifeBits material.
• Flogging Gordon Bell's Memory Thinking about how LifeLogs, or Flogs, would fundamentally change Psychotherapy and Psychiatry.