Mimi Yin wrote:
One thought is that we often files things as "Read someday maybe"
primarily because they came to us at the wrong time. As in, one day, I
know I will want to visit Vietnam, so I want to archive this article
on Pho cafes in Saigon for that "One-day in the future" trip.
The problem is that when we finally get around to planning that trip,
will we even remember the resources we filed away in some huge
"Travel" folder years ago? And even if we remembered that we had it,
would Google find it faster than hunting for it in our PIM?
So the key is, "Someday maybe" items need to reappear on their own
later on the "time is ripe" to receive such information. (ie. If you
later on finally get around to planning your Vietname trip, rather
than having to go dig in your Travel folder to find those articles
which you may or may not remember anything about...can the system
present you with a: Hey, remember this stuff about Vietnam you tagged
2 years ago? tickler)
In that case, it's a smart tickler, not something you set ("remind me
about Vietnam in x months") as described in GTD but something in
Chandler that is able to 1) analyse the context of what you're doing and
2) provide automatically references to your personal archive that could
be relevant to this context.
It's a very interesting idea. I personally think that software should be
more proactive at doing things for you (in this case, fetching relevant
infos you forgot you had) rather than simply reacting to user's orders.
We'll be moving toward an active assistant away from a passive one.
Cheers,
- Philippe
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