Great minds remember alike?

One article about Bell's MyLifeBits project, from 2003, tells us:

The software is bound to be superior to standard ways of holding on to memories -- photographs in a shoebox, for instance

I've had that article in my bookmarks for years, though while preparing this column I returned to it not via those bookmarks, but through a series of links. When I restumbled upon it, I'd already chosen the shoebox metaphor for the title to this column. I suppose that it's an unavoidable metaphor, and it must show up numerous times in the many articles written about Bell and his project. I hope, however, that I've succeeded in generating a bit of respect for such a low-tech object which seems to have been unjustly maligned.

Go to: The shoebox advantage.