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Re: DataStickies: USB drives as sticky notes

#41

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Apparently adverts for products which don't exist and never will exist are also nearly indistinguishable from adverts for advanced technology.

It's likely some design student's final year project.

It's a designer's reboot of the "portable disk" interaction paradigm we have that started with cassettes and moved to floppies and disks and now portable hard drives/flash drives.

Re: DataStickies: USB drives as sticky notes

#44
Not to poke holes in the implementation but even one-wire requires two connection, [1]Data/Power [2] Ground. Even with their optical mumbo jumbo how the hell can they actually transfer data?

On one hand they talk about optical things, and then on the other hand they're talking about 'conductive'. Seriously? Regardless, you do not bypass the laws of physics. You need atleast a complete circuit for it to be powered. And if their cop-out is that it's got a super-micro-pico-tiny-high-density-capacitor then I'm not even going to bother poking holes anymore.

Well, there is a way but it's pointlessly slow - inductive power.

The whole concept is quite flawed in my opinion [EDIT - unless their plan is to showcase a theoretical ultrathin USB flash drive.]

Re: DataStickies: USB drives as sticky notes

#45

Ok so ignoring the fact that this relies on magic... I think there is something to using physical locations to keep references to files. I can remember the shelf that I stored a notebook and the rough location in the notebook of a sketch for a project from 2005. I can't say the same about my filesystems even with the help of "cloud" services of more recent years. Our brains are definitely wired to get clues from lots…

I'm currently working on a project for uni that does something like this. It let's you "tag" items in the world. So, for example, I can leave a message on the painting on the wall. Next time I take a picture of that wall, it will show me my messages again. You could also use it to send messages to other people. "I left you a virtual message on the fridge." The other person walks up to the fridge, takes a picture, and gets the message. I think it has some interesting potential.

It's on github [1]. Though I haven't created any video or documentation yet.

[1] https://github.com/Alexander-Dhoore/tagTheWorld

Re: DataStickies: USB drives as sticky notes

#46

Ok so ignoring the fact that this relies on magic... I think there is something to using physical locations to keep references to files. I can remember the shelf that I stored a notebook and the rough location in the notebook of a sketch for a project from 2005. I can't say the same about my filesystems even with the help of "cloud" services of more recent years. Our brains are definitely wired to get clues from lots…

There is indeed a correlation between a physical (or three-dimensional virtual) place and information. The ancient Greeks discovered this. The British historian Frances Yates wrote about this in her Art of Memory. What is lacking in computer UI is precisely taking advantage of this ancient insight.

Re: DataStickies: USB drives as sticky notes

#47
post #24

anyone who finds usb sticks cumbersome must have the motor skills of a walrus

It's not that they are cumbersome, it's the cost. Currently you would be hard pressed to find USB sticks in bulk for less than $1, $1.50. Retail is much more. They are not disposable yet. It's too bad this product is vaporware. 2 gb (even 512 mb) disposable USB's would be great.

Re: DataStickies: USB drives as sticky notes

#48

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Apparently adverts for products which don't exist and never will exist are also nearly indistinguishable from adverts for advanced technology.

yeah this is why pakis shouldnt be allowed near computers
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