Monthly Archives: September 2005

“I don’t send postcards anymore; I send stories.” — commercial for MS Windows

Trendwatching.com has a wonderful quote in its Life Caching article, but it’s not atttributed. I’d love to know who said it: “Human beings (fueled by vanity, by a need to raise their self-worth, by their desire for validation, for control, for immortality) love to collect and store possessions, memories, experiences, … Continue reading →

Trendwatching.com devotes many words in its article on Life Caching to capturing stories in photos, reminding me of Martin Kimeldorf and his book, Digital Photo Journal. Kimeldorf says his book “is about interacting with your own pictures in the form of a journaling response and includes the notion of photoblogging … Continue reading →

Will this “ovum drive” solve my problems? Trendwatching.com talks about services like Google’s Gmail offering massive amounts of free storage and memory sticks that can store up to 1 GB* of content that are being worn on lanyards as a fashion accessory. (*actually, some can store even more). The week … Continue reading →

I have been dying to blog about this phenomenon ever since Jennifer Warwick turned me on to it in mid-August. According to Trendwatching.com, “collecting, storing and displaying experiences is ready for its big moment. Trendwatching “has dubbed this emerging mega trend ‘LIFE CACHING’: collecting, storing and displaying one’s entire life, … Continue reading →

Oh, I hate it when blogs seem to be abandoned. The first sign may be when a whole month goes by with only one entry. But, for me August was quite an eventful month. I was offered a full-time teaching position at Stetson University and had very little time to … Continue reading →