Personal InfoCloud

Category: Ubiquitous Computing

Two Sides of the Local InfoCloud

Jun 23, 2004

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Thomas Vander Wal

in Community, Connectivity, Information Creation, Location, Mobile, Ubiquitous Computing

The Local InfoCloud (one of four clouds, Personal, Local, Global, and External) focusses on access to information that is based on location, as well as membership. These two elements are related, but also can stand on their own. The Local InfoCloud often uses the Local Area Network (LAN) as an example of its properties. The…
Tools to Manage Information On Your Personal Hard Drive

Mar 5, 2004

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by

Thomas Vander Wal

in Access to Info, Applications, Content Mangement, Information Creation, Reference, Ubiquitous Computing

I have been battling the management of information on my personal hard drive on my TiBook. This is one element in my Personal Info Cloud (a self-organized information system that is managed by me and is there to assist me when I need information). I have been finding that my organizational structure is lacking on…