Mid-1990s: Lifestreams
It is this desire that led Mr. Gelernter to start Lifestreams, a
new company that aims to make desktops more userfriendly
and the stream of information more intuitive.
"...a time-ordered stream of documents that functions as a
diary of your electronic life; every document you create and
every document other people send you is stored in your
lifestream.“
“…life-tracking”. Practitioners keep meticulous digital
records of things they do: how much coffee they drink, how
much work they do each day, what books they are reading,
and so on. Much of this is done manually by putting the
data into a PC or, increasingly, a smartphone. But people
are also using sensors, mainly to keep track of their vital
signs, for instance to see how well they sleep or how fast
they run.“