[Sigia-l] Chronological filing as a type of classification system

[karl fast]

> Let's accept and embrace the reality of chronological
> classification; it fits what people often do on their own. Saving
> Web bookmarks all in the same folder is one good example. It's
> quick and it is a foolproof system.

David Gelertner's "lifestreams" visualization system has always been
based on chronologicl filing. This is the article that Ziya pointed
to at ACM. He authored a number of journal articles (most unread by
me).

A more general article is this one at Wired from '97

  Lifestreams
  by Steve G.Steinberg
  Feb. 1997, Wired  
  http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/5.02/fflifestreams.html?person=ted_nelson&topic_set=wiredpeople

Lifestreams is now commercially available as "Scopeware" 

  http://www.scopeware.com/

Scopeware is generally classed as a KM tool, but does not (so far as
I know) whiten your teeth.

--karl