Comments on: Usability issues in navigating your life http://humanfactorsblog.org/2009/09/08/usability-issues-in-navigating-your-life/ Not blaming the user since 2007! Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:01:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joe http://humanfactorsblog.org/2009/09/08/usability-issues-in-navigating-your-life/comment-page-1/#comment-1115 Joe Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:47:14 +0000 http://humanfactorsblog.org/?p=1181#comment-1115 It's not that accurate, but you can search images by drawing them here http://labs.systemone.at/retrievr/ It searches the flickr database and seems to respond better to colour rather than shape. It’s not that accurate, but you can search images by drawing them here

http://labs.systemone.at/retrievr/

It searches the flickr database and seems to respond better to colour rather than shape.

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]]> By: Neil http://humanfactorsblog.org/2009/09/08/usability-issues-in-navigating-your-life/comment-page-1/#comment-1114 Neil Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:41:18 +0000 http://humanfactorsblog.org/?p=1181#comment-1114 <i>How does one efficiently search/browse through potentially petabytes of lifedata? I don’t think a search engine would suffice (not all material would be textual).</i> - Text is easy, as you mentioned. - Spoken text can also be handled relatively well. - While I haven't tried it, I've heard that the software that Apple has for finding like images works pretty well, so that might cover visual images. - I have seen some tools to identify songs from a few notes, so that might apply to non-verbal audio. The ones that I'd really like to see would involve smell and taste. It seems like very little has been done to try to detect these stimuli in a meaningful manner. I'd love to have some help when I am faced with the "where do I know that smell from?" question. How does one efficiently search/browse through potentially petabytes of lifedata? I don’t think a search engine would suffice (not all material would be textual).

- Text is easy, as you mentioned.
- Spoken text can also be handled relatively well.
- While I haven’t tried it, I’ve heard that the software that Apple has for finding like images works pretty well, so that might cover visual images.
- I have seen some tools to identify songs from a few notes, so that might apply to non-verbal audio.

The ones that I’d really like to see would involve smell and taste. It seems like very little has been done to try to detect these stimuli in a meaningful manner. I’d love to have some help when I am faced with the “where do I know that smell from?” question.

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