MyLifeBits project

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The MyLifeBits project is a pioneering Microsoft Research initiative led by Gordon Bell that explored the concept of digitally capturing and storing a person’s entire life experiences and data for comprehensive lifelong archiving and retrieval.

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instanceOf digital archiving project
lifelogging system
research project
country United States of America
surface form: United States
demonstratedOn Gordon Bell’s personal data
developer Microsoft Research NERFINISHED
feature context-based retrieval of personal data
full-text search over personal archives
time-based browsing of life events
goal to create a comprehensive lifelong personal archive
to digitally capture and store a person’s entire life experiences
to enable rich search and retrieval over personal lifetime data
influenced later lifelogging research
personal data store concepts
personal digital archiving practices
quantified self movement
inspiredBy Vannevar Bush NERFINISHED
inspiredByConcept Memex NERFINISHED
inspiredByWork As We May Think NERFINISHED
leadResearcher Gordon Bell NERFINISHED
location Redmond, Washington NERFINISHED
notablePublication Total Recall: How the E-Memory Revolution Will Change Everything NERFINISHED
organization Microsoft NERFINISHED
publicationAuthor Gordon Bell NERFINISHED
Jim Gemmell NERFINISHED
researchArea database systems
digital preservation
human–computer interaction
information retrieval
lifelogging
multimedia information retrieval
personal information management
quantified self
ubiquitous computing
researcher Jim Gemmell NERFINISHED
startTime 1998
stores biometric data
documents
emails
instant messages
location data
phone calls
photos
sensor data
videos
web pages
uses PC logging software
database technology
metadata annotation
microphones
scanners
wearable cameras

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this entity surface form: MyLifeBits lifelogging project