So what is this? This is a spin-off of Elke's and my main blog NYDiscovery, which we maintain since 2001. Over there we want to maintain a more New York and entertainment centric focus and my blog entries about software, web and the iPhone didn't really fit in.
But I want to continue to document my endless journey to the perfect organization of our lives, using available web tools, software and devices. Here's my general approach:
- I like to digitalize as much as possible. Get away with paper and plastic for storing information. I am aware that certain physical media contribute positively to the quality of life, but at the bottom line the advantage digitalized media on efficient mass storage outweighs.
- I like to dump information as much as I can into some sort of digital repository. I don't want to remember certain information, I want to rely on tools to present it to me when needed. Basically, I like to occupy my mind with creative thoughts, not with phone numbers, appointments and which chore has to be done at which time.
- I like to have access my information from everywhere. This means data have to be in sync between multiple desktops, laptops and mobile devices.
- I like to have my information in the cloud as much as possible. This guarantees availability from everywhere and simplifies the sync scenarios.
So what Massive Mileage? I leave this open, but it's borrowed from a different project of Elke and me and we had the domain hanging around. So here we go.
