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Google Desktop & Short Term Memory Loss
October 17, 2005
I recently downloaded Google Desktop and the world has become a better place.
You see, I used to be one of The Others. One of the people who lived life being certain that I placed something in a specific place, only to find that it had been moved later by some mysterious force.
I will be the first to admit that my filing system is.....unique. I can usually locate anything that I need to within 2 minutes of beginning my search. That may be a great time for finding that screwdriver I used last week and now need, but for finding items on my hard drive, it's an eternity.
So until recently I have felt like a game show contestant who couldn't think of the answer that everyone in America knows, and who can hear the seconds ticking away until his chance at fame and glory have disappeared. Okay okay, maybe that's a bit of an overstatement, but there have definitely been times that I seriously questioned the health of my short-term memory.
That is until recently. For recently some blessed soul at Google decided to help all of us who struggle with "wheredidifileititis" by unveiling Google Desktop. This little gem from Google Labs has transformed my search for a file on my hard drive from a brow-sweat inducing task to a adrenaline filled gloatfest on my computer.
I can now search my hard drive for files, emails, chats, recent web searches, and more, with the most miniscule piece of search data. This has not only sped up my search for files etc., but it has sped up my time following email "conversations". (I'll save Gmail for another post) I can now find almost anything, instantly.
So thank you Google. Thank you for finally helping all of us who struggle with digital filing induced short-term memory loss. Thank you Google for validating and accommodating my place in the digital realm. Now I don't fear it anymore, I embrace it! I can live in my digital clutter, perfectly happy, and feeling good about myself.
So if there are those of you out there who are one of The Others, don't be ashamed anymore. Embrace it, and show the world that a new adage is true.......disorganization and laziness are the parents of digital innovation.
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posted by Brent Sharp at October 17, 2005 03:00 PM
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