[Olpc-open] getting used to the journal

[Sameer Verma]

Tomeu Vizoso wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-02-11 at 13:07 -0800, Sameer Verma wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> I must admit it took me some time to get used to the concept of a
>> journal that captures all that you do, and saves it, along with
>> versioning, date and time. Additionally, the ability to add tags and
>> description is great.
>>     
>
> I'm very happy to hear this. Unfortunately, the implementation is still
> very imperfect and lacks some fundamental features. We are trying to
> find the resources needed to keep developing as fast as we would like.
>
> Don't know from whom comes the original idea of having a journal-like
> organization of user-produced content on the laptop. If I had to guess,
> I would say Ivan, Eben or Walter.
>
>   
>> What I didn't expect is that I would get used to it so much that I would
>> miss it in my regular work environment! I find my file manager and
>> backup utilities to be primitive. With file managers, you have to go
>> digging into drives, folders, and then look at time stamps. BTW, I use
>> Ubuntu Gutsy as my primary interface. I boot into Windows XP about once
>> a month (old habits...). Now that I've experienced the journal, I want
>> it on my machine!!!
>>     
>
> Well, perhaps it will get to a nautilus window one of these days:
>
>   

That would be terrific!

> http://msevior.livejournal.com/19028.html
>
>   
>> I can [now] see how a person (child or otherwise) who has never used a
>> file manager would not need one and would take to the journal. Of
>> course, those of us who like it under the hood would want their /usr
>> /var /etc to be there, but if you don't know about it, why bother?
>>     
>
> Right, is quite difficult for us to imagine how software should be for
> people who haven't used a computer before.
>
>   
>> I wonder if anyone else has had this experience, or is my wine tainted :-)
>>     
>
> Please tell more about what you drink ;)
>
>   

Since you ask, its a rather interesting wine called Obsession, from
Ironstone vineyards in California. Its inexpensive (USD 6 to 8) and goes
really well with spicy (but not hot) tandoori chicken :-)

http://www.wineloverspage.com/wineadvisor/tswa030402.phtml

cheers,
Sameer

-- 
Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Information Systems
San Francisco State University
San Francisco CA 94132 USA
http://verma.sfsu.edu/
http://opensource.sfsu.edu/