Apple's new Search Engine?

For organizing my files, I’ve ended up using almost entirely date hierarchies... Maybe there are better systems, but this one saves an enormous amount of thinking about where to put things, and doesn’t seem to get in the way of finding them.

Tim Bray on how he uses his Mac

There’s a revolution coming as we throw out the old “files and folders” metaphor and leap to something new, and it would be phenomenal if free software were leading the way.

Mark Shuttleworth on the Gnome Usability Hackfest

In a post-Google, post lots-of-data world it is clear that the conventional file system metaphor is just too much work and hassle for trying to organise your information.

It makes me wonder if this subject is the real root of the rumours that Apple is building a search engine.

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