| interesting problems |
[Dec. 2nd, 2002|02:23 pm] |
it looks like LJ "memories" could actually be useful for other purposes, such as book lists, references and etc... the original relationship to events is again transported from the pre-virtual past and confuses the real capabilities of the system.
pretty much we have the following basic functions:
1. journal entry - a time stamped information piece with comments that disappear from your and your friends' view after a while ( 3-4 days for the owner, 0.5 for a friend)
2. memory entry - a longer term information piece, that could stay "alive" much longer.
3. to do list - a rather basic implementation with no real notification or synchronization facilities. needs major improvements or will die.
4. calendar - rudimentary calender-based information management system. barely useable. if you keep your subject consistent, you could make an aggregation tool. no sorting capabilities ( yet?).
5. friends list - another content management facility. should've been separated into "friends" and "sources" to avoid confusion. actually, can be arranged using the filtering tool. but still, would be nice to have real separation, becuase the functionality can be derived using two different sets of attributes.
"would be nice" features:
a) expiration dates on journal entries.
b) sources vs. friends (see p. 5)
c) asign friends or a group of friends to a posting.
d) source annotation and evaluation attributes
e) sorting on attributes and subjects
f) updates from calendar as well as organizer sync or at least an ascii dump.
g) cross-LJ search on high-relevance sources, not interests/communities.
to do: 1. need to look more into interests/communities.
2. check FAQs for more information on advanced features. |
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