Next from Apple: better information management?
At the moment, all desktop operating systems and all mobile operating systems are remarkably similar. Is there anything genuinely new that could be done in this space? Information management is an area that is still neglected – especially by Apple. But signs indicate that that might change. Where we are The most prevalent way of managing information is still via hierarchical file systems. But file systems are not good at this task: People want to pile, not file. If archiving information can’t be done easily on a computer, people resort to other means such as post-it notes. People want to “pile”, to quickly put information away, whereas a file system forces them to “file” – they have to decide on a file name and on a folder in which to put the file. Hierarchies don’t cut it. What makes filing so annoying on hierarchical file systems is that no single hierarchy works for all use cases. For example, you might want to store your pictures in the folder photos/2012/paris. But w...