Sunday, January 30, 2005

Deja vu

I watched the Forgotten yesterday. I started to wonder the reason that I am forgetful is because the same reason that people forget their children in the movie. I also feel many things that are deja vu. Maybe they didn't erase my memory completely, so I still can sense the events that happened when I experience some cues. But like the reason they ask in the movie. Why do they want to erase my memory? Yeah, that's a good question. Why?
(Maybe that cannot be an execuse for my forgetful.)

Thursday, January 20, 2005

WWMX project

I am still thinking about the topic for my graduate thesis. I came up 2 idas; one is to create a photoware that enables users to manage photos based on time, location, and event. And based on the time sequence and location, it will create a path from one place to another. It's just like the way I travel. The other is to investigate "do people read manual before using a product?"

However, while I was searching relevant literature I found those topics have been done. My first idea is very similar to Microsoft's WWMX project . It's a photoware that incorporates time, location, and event concepts. Normally the difficult part on photo management is the location. The solution right now is to use an external GPS device and digital camera. They say that GPS device normally has the function to create track log (it is saved into GPX format) Then users use a software that will compare the timestamp in the track log and photos to add location information into photo files.

My another idea on that topic also about creating a "trip". A trip is a travel path that can be seen on a map, and the path is based on the time sequence and locations. Unfortunatelly, I found WWMX also has similar function.

Sigh, the only thing I can do rith now is to keep looking for other possible topics.



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