Sunday, March 05, 2006

The Grand Unified Theory of Everything: Search vs. Filing vs. Tagging

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395972_old_tag_1.jpgThe following joke is as politically incorrect as they come, but I need to quote it in order demonstrate my point (I apologize in advance):

Five Jews changed the way we look at things:

Moses: The Law is everything
Jesus: Love is everything
Marx: Money is everything
Freud: Sex is everything
Then came Einstein: Everything is relative

That’s as far as the old joke goes. But, when it comes to the Filing vs. Searching debate, Google would add:

Google: Search is everything

According to Google’s view of our desktops, there’s no reason to file anything; just use Google Desktop or Gmail’s search feature. Gmail does not allow emails to be filed in folders, and the whole service shouts the statement: “Google is so powerful, there’s no need to file anything any more.”

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