Comments on: Two random thoughts http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2007/05/10/551/ intrepid girl reporter Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:07:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Terri http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2007/05/10/551/comment-page-1/#comment-60404 Terri Fri, 11 May 2007 16:24:07 +0000 http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2007/05/10/551/#comment-60404 A colleague of mine wondered once why we couldn't get "download source" put into file metadata, and I admit every time I have a file and have forgotten where it came from, I think the same. I actually archive this info manually for academic papers, so I can see where he was coming from. <br><br>Download location history would be a great start! I'd say it should stay with the download history and just be an extra bit of info like the download date is. A colleague of mine wondered once why we couldn’t get “download source” put into file metadata, and I admit every time I have a file and have forgotten where it came from, I think the same. I actually archive this info manually for academic papers, so I can see where he was coming from.

Download location history would be a great start! I’d say it should stay with the download history and just be an extra bit of info like the download date is.

]]> By: Terri http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2007/05/10/551/comment-page-1/#comment-27463 Terri Fri, 11 May 2007 15:24:07 +0000 http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2007/05/10/551/#comment-27463 A colleague of mine wondered once why we couldn't get "download source" put into file metadata, and I admit every time I have a file and have forgotten where it came from, I think the same. I actually archive this info manually for academic papers, so I can see where he was coming from. Download location history would be a great start! I'd say it should stay with the download history and just be an extra bit of info like the download date is. A colleague of mine wondered once why we couldn’t get “download source” put into file metadata, and I admit every time I have a file and have forgotten where it came from, I think the same. I actually archive this info manually for academic papers, so I can see where he was coming from.

Download location history would be a great start! I’d say it should stay with the download history and just be an extra bit of info like the download date is.

]]> By: AndyEd http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2007/05/10/551/comment-page-1/#comment-60060 AndyEd Fri, 11 May 2007 13:06:41 +0000 http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2007/05/10/551/#comment-60060 As a followup to my plug for downloads to remember their source, <a href="http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2007/05/09/550/#comment-27254">http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2007/05/...</a>, the idea was brought to me back in 04/05 by a PhD student at CMU. He used tracking of link text, titles, etc up to the download point to enrich the file with data to support file system search:<br><br>Connections: using context to enhance file search<br><a href="http://www.lcs.ece.cmu.edu/%7Esoules/papers/sosp05.pdf">http://www.lcs.ece.cmu.edu/~soules/papers/sosp0...</a><br>Craig A. N. Soules, Gregory R. Ganger.<br>Symposium on Operating System Principles, October 2005.<br><br>Another way to look at this is how should download history affect web history? A download is a strong vote of confidence or interest in history. See <a href="http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1059981.1059982">http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1059981.1059982</a> for other strong predictors. This is the kind of interpretation of history required to make the wisdom of the crowds, well, wise. As a followup to my plug for downloads to remember their source, http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2007/05/..., the idea was brought to me back in 04/05 by a PhD student at CMU. He used tracking of link text, titles, etc up to the download point to enrich the file with data to support file system search:

Connections: using context to enhance file search
http://www.lcs.ece.cmu.edu/~soules/papers/sosp0...
Craig A. N. Soules, Gregory R. Ganger.
Symposium on Operating System Principles, October 2005.

Another way to look at this is how should download history affect web history? A download is a strong vote of confidence or interest in history. See http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1059981.1059982 for other strong predictors. This is the kind of interpretation of history required to make the wisdom of the crowds, well, wise.

]]> By: AndyEd http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2007/05/10/551/comment-page-1/#comment-27444 AndyEd Fri, 11 May 2007 12:06:41 +0000 http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2007/05/10/551/#comment-27444 As a followup to my plug for downloads to remember their source, http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2007/05/09/550/#comment-27254, the idea was brought to me back in 04/05 by a PhD student at CMU. He used tracking of link text, titles, etc up to the download point to enrich the file with data to support file system search: Connections: using context to enhance file search http://www.lcs.ece.cmu.edu/~soules/papers/sosp05.pdf Craig A. N. Soules, Gregory R. Ganger. Symposium on Operating System Principles, October 2005. Another way to look at this is how should download history affect web history? A download is a strong vote of confidence or interest in history. See http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1059981.1059982 for other strong predictors. This is the kind of interpretation of history required to make the wisdom of the crowds, well, wise. As a followup to my plug for downloads to remember their source, http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2007/05/09/550/#comment-27254, the idea was brought to me back in 04/05 by a PhD student at CMU. He used tracking of link text, titles, etc up to the download point to enrich the file with data to support file system search:

Connections: using context to enhance file search
http://www.lcs.ece.cmu.edu/~soules/papers/sosp05.pdf
Craig A. N. Soules, Gregory R. Ganger.
Symposium on Operating System Principles, October 2005.

Another way to look at this is how should download history affect web history? A download is a strong vote of confidence or interest in history. See http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1059981.1059982 for other strong predictors. This is the kind of interpretation of history required to make the wisdom of the crowds, well, wise.

]]> By: David Bolton http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2007/05/10/551/comment-page-1/#comment-60059 David Bolton Fri, 11 May 2007 06:47:52 +0000 http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2007/05/10/551/#comment-60059 Very insightful. Even if download history is kept as a separate list (which has merits), it would be useful to have an "open host page" link in the context menu (or even directly visible in the list). Very insightful. Even if download history is kept as a separate list (which has merits), it would be useful to have an “open host page” link in the context menu (or even directly visible in the list).

]]> By: David Bolton http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2007/05/10/551/comment-page-1/#comment-27412 David Bolton Fri, 11 May 2007 05:47:52 +0000 http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2007/05/10/551/#comment-27412 Very insightful. Even if download history is kept as a separate list (which has merits), it would be useful to have an "open host page" link in the context menu (or even directly visible in the list). Very insightful. Even if download history is kept as a separate list (which has merits), it would be useful to have an “open host page” link in the context menu (or even directly visible in the list).

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