kidehen: @ericblue just read: http://tinyurl.com/aohh6q (personal memex). Also look at: http://tinyurl.com/c5k8z5 (ODS) #ods

ODS, or OpenLink Data Spaces, looks intriguing. I definitely need to check this out and see if and how it integrates with my overall system.

Thanks for your comment. Yes, the jigsaw approach has worked well. But, I still have a way to go as far as overall integration of the different apps.

I did checkout Haystack a couple years ago, and found it to be somewhat interesting. I also liked the fact that it was based on RCP (which is what Eclipse uses), however the main disadvantage was that it wasn’t web-based. I’ve found some great GUI apps, but ultimate desire the flexibility of having an HTML interface.

I still need to figure out how Semantic desktops fit into my overall system. I’ve looked at Gnowsis in the past (now defunct I believe), and found it interesting that MindRaider (http://mindraider.sourceforge.net/) offered some sort of integration with it.

It’s also interesting to note that almost all solutions nowadays are sorts of jigsaw puzzles with bits and pieces for different tasks. In the early days of the Simile group at MIT, I remember they had this Haystack interface which basic principle was to make all pieces work together using semantic information, so an email made sense to your IM “program” (or module), say. I can’t find any screenshot, though, but it was very impressive. I think it’s near the concept of a semantic desktop.

(Btw I linked to your article from http://www.fsavard.com/flow/2009/01/eric-blues-personal-memex-and-personal-learning-environments/ )