A few days ago I came back to my "old" office that I left three years ago and in the office was my Mac I used before I left. I started the computer and the desktop appeared, exactly as I left it three years ago! It was a strange experience. I was thrown back in time, and suddenly remembered what I was doing the last days in my old office. It was like looking at a photo in an album and it is of course similar, the desktop was frozen at a particular time. Anyhow, nothing extraordinary, but quite an experience...Who take pictures of the virtual world in a similar way as we take pictures of the real world? To remember when we get old :-)
Interaction Design, HCI, Philosophy of Design, Technology and Society
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It is interesting how files on a computer can evoke a sense of nostalgia.
Yes, I agree, and I think we will see the new profession "digital information archeology" soon :-)
Erik