There is value to seemingly insignificant atoms of personal content (e.g. the stereotypical what I’m eating/doing/feeling right now) — providing context for more significant pieces of content; self reflection and the creation of new content molecules

I’m beginning to think that I want to store two broad categories of content on my #indieweb site, content which is defined by the time it occurred/is published and content which is primarily defined by some other attribute.

Examples of content defined by time, which at the moment I’m using notes for:

• short, tweet-like notes
• (often) ideas
• checkins
• bits of personal data like #steps, #rubbish, sleep or other quantified self-type things
• replies
• photos
• some longer written pieces
• assorted other location data e.g. journeys, runs, walks

Examples of content primarily defined by things other than time:

• essay-like articles
• experiments and tools
• venues
• profile data
• contacts/people — although this is a tricky one which requires further experimentation

@scottjenson RE google maps, I hear you. This particular problem could be solved by an app which remembers your speed, then displays the concentric rings. It assumes internet access/cached maps, GPS data and a device capable of displaying it — what if the device transmitting the information was a pedometer/similar which knows my speed but not location, has no internet access or way of displaying maps?

I’m a fan of more ambient approaches like this because they enhance my own senses (in this case my poor sense of timing) without trying to run my life, as apps seem to want to do. I see it as a fundamentally different approach; apps make me perform a task and give me output. Ambient information enhances my senses and gives me more context within which to make decisions.