Record everything

Steven Johnson notes on his blog a a bit of extra information about his article for the NYTimes Magazine, Offloading your memories (hope this link doesn’t expire in seven days). In the comments, Anil Dash points to his April 1, 2003 (coincidence!??!) post on “the personal panopticon.” I had my own thoughts on that post a few days later. All this data I want to keep (for whom?) and I still don’t do a regular backup. The road to hell, and all that…