Martin J. Bligh

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Internet data

Types of data:
  1. Communications
    1. Email
    2. Phone calls (logs, voicemail etc) - google voice.
    3. SMS
    4. "Social" - Facebook, Google+, Twitter
    5. Contacts (phone numbers, email addr, phys addr, etc)
    6. Forum postings (inc usenet)
    7. RSS feeds (Google reader, etc)
  2. Location
    1. GPS trackers (instamapper, google locate, etc)
    2. Current location (contextual info)
    3. Google maps "my maps".
  3. General purpose Storage
    1. Local filesystem (transparent sync between machines, backup)
    2. Cloud general storage (dropbox, Google docs, Amazon clouddrive)
    3. NAS
    4. "Paperless office" mass scanned data
  4. Specific storage types
    1. Bookmarks
    2. Music (mp3s, cover art, album groupings, playlists and other user metadata). x-link Google music, Amazon cloud drive, etc.
    3. Audiobooks
    4. E-books
    5. Pictures
    6. Videos
  5. Publishing
    1. Blog posts
    2. Wiki edits
  6. Financial (mint makes a reasonable job of this, stock side is weak)
    1. Bank data and accounts
    2. Credit cards
    3. Tagging / grouping spending (mint.com, intuit, etc)
    4. Budgets
    5. Portfolios (equities, etc - all investment instruments)
    6. Bills
    7. Tax filings and records for upcoming filings
    8. All insurance policies
    9. SSN
  7. Vehicles
    1. Purchase data
    2. Resale value (blue book etc)
    3. Mileage records
    4. Service records
    5. Gas consumption
    6. Upcoming service requirements
    7. Link to price estimates for new tires, local servicing, available accessories, etc
  8. Shopping
    1. Records of purchases (Amazon does this very well)
    2. Wish lists and gift lists for self
    3. Gift ideas for others.
  9. Food
    1. Recipes (social element)
    2. Friends, family, acquaintances likes and dislikes. 
    3. Restaurant reviews, planned list to try
  10. Contractors
    1. Angie's list style with social network link-in.
  11. Technical
    1. Code check ins
    2. Bug reports
  12. Organizational
    1. Calendar
    2. Todo lists
    3. Project planning
    4. Complete GTD (David Allen, Getting Things Done) structural system
    5. Packing lists
  13. Entertainment
    1. TV, Movie recommendations
    2. Netflix queue, other "movies to see lists"
    3. TV upcoming "schedule" (Tivo wishlists, etc)
    4. Book recommendations, read lists
  14. Medical and biometric
    1. DNA analysis
    2. Fingerprint
    3. Medical records
    4. Prescriptions and ordering data (organize mail order repeats, etc)
    5. Condition research
    6. Vetinary records
  15. Authentication
    1. Usernames, passwords (a la Lastpass)
    2. Preferably transparently plugin to browser, don't make me cut and paste.
    3. Help generate passwords, etc.
  16. Politics
    1. Political positions, personal manifesto

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