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@MISC{Fertig96lifestreams:an,
    author = {Scott Fertig and Eric Freeman and David Gelernter},
    title = {Lifestreams: An Alternative to the Desktop Metaphor},
    year = {1996}
}

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We contend that managing one's own electronic world can be a frustrating task for most computer users, requiring too many separate applications, too many file transfers and format translations, the invention of too many pointless names and the construction of organizational hierarchies that too quickly become obsolete. What is needed is a metaphor and system for organizing the electronic "bits of paper" we all so easily collect, whether we create them ourselves or they come to us in the form of email, downloaded images, web pages, or scheduling reminders. Lifestreams is such a system. BASIC MODEL Lifestreams uses a simple organizational metaphor, a time-ordered stream of documents, to replace conventional files and directories [3, 4]. Stream filters and software agents are used to organize, locate, summarize and monitor incoming information. Lifestreams subsumes many separate desktop applications to accomplish the most common communication, scheduling, and search and retrieval tasks;...

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