My life on search

I realized that I spent a lot of time making sure things around me are as searchable as possible. That includes a closet that is organized, with all my disc labeled and categorized properly, with all my new bills and legal documents scanned and organized properly in my computer. That plus my whole virtual world in my computer and in the cloud (the Internet).

The older I get the more I rely on various search technology to help me find information that I need. If something is not serachable, I may better just not having it.

There's a cost for making my life search. In time and resources persepctive, a serachable lifestyle means I have to spend a lot of time to label, document and organize my physical and virtual possession. I also to discipline myself to continue the organize process, or else having partial of my life serachable while the other in a mess doesn't really do much to me as a whole.

I also need to concern about my privacy, figuring out how much I can give up on my privacy in order to make my stuff easy to serach. And on the top of that I need to implement various security infrastructure around those information that is sensitive. That includes putting passcode on my iPod Touch, making encrypted backup on my personal information and use Truecrypt on my portable harddisk.

Some may find such a lifestyle painfully complicate. Maybe it's a geek thing, But as long as I continue living alone, I still have the luxury to conduct myself in whatever way I like.