Field notes #1
31 years
This YouTube video caught my attention today:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hpgEkAJsf0
"This Camera Has Taken a Photo Every 20 Seconds Since 1994". It's nothing amazing, really. But in the 6 days since it was posted it has racked up 235K views already. The topmost comment on it reads "Can’t imagine a new webcam lasting 30 months, let alone 30 years." and has 313 likes.
People are genuinely fascinated to see something real about the past. Even when it's as banal as a long shot of college campus.
Argh! Can't someone just FTP those photos to us for forever storage? When I think about it, I realize that what we've been building is wrapped up in a lifelong hangup I've had that history is constantly draining away. Almost everything that happens in your life today will be forever gone in very short order. With each passing day, year, decade, it all melts away.
Ever since I was very young I wondered if there was a way to preserve more of everything that happens. I'd be lying if I told you that's exactly what I was consciously thinking about when I came up with the idea for Aevocam. But it was implicitly there. I know I'm not the only one.
I'm not going to wax on how Aevocam solves problems real organizations have. You can read about that on your own. I just thought this was interesting and maybe worth sharing.