Research

Data Mining seems to be an important part of my research for the Future design brief. If i want to produce a product that makes decisions for you on everyday tasks then it needs to know what your interests and day-to-day activities are. Data mining is a way of finding that out, however, there is a certain degree of ethics that should be considered when thinking about this.



I want my product to do a wide range of tasks on a personal and buisness level. I would like it to act as a PA (personal assistant) deciding on who your company should to buisness with or keep in contact with, and on a personal level act as a very full on diary, monitoring your computer activites, emails, facebook, etc... to see who you regulary keep in contact with and will suggest 'friends' you may not need (due to them never being in contact with etc...) Also with your profile fully filled out, the programme can help decide who to perform certain activies with, such as going to the cinema by filtering through your friends with the most common film tastes etc... Also it will be a way to meet new friends by finding other people that also wish to do the same activity with the same common interests in the same area, and sending both parties an email suggesting the activity.

I really like this idea of a fully interactive diary although with the information needed to make it work it could be seen as imposing on private information or 'spying'. It reminds me of '1984' by George Orwell, where 'Big Brother' is constantly watching you.




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