The future of files

http://gbracha.blogspot.com/2010/02/nail-files.html

Will the file metaphor die off? Are databases the new filesystems?

File hierarchies are a convenient way to think about organisation, but a tagging system and desktop searching is likely to be the way forward.
I do not, however, think that the file metaphor will die off, even if we had live images, or similar for programs.

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Uh, yes, because it's better to have your private data on someone else's servers.

Screw it, just share your hard drive with the whole Internet and let everyone copy a piece to backup for you. I'll go with "bank accounts.doc".