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Some of what Seth was talking about was just bad programming. AM/PM default was just bad or lazy programming. Some of what he's talking about could be taken care of using Bayesian filters or something at that level. (AM/PM default could be taken care of this way too) Make things mildly adaptive and unobtrusive, and us?

As for addresses, something like Facebook or LinkedIn could be tremendously useful. Instead of storing bits in a database, you could basically subscribe to another's address info. In fact, accounts to these websites amount to subscribing to other's personal or professional info, and letting them subscribe to yours.




> Instead of storing bits in a database, you could basically subscribe to another's address info.

I believe this is what Plaxo does, no?




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