I search "driveway" and get all the photos my wife and I ever took that shows our driveway. Ah yes the cracks are getting worse.
I search email for "driveway repair" and find that old recommendation from a friend despite the word driveway having never been mentioned.
I don't need a sorting system. I need a big pile of all my data ever with a fantastic search engine.
I'd prefer if it wasn't google.
The problem is when search extends across domains. I can search files with Spotlight, but not my google emails. On my phone, it's worse because there are so many different comms systems. I can search my Whatsapp messages; my SMS messages; my email; Facebook messenger; Skype.... Each individual search is fine, but no one tool does them all. Hence, the idea of using manual labels to classify stuff - including emails - can still be useful. Crazy that we're forced back to this.
Yep, search is great in Google-world or on your Mac. But try it at work where everything is in disparate SharePoints if you're lucky.
> Hence, the idea of using manual labels to classify stuff - including emails - can still be useful. Crazy that we're forced back to this.
I know!
Edit: Seva and Cloudtenna
I wish I had a local one that just packed it all into Solr