so here is what my paper says so far:

lifestreaming = self-surveillance. this can have negative effects if too rigid.
so goalstreaming = self-surveillance with a purpose. instead of feeling overwhelmed by all the potentially collectible data, focus on one goal and use whatever surveillance and data might be appropriate to achieving that goal.

evolving responsibilities of designer
goalstreaming is an outcome of lifestream design…
give them a clue about how to mediate an online presence.

future of webdesign
way of reclaiming the bureaucratic data collected from you
displaying subjective experience objectively (phenomenology)

RT @JacquesMorels: life isnt measured by the number of breaths one takes, but instead, the number of moments that take our breath away

dear journal
as i do my so-called lifestreaming research, i begin to realize that lifestreaming does not give me the right to ‘think out loud’ at everyone, all the time. i operate on the web in a very stream of consciousness way, and i use ‘lifestreaming’ as a motivator to complete my work. this is a noisy process. photos, twitter, blogging, whatever. i make a stream of documentation of an activity that is messy but helpful to complete my work.

i feel like goalstreams were an attempt to address some of the issues of noise with lifestreaming–they focus/categorize content per goal or subject/project.

this shit still doesn’t make any sense to anyone but myself.

and babbling about it online seems to help me but it sure doesn’t make content anyone wants to read.

so i’m working on a paper. about lifestreaming as self-surveillance.
i’m trying to finish it in two hours.

i feel comletely incapable. like i need a nap first. at the bare minimum.