[aganek]

I love this post.

There is no doubt in my mind that the file system (as we know it) is dead. Daily workflows are becoming more and more integrated with the social graph. Its one thing to manage your own file set, but try keeping track of everyone's files... or even your own across multiple different purpose devices for that matter.

If I save files using one filtering scheme and someone else saves to the same shared drive using another scheme... both of our files eventually become lost in a mess.

Like others have posted, I believe the solution is search. Maybe not textbox search like Google, but certainly different ways to view lists of files. Can you imagine viewing the most recent files edited by a certain coworker, or the most recent files edited within range of a certain GPS location. I don't have an exact answer how to sort the data, but in my mind... there is a lot of additional data that can be used to help filter file presentations beyond the just the file index and file attributes used today.

I'm in the bay area, working on a startup to address this shift. Message me if interested... I'm always looking for people to talk about it with.