Hi Ashkan,
I was catching up on some mail today, and realized I could have
answered my own questions if I had kept up with my mail. Sorry for
the need for you to repeat. Comments below.
On Jul 13, 2006, at 9:47 AM, Ashkan Soltani wrote:
Hi Ted
The output of the instrumentation code is configurable, but
currently I have it just reporting the high-level blockEvent and
its arguments (i.e. collection or item displayName):
2006-07-05 17:41:38.997397, ReminderTime - {'sender':
<ReminderTimer: ebb9a85a-f747-11da-bcc4-b69075e12c22>, 'results':
None} - -
2006-07-05 17:41:45.680046, SelectItemsBroadcast - {'items': [],
'sender': <TimedEventsCanvas: ec4a1368-f747-11da-bcc4-
b69075e12c22>, 'collection': <SmartCollection: e4061b44-fbc9-11da-
be68-96b5896d6896>, 'results': None} - -
2006-07-05 17:41:48.515094, SelectItemsBroadcast - {'items':
[<ListCollection: trashCollection e50a47c6-f747-11da-bcc4-
b69075e12c22>], 'sender': <SidebarBlock: ebbb9570-f747-11da-bcc4-
b69075e12c22>, 'collection': None, 'results': None} - Trash -
2006-07-05 17:41:51.463844, SelectItemsBroadcast - {'items':
[<SmartCollection: inCollection e53752fc-f747-11da-bcc4-
b69075e12c22>], 'sender': <SidebarBlock: ebbb9570-f747-11da-bcc4-
b69075e12c22>, 'collection': None, 'results': None} - In -
2006-07-05 17:41:55.435157, ApplicationBarTask - {'buttonState':
True, 'sender': <ToolbarItem: ebba66e6-f747-11da-bcc4-
b69075e12c22>, 'results': None} - -
2006-07-05 17:42:01.979833, SelectItemsBroadcast - {'items':
[<MailedTask: 75b91d78-fcc1-11da-b8c9-ba38dce6ea47>], 'sender':
<DashboardBlock: ec4718b4-fcc1-11da-b8c9-ba38dce6ea47>,
'collection': <SmartCollection: inCollection e53752fc-f747-11da-
bcc4-b69075e12c22>, 'results': None} - chandler cats framework - In
2006-07-05 17:42:06.434139, ApplicationBarMail - {'buttonState':
True, 'sender': <ToolbarItem: ebba47a6-f747-11da-bcc4-
b69075e12c22>, 'results': None} - -
2006-07-05 17:42:15.857399, SelectItemsBroadcast - {'items':
[<MailMessage: 7683bd44-fcc1-11da-b8c9-ba38dce6ea47>], 'sender':
<DashboardBlock: 716b3a9e-fcc1-11da-b8c9-ba38dce6ea47>,
'collection': <SmartCollection: inCollection e53752fc-f747-11da-
bcc4-b69075e12c22>, 'results': None} - [kei - whole office] Weekly
and Upcoming Events (with additions) - In
2006-07-05 17:42:22.284905, SelectItemsBroadcast - {'items':
[<MailMessage: 788ccb62-fcc1-11da-b8c9-ba38dce6ea47>], 'sender':
<DashboardBlock: 716b3a9e-fcc1-11da-b8c9-ba38dce6ea47>,
'collection': <SmartCollection: inCollection e53752fc-f747-11da-
bcc4-b69075e12c22>, 'results': None} - Workflows for data analysis
- In
My plan is to dump everything notable to a file, then later analyze
this information using some post processing scripts. The thinking
behind this is:
+ Simpler implementation/Reduced processing overhead for chandler
+ Ability to go back and examine data that we originally weren't
considering
+ Allows for the blockEvent code to evolve w/o the need for
evolving the instrumentation code (new events will just be ignored
by the reporting scripts until the hooks are created, but things
will go on processing)
+ Ability to have an immutable/raw record of user activity
It's quite likely that we can collaborate on making this output
quite usable by the 'attention recorder' component. Can you tell
me a bit more about exactly specifically what you'd be looking for
in this case.
Post processing scripts seems fine. The big thing that I am
interested in is more "semantic level" events. "User created a new
task <reference to the task>", "user changed the date of an event
<reference to the event>", "user created new contact <reference tot
he contact>". This way, a service that is trying to process your
"attention stream" can get an idea of when your interest in something
begins or changes.
Ted
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