store everything only once, smarter

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Published on 2010-04-18T08:15:33Z Indexed on 2010/04/18 8:23 UTC
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In the digital world a lot is stored multiple times.

As a thought experiment or creative challenge I want you to think about making this more efficient and maybe reuse more. Think of the following cases:

an mp3 track is downloaded multiple times, copied over various devices
on website a login form is often rebuild many times, why not reuse more code?
words themselves are used many times
questions and answers are accidentally saved at many places in parallel
images or photos often describe the same data (Eiffel tower, Golden gate, Taj Mahal)
etc etc

Are you aware of solutions? Or are you thinking about similar topics? Ideas? Blueprints?

I'd love to hear from you!

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