A Very, Very Crazy Idea

Just a few minutes back (around 7PM IST on 30-Nov-2007) I got an idea. What if I open a spreadsheet file and write down the names of all people we remember? Going forward, I could make different worksheets for different phases of my life, say primary school, high school, college, work etc and list down the names. Then I would go on to find out the level of contact I have with these people, perhaps I'll also put down a few lines on what I thought of them when I was actually in touch with them and what they've become now. This sounds very interesting, and a little frightening too! Let's see how much light this idea sees.

This idea struck me as I was reading in "The Google Story" about how Page thought he'll download the entire internet from his Stanford University lab in 1996. I was also thinking about how I am moving with my friends - in my current and my past life, how some people have entered and exited my heart and mind, how some have stayed longer and more importantly, what I can do with all these thoughts.

Now I want to get back to my book. I don't want this train of thought to disturb my reading train. And this is exactly the reason for this post, so that I will come back here sometime later and see that I was thinking of something which I should try to do.