Your Own Bio From Sent Emails

It was November 2008, while I was driving in the Canadian prairies, when it hit me. So much information about ourselves is stored in our Sent messages folder. I often search my old emails for information like old acquaintances or information that I have sent in the past.

We've been using Internet and email for quite a bit now. Most of us have collected thousands of "sent emails" over the years. From messages to your loved ones about your day's events or tomorrow's plans to appointment arrangements or trip report emails.

What if a super intelligent software program scanned through all these emails and produced a concise report of our relevant life stories? For example, the report could include a list people you contact most frequently and display it in a chronological order, with topics listed beside. It could also summarize the trips you've been to, the times you didn't feel quite well or were sick. The options are countless.

Note: Of course not all email programs/services store our sent emails. Sometimes it's an option that has to be turned on. For example, Hotmail does not, whereas with Yahoo it comes as a default. As for local computer programs like Outlook it's up to the user to manage his or her sent emails.