Chronicles of Mark TE

In the old days, according to black-and-white movies, businesspeople had secretaries - or access to a pool of secretaries. Good secretaries even handled some personal business (restaurant booking, laundry, …). Secretaries are, increasingly, limited to old movies.

The internet and related technologies have made part-time personal assistants possible. A few hours per month, for example, might be enough to do those qualified tasks that you never get around to yourself.

If personal outsourcing becomes widespread, will it drive the development of semantic computing, as these firms harness technology to help them work?