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Short articles on memory, notes, AI tools, and how to avoid the productivity-culture trap. No fluff, no upsell mid-paragraph.
7 min · 2026-06-02
How to remember everything (without becoming a productivity person)
There's a productivity-culture answer to 'how do I remember everything?' that goes: Notion, tags, daily reviews, weekly reviews, GTD, second brain. By the end you have a system that takes more time to maintain than the things you wanted to remember in the first place. This guide is the opposite take.
6 min · 2026-06-02
The best note app for ADHD (and why most fail)
ADHD brains capture fast and forget fast. The bottleneck is never "can I write it down?" — it's "will I come back to it before it's irrelevant?" Most note apps fail on the second question. Here's what to look for, and what works.
5 min · 2026-06-02
The best AI voice notes app in 2026 (what to look for)
Any app can transcribe. The good ones extract meaning, surface what matters, and stop being voice apps the moment you stop talking. Here's the short list.
6 min · 2026-06-02
How to build a second brain without the work (or: the lazy person's guide)
The Second Brain movement promises external memory. In practice, you spend more time maintaining the system than benefiting from it. Here's the value without the work.