BuildingArticle6 min read
Why I built Shelf
I wanted somewhere for the things I know I'll forget.
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The Shelf Journal
Notes from the making of a second memory.
Essays, product notes and small observations about keeping things, forgetting them, and what it takes to remember.
NotesPersonal Note2 min read
Small things worth keeping
A short list, kept for no reason other than that I liked them.
Six small things I saved this month, and the reason each one stayed.
ProductProduct Update3 min read
What changed in Shelf V2
V1 gave Shelf a place to keep things. V2 asked what it would mean to remember them.
The short version of the V2 release: reading, connections, and finding things by the part you actually recall.
DesignDesign Note5 min read
Designing software that feels like a place
Rooms have memory. Screens usually don't.
Why the best interfaces feel like somewhere you have been before, and what that means for an app about remembering.
IdeasVisual Essay4 min read
The internet is becoming my attic
Everything is kept. Almost nothing is remembered.
We have never saved more and recalled less. A short note about the difference between an archive and an attic.
ProductArticle5 min read
Shelf remembers differently
Most tools store. Shelf tries to recall.
Storage answers where did I put it. Memory answers what was that thing about. Shelf is built for the second question.