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I hoard links, research papers, blog posts as a reference. My human brain can make connections of the smallest detail of things I have read or seen before but I
by fathermarz 9mo ago
I hoard links, research papers, blog posts as a reference. My human brain can make connections of the smallest detail of things I have read or seen before but I don’t always remember what. So if I am working on something I think, oh I have seen something like this before, I search in my tagged links. It rarely comes in handy, but when it does, it is a great feeling.
- item007 9mo agoThanks for sharing—it seems you have an extraordinary brain! I'm also very curious, what makes a retrieval moment “great” and how often it happens.If someone could help you increase the likelihood of it happening, would you find that valuable?
- fathermarz 9mo agoThe greatness happens when: 1. I actually saved it in the one place I should save links 2. The thing that I remember seeing actually fits with my current train of thought or understanding 3. I tagged the link meaningfully. I have tried a lot of twin brain, second mind, etc etc. but I find myself doing the same thing no matter what layer is on top of the link fetching.
- item007 9mo agoI think (2) is the hardest: even if you saved it, it only feels “great” when it matches your current context and mental model. When you tried the twin brain/second mind approaches, what specifically failed for you? Was it capture overhead, inconsistent tagging, not knowing where to put things, or simply that nothing resurfaced at the right moment without you searching? Also, what did “tagged meaningfully” look like in your system — topic tags, project tags, or “why I saved this” tags? I’m exploring an approach centered on “active targets/projects as the context signal” to improve resurfacing without more organization work (more context in my HN profile/bio if you want to compare).