So, how did the idea come about? One hears, the story goes something like this: Sid has a bad memory. He has trouble remembering events preceding the last few hours, let alone week, month, or year. Sid liked the idea of preserving and cataloguing memories of his day to day life – the most indicative, interesting, note-worthy moments, thoughts, events, actions, and (mis)haps. Perhaps to keep for his grandkids. Or to reminisce sometime in 2012 about that day in 2008 he spilt coffee on his keyboard. Or maybe simply for no other reason than to register in the history of time.
But how could he do it?
Diaries are for 10 year-old girls and those with ample time and physical securing space.
Twitter is too broad, current, and purpose-independant.
Text documents are messy, insecure, and lack usefulness.
Todo lists and calendars are there to plan your future, not to remember your past.
Blogging has evolved into journalism, demands commitment, and doesn't feel personal.
Writing in detail about his personal life doesn't interest him the slightest bit.
Time is limited in his life, so he's only willing to spend a couple minutes a day on this task.
And when a lightbulb went on somewhere in the world, so did Memiary (a play on 'memory' + 'diary'; pronounced 'memory.')
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