Every answer keeps its stars attached.
Trace any synthesis back to the exact note, recording, or source.
YOUR PRIVATE MEMORY OBSERVATORY
Ask your past self anything.
Tangent studies the constellation of things you save, write, and decide—then brings the right memory into view.
Create your observatory Private by default · yours to export
DECISIONStart with recognition
INTERVIEW · MAY 14“I remember the shape, not the title.”
HIGHLIGHTContext is a retrieval cue
VOICE · 01:12Search should feel familiar
RECALL · 4 SOURCES
What did I learn about how people remember saved ideas?
People often recall the context around an idea before its exact words. Recognition cues outperformed strict search in three of your interviews.010203+1
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Ask anything you’ve read, written, or decided…
RETURN ↵Old ideas surface when they become useful.
Quiet reminders reconnect today’s work with thoughts you forgot you had.