Think slower. Remember more.
Marginalia turns daily notes into a living archive that quietly resurfaces ideas when they matter.
2019
founded as a research tool
38k
writers keep daily notes
2.1M
links between notes so far
The method
Four habits, kept for you
Capture without friction
One keystroke opens a fresh page, online or off. Nothing stands between a thought and the page.
Links that work both ways
Reference any note from any other. Marginalia keeps the backlinks, so ideas find each other later.
Resurfacing, on a schedule
A short daily review brings old notes back in rotation, spaced so you remember instead of reread.
Plain files, owned forever
Every note is a Markdown file in a folder you control. Export, sync, or leave whenever you like.
The daily review takes ten minutes
Write
Jot the day’s fragments without organizing them. Order is a later problem.
Link
Connect each fragment to one older note. Two sentences is enough.
Review
Read the five notes Marginalia resurfaces each morning. Keep what still rings true.
“I stopped losing ideas. Marginalia hands them back at the exact moment they become useful.”
Ingrid Sollie, research lead at Fieldnote Institute
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