Write first, organise never
No folders to design before you begin. Type. Loam reads what you wrote and files it against everything else you have ever written.
A second brain, in plain language
A quiet place for
everything you know.
Most note apps are filing cabinets. Loam is closer to a commonplace book — a lifetime of reading, thinking and second-guessing, kept in one place and quietly cross-referenced.
The method
Links that point both ways
Mention an idea and the idea learns your name. Every note keeps a quiet record of who has referred to it, and why.
A memory you can question
Ask “what did I conclude about attention spans?” and get an answer assembled from your own margins — with citations back to the page.
Plain text, plainly yours
Markdown files in a folder you choose. Loam can vanish tomorrow and your library will open in any editor on earth.
“I have kept notes for eleven years. Loam is the first tool that made the older ones feel alive rather than archived.”
Your margins, gathered into one long conversation.
Highlights from what you read arrive alongside the notes you wrote years ago on the same subject. Agreement and contradiction, side by side.
Import from Kindle, Readwise & Instapaper →On attention
Depth is a scarce resource. Guard the first two hours.
Reading — Deep Work
Cal Newport, ch. 3. Cross-ref: my 2021 sabbatical notes.
Half-thought, 02:14
Is a second brain just an admission the first one leaks?
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