streams

testing this out with stream, similar to texting journal file structure

• streams are separated by ---
• automatically dated by when they were created… the first line after the division should have the date for that stream?
  • ` interface

• should look like a table structure but feel like a bullet list?
• clicking Enter twice in succession should make a new entry
• clicking Backspace on a blank entry should delete the entry input this should work with anywhere that can automatically date entries and has some logical separation of entries

• texting - date = receipt timestamp, separated via messages
• posting - for any social media same thing as above
• notes entry - same thing but need to manually separate via --- and date manually, otherwise gets taken as the sync time?

Requirements

• backed by RSS feed (or something equivalent that makes the data portable)
• as easy to add as taking a screenshot
  • so mobile-optimized
• easily integrated
  • can be appended to from anywhere
  • can be an input to anything else (feed into obsidian/notion/coda/etc.)
• text file (from anywhere) -> special parser -> structured format
• marketing / pitch angle:
  • bullet journaling
  • timetracking
  • remembering
  • building portfolio automatically
  • time capsule / consistent journaling

Constraints

• append-only stream, no editing only can delete
• easily turn feeds into shareable links
  • whole data inspiration here, should display nicely but also it’s effectively an rss feed? (not sure how to do this properly without having a chrome extension?)
• good interface for adding
  • texting
  • raycast
• good interface for seeing what you’ve sent and written
• persist data locally
  • localStorage
  • origin private filesystem local file persisting

People to talk to

• Tom Critchlow
• charles chamberlain
• Simon Willison

Relevant Resources

• https://tomcritchlow.com/2020/04/15/library-json/
• something very compelling about twitter threads that get constantly appended to
  • https://twitter.com/maxkriegers/status/1515039428565110785?s=20
• digital collections
• arena wishlist

• https://tomcritchlow.com/2023/01/27/small-databases/
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• bulletin message https://www.arcana.computer/about-this-site about this

Products

• futureland
• https://fabric.so
  • “shared garden” for the internet, single dumping place for all “saved” things, add to any amount of collections, nice interactions for bulk actions and bulk adding and keyboard-first add
• campsite

Snippets

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