The origins of Memo'd

For centuries, great thinkers would compile a customized book of knowledge to help better themselves.

They’d organize memorable quotes and valuable ideas in one place so they could be utilized whenever life got challenging.

This technique, known as “commonplacing”, has been used by everyone from Leonardo da Vinci and Thomas Jefferson to Virginia Woolf and Bill Gates.

It’s a scientifically proven way to retain key information and supercharge creativity. But the reason it became popular is even simpler: people needed a way to cut through all the noise.

When the printing press flooded society with information 500 years ago, keeping a ‘wisdom book’ helped restore order and clarity in curious minds.

Over time, books and newspapers helped to democratize this process by acting as information filters or ‘gatekeepers’.

Now history is repeating itself in the digital age. Never has so much knowledge been so widely available… and yet keeping up with it all is impossible.

That’s where Memo’d comes in. We’ve developed an easy-to-use app that takes the idea of “commonplacing” one step further: gathering the world’s most powerful ideas at the tap of a button.

Memo’d combines an old idea with new technology. It’s a personal fount of knowledge that you can access anywhere and, more importantly, remember better.

The value of evergreen content only increases over time when it’s organized and digested the right way. By plugging into a web of clear and connected ideas, there’s nothing to stop you from realizing your full potential.