Theo James·Nov 2The Context Drift Crisis: Why Your Second Brain App Goes BlankAt 9:14 on a Monday morning I opened Slack to find one number a client had sent me. At 10:03 I still had not written a single word of the…
Theo James·Oct 29Your Second Brain App Can’t See Where Your Best Ideas LiveThe best idea I had last year does not exist anywhere. It lived in three places at once, which turns out to be the same as living nowhere.
Theo James·Oct 21The Multi-App Memory Leak Your Second Brain App Can’t PlugLast spring, a 12-person consultancy paid me to watch them search. Two days of shadowing changed what I believe a second brain app actually…
Theo James·Oct 14Why Founders With Real IP Won’t Trust a Cloud Second Brain AppOne email from a lawyer ended my friend’s three-year relationship with his favorite note app.
Theo James·Oct 1The 100 Tab Tax: Why Your Second Brain App Needs Spatial MemoryI counted my open browser tabs on a Tuesday night. The number was 147.
Theo James·Sep 29Context Engineering: Why Your Second Brain App Gives Bad AnswersI spent three weekends last winter writing the perfect prompt. It ran 900 words, and it still gave me garbage.
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