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01 / Plan & Understand

xavier.

A second memory for busy days

xavier keeps track of my thoughts across projects, conversations and new ideas. I speak or type something into it and find it again as an organised topic, with context, a history, research and a next step. It helps me pick up the thread after a break.

A sketch of the idea
Current stage
In use
Who it’s for
People working across several topics at once
What it changes
Return to a topic with its context intact

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Capture a thought as it arrives

Good ideas often arrive between meetings. xavier takes them in as speech or text and turns them into topic cards, keeping the thinking that led to the idea alongside it.

That suits how I work: talk through what is on my mind, then come back to it later with a little distance.

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Let the connections grow

New notes add to the existing topic. Research contributes relevant sources, and the history provides a starting point for the next step. Personal and business topics each have their own space.

When I return, I can see what caught my attention, how the idea developed and where I wanted to take it next.

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Learn from everyday use

I use xavier myself. That gives development a practical direction: a useful introduction, a clear summary or a thoughtful follow-up can make a difference during the day.

These small observations feed back into the product. The workspace grows with the questions I actually bring to it.

From idea to use

What it makes easier.

  • 01Capture thoughts through speech and text
  • 02Bring notes into topics with a history
  • 03Add relevant research to a topic
  • 04Organise personal and business topics separately
  • 05Return with a useful next step

What I take away

A useful memory keeps the context too. That is what helps me return to a thought later.
— Philipp