What does HackerNews think of Memacs?

This idea of getting historical data fused from multiple private sources, to be able to remember properly what happened, was at the core of Memacs[1], an Emacs (org-mode-based) data-fusion framework feeding into calendar.

Here's a diagram from the Memacs repo:

   emails              -> memacs-maildir.py  \
   firefox history     -> memacs-firefox.py   |
   SMS                 -> memacs-sms.py       |
   RSS-feeds           -> memacs_rss.py       |
   bank statements     -> memacs-easybank.py  |>  Memacs
   postings            -> memacs-slrn.org     |
   git repository logs -> memacs_git.py       |
   svn repository logs -> memacs_svn.py      /
   |_________________|   |_________________|     |______|
   your personal data      Memacs modules        Org mode

This relied on org-mode having a good date-links-to-calendar and agenda system.

See the whitepaper, called "What really happened on September 15th 2008? Getting The Most from Your Personal Information with Memacs"[2].

This project is now a little bit dead, but the concept of private data fusion was fantastic, and transformed my view of calendars.

Agree that calendars are a little underused in that way, and would love to see more work towards that private calendar data usage.

[1]: https://github.com/novoid/Memacs [2]: https://arxiv.org/abs/1304.1332

The closest thing I've seen to that is https://github.com/novoid/Memacs

I'm using org mode (in particular, org capture) on my desktop and Orgzly on Android for active logging.

For passive logging, I've got Orger, set of scripts that are pulling data from different APIs and render it as org-mode [1]. Having it as org-mode allows me for quick search and recall in the logs.

There is also Memacs that uses similar approach [2].

1. https://beepb00p.xyz/orger.html

2. https://github.com/novoid/Memacs

Two neat modern memex implementations:

http://quantifiedself.com/2009/09/the-social-memex/ - Mark Carrenza's memex implementation that he's been using for decades

https://github.com/novoid/Memacs - memacs, a memex-like implementation using python to turn social streams into searchable emacs org-mode files

As per always, someone has implemented a memex system with emacs and org mode:

https://github.com/novoid/Memacs