For the Readers Who Forget Things Too

I’ve always loved reading. I like to highlight the sentences that touch me. And I save quotes into folders like: 2022/Feb/The Ride of a Lifetime/Chapter 3/But after a few months, I forget they’re even there.

I’m not a knowledge management expert. I don’t have a “Zettelkasten” or some bulletproof system. I just like learning, slowly and honestly. Reading makes me feel like the world is bigger — and that maybe, with enough curiosity, I could grow into a slightly wiser version of myself.

But eventually, I realized something wasn’t working. The more I read, the more I jotted down. But the more I saved, the more I seemed to lose. My notebook became a graveyard of forgotten insights.

Not Another Folder

I’ve seen amazing systems built in Notion, Obsidian, and Tana. I admire the people behind them — so much care, discipline, and clarity. But I knew deep down: that would never be me. I didn’t want to spend more time designing a system than thinking inside it. I didn’t want to sort my thoughts into another folder under another folder.

I wanted time to think. I wanted the thinking part of thinking, not the filing cabinet part. But the tools I had didn’t work that way.

A Booster for Your First Brain

In 2023, I met my now-cofounder. We were both obsessed with ideas. We both had long trails of scattered notes, broken folder systems, and beautifully abandoned workflows. We also shared a weird conviction:

We don’t need a second brain. We already have a great one. We just need something that can help it breathe, stretch, and grow — without demanding more of our time or attention.

So we started building Linko — not just another note-taking app, but a new kind of thinking companion for the AI age.

A system that

• Gathers your scattered thoughts and organizes them — automatically
• Surfaces past insights just when you need them
• Connects the dots you didn’t know existed
• Evolves with you, without constant maintenance

It’s not magic. But it feels like something clicked into place.

Every field is in an auto-maintained system

We’re Still Early. But We’re Ready to Share.

After two years of building, testing, discarding, and rebuilding, Linko is finally ready to meet more people. Not everyone — we’re still in beta — but a small group of thinkers, readers, and lifelong learners who resonate with what we’re trying to do.

If any of this sounds familiar — if your folders are overflowing, your ideas feel scattered, and you just want a better way to hold on to what matters — I’d love for you to join us.

You can sign up for the waitlist at linko.study. We’ll send you an invite as soon as we can.

And if you’re not sure yet, or if you just want to chat about failed note systems, books you love, or the weird joy of rereading old thoughts — reach out. This whole journey started with a conversation. Maybe the next chapter does too.

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