When I really want to remember something, I write it down where it could disappear at any moment.
An unsaved, unnamed notepad document, open on my screen. Its analog equivalent might be a scribble on a piece of tissue so light it could be blown away by the slightest window breeze.
I didn’t start using the doc as my personal RAM on purpose. It is open to serve as a scratch pad, for links copied intermittent of bit.ly-ing, for text pasted in and copied out as a transitory step to remove hidden formatting.
But then concepts started to end up on the white notepad square, phrases I fell in love with that had no immediate application, or names for things I had never thought to name. Recent examples: “mermaidleprechaungenie” (a perfect amalgamized term for any supposed magical entity); “Soup Kitchen Man Is Angry” (a phrase that richly deserves to be illustrated).
Those phrases are no longer on my screen, or written down anywhere (except wherever I originally ran into them). My computer restarted for an update, perhaps, or my husband happened to close the doc when installing my new monitor. Yet I remember them perfectly. Things I enter into the document live in front of my face for a while, and because I know they aren’t safely archived elsewhere, I don’t let them escape. They become part of my current worldview.
When you want to remember something, don’t save it.
This comment is probably meant for the “Go Wiki Yourself Post” yes?
As I noted, Andrew did successfully set up the page for Neshaminy Creek Brewing. Perhaps it’s easier to get the materials and copy together and have a friend do it for you? As far as I know, Andrew (Nusca, currently at Fortune) has set up dozens of Wikipedia pages for a variety of local businesses.
Did this work?
I included myself as a “notable person” in the Lititz PA wiki page and I’ve remained on that page for about 6 months… But it seems like so much work of submission to get the whole business submitted. A girl here said she tried it once for the business but they rejected it. Did you have any success?