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Role
Designer, researcher and prototyper
Team
4
When
Sep to Dec 2025
Status
Planned

Memory Handling

A concept for AI memory that people can see and steer, thread by thread.

  • 2rounds of testing
  • 8products studied
  • 60days before a loose thread fades
P-01ScreensThreads dashboard: conversations kept as threads

LearnedSep 2025

Eight products, and the research on sensemaking.

A study of 8 products and the research on sensemaking tools.

From papers to prototypes: the sketch wall

TurnedOct 2025

Memory as a collaboration, not storage.

From memory as storage to memory as a collaboration the user steers.

STARTYR 2YR 3YR 44 months on a shared four-year dialNo counts recorded yetNO COUNTS RECORDEDResearch: practicedRESService design: not part of this workSVCProduct design: practicedPRDStrategy & PM: not part of this workSTRGame design: not part of this workGAMESet aside: Memory profile library; confirmation prompts on every save.The turn: memory as storage to memory as a collaboration the user steersWhere it landed: Threads Dashboard, Memory Knots, per-message privacy.
Ring: time on a 4-year dial · Stations: practice · Field: evidence · Red: the turn · Dashed: set aside · End mark: where it landed
Early concept A: memory flow with clusters

MadeNov 2025

Threads, Memory Knots and per-message privacy.

Threads Dashboard, Memory Knots and per-message privacy, tested twice.

Memory Knots
Conversational Memory: inline memory sources, save modes and a memory panel

Details

My role
Designer, researcher and prototyper on a team of 4.
Proof
Two rounds of testing; Sensecape, Graphologue, CARE literature.
Set aside
Memory profile library; confirmation prompts on every save.
Where it landed
Threads Dashboard, Memory Knots, per-message privacy.
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P-02ScreensLoose Threads Archive
P-06ScreensEarly concept B: memory profile page, set aside
P-07ScreensEarly concept C: embedded memory components

ThreadsTrust in AI

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