Most of us have imperfect memories. When we forget something, the best case is that we spend time to recover the information. The worst case is that the information may not be recoverable or we may not even remember that there was something of value that we once knew. KnowtIt is a service that allows its customers to cease relying solely on their memory.
Yesterday you attended a meeting with the leaders of your company. During the meeting you felt that you discovered new insights about how to help the company succeed. You were distracted after the meeting and couldn't act on your insights. This morning you review your notes in KnowtIt and you remember insights that otherwise you could not have remembered.. #YIKNOWTIT
This morning your boss asked you to do something important before the end of the day. You create a note in KnowtIt for this action and then get busy with other work. After lunch you review your notes in KnowtIt for next actions. You remember what your boss asked you to do and you meet your deadline. #YIKNOWTIT
You went to a conference a few months ago. You remembered something about the conferene, so you looked up your notes in KnowtIt. While browsing your notes in KnowtIt you remember a valuable session that you had completely forgotten. #YIKNOWTIT
A month ago you heard a great lecture. You hear the name of the speaker and recall the lecture and that at the time it was very impressive. You review your notes in KnowtIt and you remember both what the speaker said and your thoughts that the lecture triggered.. #YIKNOWTIT
A few months ago you spent several weeks reading a book that you believed would help you in your career. At the time you felt that the time was well spent and the book was very helpful. Today, something came up and triggered a memory about the book. You review your notes in KnowtIt and you remember not only the concepts from the book, but also how you planned to apply the concepts in your professional life. #YIKNOWTIT
You were looking at the pictures of a long ago family outing. In several of the photos, the family is laughing at the antics of your then youngest son. The pictures are priceless, so you look up your notes in KnowtIt. You remember what your son did that made everyone laugh and relive a cherished memory. #YIKNOWTIT
Last summer you took a tennis lesson while on vacation. The lesson really dialed in your game. You are scheduled to play today so you review your notes in KnowtIt and remember what the pro taught you and how it felt when you were doing it right.#YIKNOWTIT
You have been researching as part of a professional project. You recorded all of your thoughts, insights and results using KnowtIt. You were pulled away from the project to do other work. You get back to the project and review your notes in KnowtIt and remember the mental context that you had when you last worked on the project. #YIKNOWTIT
Often you can remember something that you had fogotten because of its connection to something that you remember or are able to review. The old proverb "A place for everything and everything in its place" can apply to your memories as well as your possessions. Using KnowtIt, you create a place for everything that you want to remember.
If you have a stack of papers that you want to keep and reference you may choose to keep the stack in organized file folders in a file drawer rather than a stack on your desk. If you do this, when you want a specific paper, you will likely find it more quickly and you will also find papers that you had forgotten while browsing the contents of a file folder. KnowtIt is like a file drawer and a KnowtIt topic is like a file folder that contains other KnowtIt topics and KnowtIt notes except that
The contents of KnowtIt are available to you whereever you can connect to the internet.
Topics can nest as many levels deep as you want
Topics can nest inside more than one other topic
Notes can be filed inside any number of topics
You can browse and search for notes inside a single topic or a topic and all of its nested topics