2026-05-17
Progress update: The next section of the Extended Mind System – the operations collections – is well underway and taking shape. It covers your resource budget, priorities, routines, projects, and daily planner + log – five connected and interrelated components that need to be documented together. It’s a lot of ground to cover and will take time to get it right. No ETA at this time. Stay tuned.
2026-04-26
- Reduced project scope to focus solely on Notion implementations. References to Obsidian implementations have been removed from the Extended Mind System docs. May revisit Obsidian in the future.
- Added header images to Artcles and the Extended Mind System Overviews to break up the wall of text and provide a visual anchor for each section.
2026-04-17
- Updated: Get Started – Updated Extended Mind System card title and description.
- Updated: Overview for An Extended Mind System – Rewrote the overview with a before/after comparison table, expanded prerequisites section, and added notes on pricing and data security.
- Published: The case for an extended mind system
- Published: A note on Obsidian
- Published: The building blocks of your system
- Published: Notion database settings
- Published: Terminology
- Published: Life Log
- Published: Life Event Types
2026-03-17
Progress update: I have a heavy travel schedule and agenda through the first part of May – expect minimal to no updates in that timeframe.
2026-03-14
- Updated: Overview – Revised intro text, reformatted the “Things to note” section with subheadings and a table, and added a desktop viewing tip.
- Updated: Overview for An Extended Mind System – Removed the “What you’ll find” section.
- Updated: Global anchor – Renamed to “About Amanda” and updated icon.
2026-03-13
- Publised: Databases & metadata
- Published: License
2026-03-07
- Updated: Further reading – Added additional concepts.
2026-03-05
- Published: A note on stepping back from LinkedIn
- Published: Overview for Articles
- Updated: Overview for Change Log – Modified title for consistency across index pages.
2026-03-04
- Published: Starting the pipeline early: a response to the DOE Genesis Mission RFI
- Published: About this change log
- Updated: Further reading – Added ‘Philosophical foundations’ section.
2026-02-25
Initial releaseThe site is live. Scaffolding is in place to provide previews of the articles to be published.Articles
- Published: Building my online home
- Published: The case for documenting and sharing what you know
- Published: Overview
- Published: Further reading
- Draft: Life Log
- Draft: Knowledge Bank
- Draft: Life Event Types
- Draft: The science behind keeping an extended mind system
- Placeholder added: Notion v. Obsidian
- Placeholder added: Databases & metadata
- Placeholder added: Books & Papers
- Placeholder added: Core Principles
- Placeholder added: Daily Planner & Log
- Placeholder added: Opinion Bank
- Placeholder added: People
- Placeholder added: Places
- Placeholder added: Projects
- Placeholder added: Routines
- Placeholder added: Things