A thought in a note. A useful link in a tab. A plan in a message. Lucid is my exploration of personal software that brings those pieces into context, while keeping their sources and your control in view.
The pieces already exist
The difficulty is often remembering where to look. Lucid starts with the context scattered across everyday tools: what you read, save, plan, and return to. The aim is to make those connections useful without turning personal organisation into another full-time task.
Starting with the browser
One working piece is LucidTab, a browser extension that captures visits and readable page content. A visit can point to a reusable document record, so the same article does not need to be captured again every time another part of the system needs it.
A memory with a source
I’m building a shared data model that separates observations from the conclusions drawn from them. Visiting a page is an observation; deciding what that visit means is an interpretation. Keeping them separate makes room for corrections, changing context, and a useful answer to “where did that come from?”
Where it stands
The capture tools and shared data contracts are in development. The wider connected experience is the direction of the project, rather than a finished product. The design question I keep returning to is how much a system should remember—and how easily you should be able to change its mind.