Real reQall

I have vivid memories of the day we founded reQall sitting on an idyllic California beach. (Which shall remain nameless, as we'd like it to stay that way.) We mapped a vision for an entirely new approach to memory. We didn't envision cadres of sophisticated workers producing vast productivity schedules. Or for that matter techno geeks reading complicated reQall manuals. Our goal was more ubiquitous: to help real people, living real lives, improve their memories and their lives at the same time.

Developing reQall, we set out to put more of the things you need to know and remember into one place, accessible through whatever medium is nearest or easiest at the moment. The idea was – and is – to keep it “humanly simple, brain-fast and powerful.” We based reQall on the easiest, most natural communication – your voice. As technology goes, it's hard to get much more simple than that – at least for the user.

There has been a lot of buzz about productivity products lately. Frankly, reQall is not a productivity tool, although you can use it to be more productive. reQall is bigger than that space –it's about how you feel about life, how much more of life you can access, how much stronger your relationships can be, when your memory gets some help.

We're real people. We know that life doesn't happen in neat segments. In the middle of work, you can have a sudden inspiration about your class reunion. In the middle of bathing the baby, you can get an idea about how to solve the engineering problem at work. I don't know about you, but I'm not big on little pieces of paper stuck all over the desk – and they really don't work well near a bathtub!

So new reQall 2.0 is ready. We hope it gives you even more memory, allowing you to share thoughts and tasks with others. New keyword recognition capability sorts your memory additions into categories like tasks, thoughts, lists and due dates. It allows you to create richer reQall content and jog your memory in new ways, including AIM or Yahoo Instant Messenger. As you use the product, get even more information about our new features, at http://www.reqall.com/reqall_help/help_web.html.

We appreciate your feedback so we can continue to improve reQall. Please add your thoughts to this discussion!

Till next week,

Sunil