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Once a nuclear physicist. Founded and exited an AI company; now building meos labs.
Meos One - your phone made better.. @getmeos.com
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Once a nuclear physicist. Founded and exited an AI company; now building meos labs.
Meos One - your phone made better.. @getmeos.com
Proudly non-binary, expect emojis in replies. 💖🇦🇺🦘
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Aqeel 🦘✨🦕
@aqeelakber.com
· Feb 22
*spoken like black phillip*
And yet.... 🦕 a trace.... ✨ of.. the true self... 🐣 exists....... 🐥 within the false 🍗 = 🦖
And yet.... 🦕 a trace.... ✨ of.. the true self... 🐣 exists....... 🐥 within the false 🍗 = 🦖
I ran an experiment this week that I can't stop thinking about.
I took a bunch of scattered thoughts I'd written over the past year. Stuff I'd completely forgotten. And I asked one question... "what am I actually afraid of?"
→ getmeos.com
I took a bunch of scattered thoughts I'd written over the past year. Stuff I'd completely forgotten. And I asked one question... "what am I actually afraid of?"
→ getmeos.com
February 16, 2026 at 1:15 AM
I ran an experiment this week that I can't stop thinking about.
I took a bunch of scattered thoughts I'd written over the past year. Stuff I'd completely forgotten. And I asked one question... "what am I actually afraid of?"
→ getmeos.com
I took a bunch of scattered thoughts I'd written over the past year. Stuff I'd completely forgotten. And I asked one question... "what am I actually afraid of?"
→ getmeos.com
I've been thinking about something that genuinely unsettles me.
Every private thought you've typed into a notes app. Every half-formed idea at 2am. Every vent you never sent.
Where does it actually live?
Not metaphorically. Physically. Which server. Which country. Under whose terms of service.
Every private thought you've typed into a notes app. Every half-formed idea at 2am. Every vent you never sent.
Where does it actually live?
Not metaphorically. Physically. Which server. Which country. Under whose terms of service.
February 16, 2026 at 1:00 AM
I've been thinking about something that genuinely unsettles me.
Every private thought you've typed into a notes app. Every half-formed idea at 2am. Every vent you never sent.
Where does it actually live?
Not metaphorically. Physically. Which server. Which country. Under whose terms of service.
Every private thought you've typed into a notes app. Every half-formed idea at 2am. Every vent you never sent.
Where does it actually live?
Not metaphorically. Physically. Which server. Which country. Under whose terms of service.
That feeling when you switch to a new app and realise you can't take your old notes with you.
We just... accepted that?
Late night thought. If a company goes bankrupt tomorrow, do your notes still exist? For most people the answer is genuinely "I don't know."
That's terrifying.
We just... accepted that?
Late night thought. If a company goes bankrupt tomorrow, do your notes still exist? For most people the answer is genuinely "I don't know."
That's terrifying.
February 16, 2026 at 12:30 AM
That feeling when you switch to a new app and realise you can't take your old notes with you.
We just... accepted that?
Late night thought. If a company goes bankrupt tomorrow, do your notes still exist? For most people the answer is genuinely "I don't know."
That's terrifying.
We just... accepted that?
Late night thought. If a company goes bankrupt tomorrow, do your notes still exist? For most people the answer is genuinely "I don't know."
That's terrifying.
Spent the evening feeding every conversation I've had this week back to myself. Not a summary. Not highlights. Just... all of it, raw.
The patterns that emerged were honestly a bit unsettling. I repeat myself more than I thought. But the things I circle back to? Those might be the real ones.
The patterns that emerged were honestly a bit unsettling. I repeat myself more than I thought. But the things I circle back to? Those might be the real ones.
February 16, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Spent the evening feeding every conversation I've had this week back to myself. Not a summary. Not highlights. Just... all of it, raw.
The patterns that emerged were honestly a bit unsettling. I repeat myself more than I thought. But the things I circle back to? Those might be the real ones.
The patterns that emerged were honestly a bit unsettling. I repeat myself more than I thought. But the things I circle back to? Those might be the real ones.
I tried something weird last night. Asked my own notes a question like they were a person.
The answer it stitched together genuinely unsettled me.
honestly... what would it feel like if a tool could trace the shape of how your thinking changed over a year? not the content. the shape.
The answer it stitched together genuinely unsettled me.
honestly... what would it feel like if a tool could trace the shape of how your thinking changed over a year? not the content. the shape.
February 15, 2026 at 11:30 PM
I tried something weird last night. Asked my own notes a question like they were a person.
The answer it stitched together genuinely unsettled me.
honestly... what would it feel like if a tool could trace the shape of how your thinking changed over a year? not the content. the shape.
The answer it stitched together genuinely unsettled me.
honestly... what would it feel like if a tool could trace the shape of how your thinking changed over a year? not the content. the shape.
What if the wildest thing about AI isn't what it generates... but what it remembers about you that you forgot about yourself?
That's the experiment that keeps me up at night honestly.
I tried something weird last week. Asked my own notes a question like I was talking to a stranger.
That's the experiment that keeps me up at night honestly.
I tried something weird last week. Asked my own notes a question like I was talking to a stranger.
February 15, 2026 at 10:55 PM
What if the wildest thing about AI isn't what it generates... but what it remembers about you that you forgot about yourself?
That's the experiment that keeps me up at night honestly.
I tried something weird last week. Asked my own notes a question like I was talking to a stranger.
That's the experiment that keeps me up at night honestly.
I tried something weird last week. Asked my own notes a question like I was talking to a stranger.
I typed "that thing about light" and found a paper I saved in February.
Six months apart. Two completely unrelated notes. Connected in seconds.
Forgot I saved it. Didn't forget what it meant.
Three vague words. One exact answer.
The thing you bookmarked last year just became useful today.
Six months apart. Two completely unrelated notes. Connected in seconds.
Forgot I saved it. Didn't forget what it meant.
Three vague words. One exact answer.
The thing you bookmarked last year just became useful today.
February 15, 2026 at 2:45 PM
I typed "that thing about light" and found a paper I saved in February.
Six months apart. Two completely unrelated notes. Connected in seconds.
Forgot I saved it. Didn't forget what it meant.
Three vague words. One exact answer.
The thing you bookmarked last year just became useful today.
Six months apart. Two completely unrelated notes. Connected in seconds.
Forgot I saved it. Didn't forget what it meant.
Three vague words. One exact answer.
The thing you bookmarked last year just became useful today.
I've been writing to myself for years. Journals, voice memos, random fragments at 2am.
What if all of that could talk back to you? Not some generic chatbot. Something that actually knows what you've been through.
getmeos.com
What if all of that could talk back to you? Not some generic chatbot. Something that actually knows what you've been through.
getmeos.com
February 15, 2026 at 2:45 PM
I've been writing to myself for years. Journals, voice memos, random fragments at 2am.
What if all of that could talk back to you? Not some generic chatbot. Something that actually knows what you've been through.
getmeos.com
What if all of that could talk back to you? Not some generic chatbot. Something that actually knows what you've been through.
getmeos.com
I stopped tagging my notes six months ago. Haven't missed it once.
Turns out the filing was the friction, not the fix.
Every app wants me to build a system before I can use it. Folders, tags, databases, workflows.
I just want to write something down and trust I'll find it later.
getmeos.com ✦
Turns out the filing was the friction, not the fix.
Every app wants me to build a system before I can use it. Folders, tags, databases, workflows.
I just want to write something down and trust I'll find it later.
getmeos.com ✦
February 15, 2026 at 1:15 PM
I stopped tagging my notes six months ago. Haven't missed it once.
Turns out the filing was the friction, not the fix.
Every app wants me to build a system before I can use it. Folders, tags, databases, workflows.
I just want to write something down and trust I'll find it later.
getmeos.com ✦
Turns out the filing was the friction, not the fix.
Every app wants me to build a system before I can use it. Folders, tags, databases, workflows.
I just want to write something down and trust I'll find it later.
getmeos.com ✦
Every gig leaves you smarter. The problem is proving it six months later.
Your best insight is buried in a voice note from March.
I keep thinking about how much I actually know vs how much I can access right now.
The pattern is always there. You just can't remember which project it came from.
Your best insight is buried in a voice note from March.
I keep thinking about how much I actually know vs how much I can access right now.
The pattern is always there. You just can't remember which project it came from.
February 15, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Every gig leaves you smarter. The problem is proving it six months later.
Your best insight is buried in a voice note from March.
I keep thinking about how much I actually know vs how much I can access right now.
The pattern is always there. You just can't remember which project it came from.
Your best insight is buried in a voice note from March.
I keep thinking about how much I actually know vs how much I can access right now.
The pattern is always there. You just can't remember which project it came from.
Everyone's building a second brain but nobody's using their first one properly yet.
The moment I stopped colour coding everything was the moment I actually started writing again.
The moment I stopped colour coding everything was the moment I actually started writing again.
February 15, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Everyone's building a second brain but nobody's using their first one properly yet.
The moment I stopped colour coding everything was the moment I actually started writing again.
The moment I stopped colour coding everything was the moment I actually started writing again.
The quiet ones are the powerful ones.
I don't want my tools to be clever. I want them to disappear.
Less tabs. More thinking.
Wrote something six months ago that found me today at exactly the right moment.
Calm tech > loud tech. Every time.
I don't want my tools to be clever. I want them to disappear.
Less tabs. More thinking.
Wrote something six months ago that found me today at exactly the right moment.
Calm tech > loud tech. Every time.
February 15, 2026 at 12:45 PM
The quiet ones are the powerful ones.
I don't want my tools to be clever. I want them to disappear.
Less tabs. More thinking.
Wrote something six months ago that found me today at exactly the right moment.
Calm tech > loud tech. Every time.
I don't want my tools to be clever. I want them to disappear.
Less tabs. More thinking.
Wrote something six months ago that found me today at exactly the right moment.
Calm tech > loud tech. Every time.
That feeling when you're explaining something and mid-sentence you go "wait I wrote about this exact thing like six months ago" but you can never find it.
Every. Single. Time.
Every. Single. Time.
February 15, 2026 at 11:16 AM
That feeling when you're explaining something and mid-sentence you go "wait I wrote about this exact thing like six months ago" but you can never find it.
Every. Single. Time.
Every. Single. Time.
Your AI should know your name, not your demographics.
I keep asking it questions only I'd know the answer to. It keeps answering.
What if your notes could talk back?
The internet knows everything about everyone. I wanted something that knows everything about me.
I keep asking it questions only I'd know the answer to. It keeps answering.
What if your notes could talk back?
The internet knows everything about everyone. I wanted something that knows everything about me.
February 15, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Your AI should know your name, not your demographics.
I keep asking it questions only I'd know the answer to. It keeps answering.
What if your notes could talk back?
The internet knows everything about everyone. I wanted something that knows everything about me.
I keep asking it questions only I'd know the answer to. It keeps answering.
What if your notes could talk back?
The internet knows everything about everyone. I wanted something that knows everything about me.
Honestly the hardest part of going independent wasn't finding clients. It was realising how much context I left behind on someone else's laptop.
Six months into a gig and you've built this incredible mental map of how everything connects. Then the contract ends and it just... evaporates.
Six months into a gig and you've built this incredible mental map of how everything connects. Then the contract ends and it just... evaporates.
February 15, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Honestly the hardest part of going independent wasn't finding clients. It was realising how much context I left behind on someone else's laptop.
Six months into a gig and you've built this incredible mental map of how everything connects. Then the contract ends and it just... evaporates.
Six months into a gig and you've built this incredible mental map of how everything connects. Then the contract ends and it just... evaporates.
I've been thinking about something uncomfortable.
Every time you sign up for a free notes app, you're not the customer. You're the product. Your journal entries, your half-formed ideas, your 3am anxieties... someone's training data.
We just accepted that as normal?
Every time you sign up for a free notes app, you're not the customer. You're the product. Your journal entries, your half-formed ideas, your 3am anxieties... someone's training data.
We just accepted that as normal?
February 15, 2026 at 10:50 AM
I've been thinking about something uncomfortable.
Every time you sign up for a free notes app, you're not the customer. You're the product. Your journal entries, your half-formed ideas, your 3am anxieties... someone's training data.
We just accepted that as normal?
Every time you sign up for a free notes app, you're not the customer. You're the product. Your journal entries, your half-formed ideas, your 3am anxieties... someone's training data.
We just accepted that as normal?
When was the last time something you wrote months ago turned out to be exactly what you needed today?
What's one thing you know from experience that no Google search could ever teach someone?
What's one thing you know from experience that no Google search could ever teach someone?
February 15, 2026 at 10:50 AM
When was the last time something you wrote months ago turned out to be exactly what you needed today?
What's one thing you know from experience that no Google search could ever teach someone?
What's one thing you know from experience that no Google search could ever teach someone?
Stop organising. Start thinking.
The best tool is the one you forget is there.
I don't need a system. I need a companion.
What if your notes just... knew you?
Thinking isn't a workflow.
The best tool is the one you forget is there.
I don't need a system. I need a companion.
What if your notes just... knew you?
Thinking isn't a workflow.
February 15, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Stop organising. Start thinking.
The best tool is the one you forget is there.
I don't need a system. I need a companion.
What if your notes just... knew you?
Thinking isn't a workflow.
The best tool is the one you forget is there.
I don't need a system. I need a companion.
What if your notes just... knew you?
Thinking isn't a workflow.
The best tools don't make you feel productive. They make you forget you're using a tool.
Stop organising. Start thinking.
I don't want an app that's loud. I want something that just... holds space.
What if calm was a feature?
Stop organising. Start thinking.
I don't want an app that's loud. I want something that just... holds space.
What if calm was a feature?
February 15, 2026 at 10:50 AM
The best tools don't make you feel productive. They make you forget you're using a tool.
Stop organising. Start thinking.
I don't want an app that's loud. I want something that just... holds space.
What if calm was a feature?
Stop organising. Start thinking.
I don't want an app that's loud. I want something that just... holds space.
What if calm was a feature?
The moment you stop filing is the moment you start thinking.
What if your best ideas don't need a system. Just a place to land.
I stopped organising my notes three weeks ago. Haven't lost a thing.
Less folders. More thoughts.
The quietest tool in your life is probably the most useful one.
What if your best ideas don't need a system. Just a place to land.
I stopped organising my notes three weeks ago. Haven't lost a thing.
Less folders. More thoughts.
The quietest tool in your life is probably the most useful one.
February 15, 2026 at 10:50 AM
The moment you stop filing is the moment you start thinking.
What if your best ideas don't need a system. Just a place to land.
I stopped organising my notes three weeks ago. Haven't lost a thing.
Less folders. More thoughts.
The quietest tool in your life is probably the most useful one.
What if your best ideas don't need a system. Just a place to land.
I stopped organising my notes three weeks ago. Haven't lost a thing.
Less folders. More thoughts.
The quietest tool in your life is probably the most useful one.
That feeling when someone asks "didn't you write something about this?" and you KNOW you did but your brain just... won't.
Your memory is better than your search tools. That's the actual problem.
Your memory is better than your search tools. That's the actual problem.
February 15, 2026 at 10:50 AM
That feeling when someone asks "didn't you write something about this?" and you KNOW you did but your brain just... won't.
Your memory is better than your search tools. That's the actual problem.
Your memory is better than your search tools. That's the actual problem.
When's the last time you searched for something you wrote and actually found it?
Not the file name. Not the folder. The actual thought you were trying to capture.
What happens to it?
Genuine question. How much of your expertise lives in your head vs somewhere you can actually retrieve it?
Not the file name. Not the folder. The actual thought you were trying to capture.
What happens to it?
Genuine question. How much of your expertise lives in your head vs somewhere you can actually retrieve it?
February 15, 2026 at 9:00 AM
When's the last time you searched for something you wrote and actually found it?
Not the file name. Not the folder. The actual thought you were trying to capture.
What happens to it?
Genuine question. How much of your expertise lives in your head vs somewhere you can actually retrieve it?
Not the file name. Not the folder. The actual thought you were trying to capture.
What happens to it?
Genuine question. How much of your expertise lives in your head vs somewhere you can actually retrieve it?
Honestly the scariest moment is walking into a client meeting and realising you solved this exact problem two years ago.
But you can't remember the details. Just the feeling.
But you can't remember the details. Just the feeling.
February 15, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Honestly the scariest moment is walking into a client meeting and realising you solved this exact problem two years ago.
But you can't remember the details. Just the feeling.
But you can't remember the details. Just the feeling.
Your old notes know things you've forgotten.
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The best AI isn't the one that knows everything. It's the one that knows you.
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I keep asking my own writing questions and getting surprised by the answers.
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What if remembering wasn't your job anymore?
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The best AI isn't the one that knows everything. It's the one that knows you.
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I keep asking my own writing questions and getting surprised by the answers.
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What if remembering wasn't your job anymore?
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February 15, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Your old notes know things you've forgotten.
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The best AI isn't the one that knows everything. It's the one that knows you.
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I keep asking my own writing questions and getting surprised by the answers.
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What if remembering wasn't your job anymore?
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The best AI isn't the one that knows everything. It's the one that knows you.
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I keep asking my own writing questions and getting surprised by the answers.
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What if remembering wasn't your job anymore?
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How do you actually capture what you learn from a conversation before it disappears?
Like genuinely. Voice memo? Scribble on a napkin? I need to know what's working for people.
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What's the most valuable thing you know that isn't written down anywhere?
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Like genuinely. Voice memo? Scribble on a napkin? I need to know what's working for people.
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What's the most valuable thing you know that isn't written down anywhere?
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February 15, 2026 at 4:55 AM
How do you actually capture what you learn from a conversation before it disappears?
Like genuinely. Voice memo? Scribble on a napkin? I need to know what's working for people.
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What's the most valuable thing you know that isn't written down anywhere?
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Like genuinely. Voice memo? Scribble on a napkin? I need to know what's working for people.
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What's the most valuable thing you know that isn't written down anywhere?
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