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friend's birthday again, or you just can't quite place the details of that

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really important chat you had last week.

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Trying to keep track of everyone we care about it.

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Well, it feels like juggling sometimes, doesn't it?

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It really does.

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Our lives are so packed and you know, all these digital tools connect us.

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But they also add to the, the noise makes it hard to be intentional.

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It's easy to lose that focus on nurturing the connections that really

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So, okay, let's get into it.

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Today's topic is Monica.

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We're doing a deep dive into this thing called Monica, which is an open source

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personal relationship management system.

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And where are we getting our info?

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We've pulled key bits from the Monica page on GitHub and also from

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their official website.

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Our goal here is pretty simple.

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Really, we want to unpack what Monica actually is, figure out who it's really

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for and get a feel for its core principles.

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Basically think of it as exploring a tool that's built to be like your personal

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memory bank for all the important people in your life, making it easy to grasp,

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especially if this whole PRM idea is new to you.

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What is Monica fundamentally?

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The sources call it a personal relationship management system or PRM.

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PRM.

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Now that might sound a bit corporate or technical.

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Yeah, let's break that down.

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Most people have probably heard of CRM, right?

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Customer relationship management.

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Businesses use it all the time.

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Tracking calls, sales, meeting notes, all that jazz.

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It's for managing business relationships effectively.

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Monica though, takes that basic idea.

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And flips it completely.

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For your personal life, it's a PRM for friends, family, your partner, even like

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professional contacts you actually care about personally.

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The goal isn't making a sale.

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The sources are super clear.

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It's built to help you be a better friend, family member or spouse.

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How does it do that?

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By helping you remember the details.

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Precisely remembering your friend's kid's name or what you discussed last time

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with your aunt or that important anniversary, little things, but they build

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connection.

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So it's like a dedicated private space for all that stuff.

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Instead of scattered notes or just relying on memory, kind of a

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super powered personal Rolodex.

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That's a good way to put it.

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Everything about the people you care about all in one secure place.

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Okay. That makes sense.

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So who is this actually for then?

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Well, the sources say it's for anyone who, um, wants to actively document their

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life and maybe more broadly for people who just find it hard to remember all

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those details about everyone they care about.

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Honestly, with how busy life is, that sounds like almost everyone I know.

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They specifically mentioned people juggling jobs, families, that whole

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work life balance struggle, basically busy people who feel like those important

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details sometimes slip through the cracks.

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But the sources mentioned something else really interesting too, about

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specific groups finding it helpful.

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This was quite striking.

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They highlight positive feedback from people with Asperger's syndrome,

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Alzheimer's disease, and also introverts who apparently use Monica daily.

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That's, that's unexpected.

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Why those groups in particular, do you think?

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someone who might find social cues or interactions a bit overwhelming, maybe

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Having a structured way to track conversations and details could help.

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It could potentially lower anxiety, make interactions feel more

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manageable and for conditions impacting memory like Alzheimer's.

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interactions seems incredibly valuable.

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I can see that it really shows the power of just documenting

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connections in an organized way.

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How does Monica actually help you do this documenting and remembering?

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What are the key features?

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phone numbers, emails, standard stuff.

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So you can note that say Sarah is married to Tom or that Tim is Jane's son.

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It helps you understand the whole social context.

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And then there are reminders, birthdays, anniversaries.

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Automatic birthday reminders are mentioned.

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Plus you can set custom reminders for absolutely anything else related to a person.

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Like remember to ask about the new job.

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Detailed notes on any contact.

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useful later on.

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And tracking interactions seems like a core part of it.

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That's where you log things like phone calls, coffee meetups, email sent.

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to Sarah.

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So it's active, not just a static list.

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It tracks the relationship over time.

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And it goes beyond just the basics.

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Like what?

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Pets.

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That is personal.

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Asking someone about their dog by name, that makes a difference.

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given them so you don't repeat yourself.

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What about tracking your own life, not just others?

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It helps tie it all together.

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contact or a diary entry.

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Is it customizable?

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And it seems built for broader use too.

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That's a serious commitment.

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So we've got a good handle on what Monica is and what it does, but sometimes

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knowing what something isn't is just as important, especially with digital tools

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to the sources.

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First big one.

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They stress it never will be.

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It's not about connecting through the app or broadcasting updates.

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It is fundamentally private for your eyes only, I think was the phrase.

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That's the one.

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No public profiles, no feeds, no likes, no sharing functionality.

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It's purely your personal private record.

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So it's not trying to be Facebook or Instagram.

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Is it like a smart assistant trying to predict what you need?

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Explicitly not a smart assistant or an AI tool.

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The sources are clear.

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It won't guess what you want.

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No integrations with things like chat.

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GPT doesn't try to be clever, right?

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They even playfully say it's pretty dumb.

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In that sense, it only does what you explicitly tell.

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It reminds you about a birthday.

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You entered shows you notes.

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You wrote you're in control, which leads to the huge question.

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Everyone has data privacy.

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What happens with all this personal info you put in?

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This seems to be their absolute cornerstone principle.

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It does not scan your data.

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It does not do as they put it, nasty things with it.

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Their statement is really direct.

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Your data, your server, do whatever you want with it.

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All the power, all the control stays with the user.

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That's, that's massively different from the standard model where the service

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provider owns and analyzes everything completely different and flowing from

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that no ads based on what you write zero ads explicitly not ad supported and

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users are not tracked period.

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These aren't just features.

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They're baked into the project's DNA.

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That's really interesting.

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So talking about DNA, what are the core principles or the big

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vision driving Monica?

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What's the philosophy?

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The sources lay out a clear set of guiding principles.

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It has to help improve relationships.

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Obviously it needs to be simple, simple to use, simple to contribute to, simple

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to understand, simple to maintain.

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Simplicity is key.

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And then the knots, not a social network, no ads, no tracking.

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thing while documenting your life.

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And it needs to be well-documented itself.

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That focus on simplicity and transparency really comes through.

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And the ultimate goal, the big picture vision.

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It's stated very simply and powerfully to help people have

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more meaningful relationships.

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Simple, direct, very human.

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And how do they plan to achieve that vision?

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What are the project's specific goals?

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They want it to be really easy to use for anybody.

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Truly open source, making it easy for others to contribute and accessible

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everywhere by being straightforward to install and run.

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Let's dig into that open source aspect a bit more.

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Why is that so central for them?

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Well, open source means the actual code, the instructions that make the

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software work is publicly available.

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Anyone can look at it, see how it functions, check for issues, even

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suggest improvements or add features.

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And the Monica team sees real benefits in taking that path.

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Firstly, there's this strong belief that the tool itself could really

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change people's lives and they feel making it open source is the way to help

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it grow much bigger than they could manage alone.

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Harnessing the power of the community.

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They put it quite plainly.

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You can't make something great alone.

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Having a community means bugs get found faster, new ideas bubble up.

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People who are passionate about it can help improve it for everyone.

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Transparency is huge.

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When development happens in the open, it builds trust.

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Anyone can see what the code is doing or not doing.

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There's no space for hidden malicious stuff because it's

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all out there for scrutiny.

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They say this openness fosters formidable things.

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And building that developer community itself is a goal.

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It seems so.

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They see it as a win.

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Developers often become advocates, helping to spread the word and

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the underlying philosophy.

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And has this open source approach actually worked?

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Does it have traction?

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The numbers suggest it has.

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The sources mentioned things like over 44,000 registered users managing

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collectively over 340,000 contacts.

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That's a lot of relationships being documented.

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Any other metrics?

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Yeah.

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28,000 activities logged, nearly 90,000 reminders set up.

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And on the developer side on GitHub, it has over 22,000 stars.

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That's like a thumbs up from other developers and 2,300 forks, meaning

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people have copied the code to work on it themselves.

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So there's definitely activity who's behind it all.

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There's a core team mentioning names like Regis and Alexa Settler, but

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they really emphasize the contribution of the wider community.

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It's not just one or two people.

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And is properly licensed as open source.

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Yep.

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Uses the AGPL 3.0 license, pretty standard for ensuring code stays open.

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And they proudly mentioned it's a Canadian project.

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Okay.

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So let's bring this all back home.

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We've gone deep into Monica.

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What does this mean for you listening right now?

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Well, think about the digital world we live in.

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It's often noisy, pushing us towards public sharing, sometimes feeling a

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bit invasive with our data.

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Monica represents a really deliberate choice, an alternative path.

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It offers a quiet, structured, private space where the only focus is on

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intentionally looking after your important personal connections.

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So it's about pushing back against that noise, prioritizing depth over breath,

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maybe privacy over public performance.

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Exactly.

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It shows that technology can be used differently, not just for broadcasting

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to the many, but as a focused personal tool to genuinely strengthen the bonds

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with the people who truly matter to you.

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It's a concrete example of how just remembering, documenting those details

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intentionally can help you be more present, more supportive in your relationships.

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And that kind of leaves us with a final thought to chew on, doesn't it?

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Go on.

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If a tool like Monica suggests that meaningful relationships thrive on things

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like intentionality, memory, and crucially privacy, what does that imply

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about the way we typically use most other digital platforms today?

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You know, the ones built around broadcasting and maybe more passive connection.

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It makes you question the tools and why we're using them for connection, doesn't it?

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It really does.

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Monica makes a strong case for using tech to support our core human

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connections in a way that respects privacy and puts the user firmly in control.

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Exploring tools with that kind of different philosophy.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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It could definitely make you rethink things.

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It's certainly food for thought.

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Well, on that note, I think that wraps up our deep dive for today.

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We hope this walkthrough of Monica has given you a clear picture of what it offers.

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Thanks so much for joining us.

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We'll catch you on the next deep dive.