156: Time Capsules (II)
Introducing ttyl: A tool for audio journaling 📱
How to connect our past, present, and future selves?
For years, I relied on scheduled emails, hidden letters, and services like FutureMe. Then I started playing around with audio. Turns out, hearing your past self is a different kind of magic. Voice carries nuance, intonation, and surprising emotion.
So, I built this with a friend:
Record a short audio clip - a joke, prediction, gratitude, conversation, challenge etc.
One day, you'll get a surprise podcast back from past you.
It'll hit differently.
ttyl is not a tactical productivity tool.
It's less for remembering, and more about forgetting and discovery.
No ads.
No algorithms.
No infinite scroll.
No creepy tech surveillance.
Just your voice, sent into the future.
Who it's for
- Journalers who write letters to their future selves
- Parents documenting private family moments
- People experiencing digital burnout
- Anyone recovering from injury
How I use ttyl
Making predictions.
Capturing clips from daily life
(toddler moments, notes to self etc).
Gratitude practice.
Respond to the built-in prompts
or just riff on whatever :
Recalibrate, get inspired, see things differently.
Great for lighthearted creation, reflection, or discovery.
Give it a try :
Learn more:
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Update
I interviewed the founder of FutureMe!
Jeremy Finch
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