Charles Broskoski on self-discovery that happens upon revisiting things you’ve accumulated over time

There was a specific moment with myself, John Michael Boling, Damon Zucconi, and Dena Yago, where we had this discussion about whether we would use Are.na if we weren’t being paid to work on it. At that point we agreed that we wouldn’t. In that moment we asked, "What would it have to look like for us to actually be into it?"

nurturing my idea Library happened in tools that were single player and the feeling of laboring away in these tools that were you know that that nobody would ever see that my children wouldn't get to see that weren't able to kind of give a a Serendipity or a useful Trail to somebody else wouldn't collide with other people's brains or thoughts um th

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Are.na was born out of this desire to create a platform that helped you find people through information, and vice versa. That’s essentially the thing that Are.na does, plus enabling you to learn more about yourself through the information you collect.