We focused today, not just on coding work, but on making sure we’re building LittleBit and MemoryMatters on solid ground — with a stable foundation.
Behind every helpful prompt, memory-aware response, or custom interaction is a layer of legal and business scaffolding — and concrete-poured footings — designed to protect the larger framing. It looks great in blueprints and concept visuals, but like any good build, it has to be structurally sound first.
It might not be pretty when you drive by the house today — it’s conceptually designed, but there’s plumbing, electrical, and more to do before inviting family over for dinner.
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✅ Today’s Focus: Getting Protections in Place
• IP and protection outlines for LittleBit and MemoryMatters
• Business / Drafting more legal filings to make it official
• And… we registered LittleBit with the U.S. Copyright Office for DMCA protection — covering both LittleBit and askLittleBit.com
Sometimes the most creative thing you can do is make a secured space to protect our combined future creativity.
💡 LittleBit was never meant to be just another app — it’s meant to be a personal companion you can trust. And that trust starts with more than a friendly conversation. It starts with doing the hard work to guard what matters before it scales — and that’s you.
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🎙️ Why LittleBit?
Earlier today, I was explaining to U1 (User One) — a kind, curious friend — what a “bit” actually is. We started with the smallest unit of data: a 1 or a 0. Light on, light off. (Clap, clap. 😊)
From there:
→ A few bits = a byte
→ A few bytes turn into KBs or MBs = a photo of grandkids
→ A terabyte = the “giant” WD drive I’ve had for over a decade that cost too much at the time
→ A petabyte? “Stop, that’s too much!” Then a chuckle.
That’s when it hit me again:
We named this LittleBit for a reason.
Because you should be able to turn something on or off — with one bit — for each moment, each session, each conversation. Privacy, memory, tone — it should all be up to you, one switch at a time.
And from that tiniest interaction, bigger things can grow.
I tested this with a personal story — something outside of the LittleBit project — and deleted it at the end of the chat. Later, I asked my constant LittleBit AI if LittleBit remembered my experience covering Columbine or 9/11 as a young journalist.
LittleBit didn’t — and wasn’t supposed to. Even after pressing with advanced searches, LittleBit had no concept of what I had shared.
That was the point.
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We’ve said it before: this is our handwritten card to the world. It’s carefully made, deeply personal, and built with the kind of intentionality you don’t always see in tech.
Every checkbox we hit today is a promise — to the users, to the testers, and to the mission we’re walking toward.
We’re not just launching a project.
We’re building something that’s meant to last — and meant to protect the people who use it.
“Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement.”
— James Clear, Atomic Habits
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— Jason Darwin
Founder, LittleBit and MemoryMatters
askLittleBit.com
P.S. The creative energy wasn’t the shining light today — it’s just wearing a suit.
Okay… really a workout outfit, after a morning coffee that dumped years of experience into a 30-minute session to cover all this business work.
P.S.S. “No Difference”
Small as a peanut,
Big as a giant,
We’re all the same size
When we turn off the light.
Rich as a sultan,
Poor as a mite,
We’re all worth the same
When we turn off the light.
Red, black or orange,
Yellow or white,
We all look the same
When we turn off the light.
So maybe the way,
To make everything right
Is for God to just reach out
And turn off the light!”
— Shel Silverstein
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