The Memolio Blog
On family memory, the questions worth asking, and building a personalised book for grandparents.
A Personalised Book for Grandparents: Ysy's Story
One of our first testers talks through her notes on the personalised book we made about her husband Andy's life — in her own words.
Read more →Why 90% of Family Stories Are Lost in Three Generations
Over 90% of family stories vanish within three generations — about one lifetime. Here's what gets lost, why we don't act in time, and how to preserve a grandparent's story before the window closes.
Read more →20 Questions to Ask Your Grandparents (Before It's Too Late)
There's a question buried in every family that almost nobody asks. Here are 20 questions to ask your grandparents that actually unlock something — about childhood, work, love, and what they want remembered.
Read more →Build in Public #19 — I Stopped Building for a Week. It Was the Best Thing I Did.
The week I stopped shipping features and thought about growth instead. Three lessons on funnel friction, the unsexy content that actually compounds, and owning your waitlist.
Read more →The Grandparent I Never Really Knew
There's a particular kind of grief that comes with realising you never asked. On the gap between knowing someone as your grandparent and knowing them as a person — and how to close it.
Read more →Why the Best Gift for Mum Is Her Own Story
Somewhere in your mid-thirties you realise your mother had a whole life before you. The best gift for mum isn't another object — it's her own story, preserved for the grandchildren who'll outlast us all.
Read more →Why We Use AI to Illustrate Grandparent Books
Memolio uses AI to create personalised books for grandparents from real photos. Here's the honest reason why — and why it matters.
Read more →She Was the Teacher, Not the Pupil
How a (kind of gross) mistake led to me building a whole new product-changing feature — and what it taught me about building with AI.
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