Articles
Practical guides, feature deep-dives, and the thinking behind MemoryJam. Whether you're looking for how-tos, background on our approach, or updates on what's new—it's all here.
Questions to Ask a Veteran
100 respectful questions to ask a veteran about their life, service, and the years since — plus how to record their answers and keep their story.
Questions to Ask Your Siblings
100 fun and meaningful questions to ask your siblings — about your shared childhood, who they've become, and the memories only they remember.
What Happens to Your Memories If the App Disappears?
Before you trust any app with a lifetime of family memories, ask one question: can you get everything back out, in a format you actually own, today? Here's why that matters.
Memory Jar Ideas (And the Digital One That Never Gets Full)
Classic memory jar ideas for Mother's Day, graduations, and celebrations of life — plus a digital version that keeps the voices, photos, and stories a jar of paper slips can't hold.
What to Do With Old Family Photos No One Wants
What to do with old family photos no one wants — practical, guilt-free options for identifying, digitizing, sharing, donating, or letting go of inherited photos.
How to Digitize Old Photos
How to digitize old photos at home or with a service — methods, costs, and quality compared — plus the step most people skip: capturing the story behind each one.
Family History Interview Questions
Family history interview questions plus a simple guide to recording a great oral history interview with a relative — what to ask, how to prepare, and how to preserve it.
100 Memoir Writing Prompts to Spark Your Life Story
100 memoir writing prompts grouped by life stage to spark your life story — plus a simpler way to capture it: speak your memories instead of writing them.
How to Save a Voicemail Forever (iPhone & Android)
How to save a voicemail forever on iPhone and Android — step by step — and how to preserve a loved one's voice before your carrier deletes it for good.
100 Questions to Ask Your Parents
100 meaningful questions to ask your parents about their life, your family history, and raising you — plus how to record their answers before it's too late.
100 Questions to Ask Your Grandparents
100 meaningful questions to ask your grandparents about their life, childhood, and family history — plus how to record their answers before it's too late.
Working With Existing Recordings
If you already have videos, audio, or photos, it shows how MemoryJam works with them in practice—how transcripts, summaries, shared context, and export fit together over time. Not a how-to, but a concrete sense of the workflow when you bring existing material into the system.
Interview Extraction
A video or audio recording captures life but can be hard work to extract the juice from the files..
Photo Narration
Bringing a photo to life can be as easy as pointing and talking
Origin Story
Some background and history of MemoryJam - "The Ghostwriter in the Attic"
Memories of Nan
Remembering my recently passed Nan thanks to an unbroken chain of historical, technical moves. Hitting some remaining current challenges in gathering current memories.
Moving beyond a Book
Why you need to be digital first if you really want to preserve memories.