The Goldfish memory model, FIG 01

Nine steps, drawn from the firmware. Press a step to jump to it, or let it play (about 2½ minutes). The formal model is MEMORY-MODEL.md.

Goldfish memory model, FIG 01 An animated pencil drawing in nine steps: six levels; the lowest of request, ceiling and cap wins; anyone lowers, only you raise you; a 30-second objection window; new voice IDs each session; forgetting at 3, 30 and 365 days; the roadmap session replayed; the note it leaves. Without motion, a summary plate. FIG 01 · 1/9Each person picks how much of their own words the note keeps.Bob says: “Honestly, if we start the redesign now, checkout slips two months.”What the note keeps of it, at each level:Quote me(the most anyone can ask)Honestly, if we start the redesign now, checkout slips two months.Name me(the default)Bob said starting the redesign now would delay checkout by two months.The gistThe redesign would delay checkout by two months.Just the decisionTask: estimate both orders of work.Off the recordOnly a gap of 4 s. No words, no name.Audio is never kept. FIG 01 · 2/9Goldfish keeps the lowest level anyone has set for those words.Bob asks:“You can quote me.”Quote meThe room, after Alice says:“No names, please.”The gistBob's side conversation:no limitlowestThe gistThe redesign would delaycheckout by two months.Kept = the lowest of: what you ask, the room's limit, your group's limit. FIG 01 · 3/9Anyone can lower the level. Only you can raise your own.Who can lower whose wordsAliceABobBCharlieCDanaDEveEeveryone, for everyoneWho can raise whose wordsAliceABobBCharlieCDanaDEveEonly yourselfRaising the level for the whole room needs a 30 s window that anyone can veto. FIG 01 · 4/9One “no” within 30 seconds cancels a raise for the whole room.0 s10 s20 s30 s40 sCharlie: “Goldfish, word for word.”Dana: “No.”Back to how it was, including everything said since Charlie asked.0 s10 s20 s30 s40 sCharlie: “Goldfish, word for word.”Nobody objects: it stays. FIG 01 · 5/9Speakers get new labels each session. No label links two sessions.v1Alicev2Bobv3Charliev4Danav5EveLabelled in the order people first speak, up to 10. Names are never stored.10 min quietv6 v7 …A new session:new labels, no link FIG 01 · 6/9Detail fades on fixed dates: after 3 days, 30 days and 1 year.Bob's line, kept at Name me, as the days pass:day 0–2Name meBob said starting theredesign now woulddelay checkout by twomonths.day 3–29The gistThe redesign woulddelay checkout by twomonths.day 30–364Just the decisionTask: estimate bothorders of work.day 365 onNothing left.Say “keep this for a week”:all gone on day 7. FIG 01 · 7/9back on: keptback on: undoneback on: keptAliceBobCharlieDanaEve“the gist”“quote me”“between us”“back on”“decisions only”“leave me out”Quote meName meThe gistJust the decisionOff the record○ eye press · ▨ room off the record · each bar: one thing someone saidA request counts from the speaker's next sentence, so Eve's “quote me” line stays at Name me.A five-person session: each bar is kept at its speaker's chosen level. FIG 01 · 8/9The note shows each level with the date it will be deleted.Session note, on the phoneJust the decision: 6 lines, kept 1 yeare.g. Task: estimate both orders of work.The gist: 11 lines, kept 30 dayse.g. The redesign would delay checkout by two months.Name me: 10 lines, kept 3 dayse.g. Bob said starting the redesign now would delay checkout by two months.On the device, each level hasits own key, destroyed on time:Name meafter 3 daysThe gistafter 30 daysJust the decisionafter 1 year FIG 01 · 9/9Lowest level wins. Only you raise yours. Anyone can say no.Bob says: “Honestly, if we start the redesign now, checkout slips two months.”What the note keeps of it, at each level:Quote me(the most anyone can ask)Honestly, if we start the redesign now, checkout slips two months.Name me(the default)Bob said starting the redesign now would delay checkout by two months.The gistThe redesign would delay checkout by two months.Just the decisionTask: estimate both orders of work.Off the recordOnly a gap of 4 s. No words, no name.Audio is never kept.Who can lower whose wordsAliceABobBCharlieCDanaDEveEeveryone, for everyoneWho can raise whose wordsAliceABobBCharlieCDanaDEveEonly yourselfRaising the level for the whole room needs a 30 s window that anyone can veto.0 s10 s20 s30 s40 sCharlie: “Goldfish, word for word.”Dana: “No.”Back to how it was, including everything said since Charlie asked.0 s10 s20 s30 s40 sCharlie: “Goldfish, word for word.”Nobody objects: it stays.Bob's line, kept at Name me, as the days pass:day 0–2Name meBob said starting theredesign now woulddelay checkout by twomonths.day 3–29The gistThe redesign woulddelay checkout by twomonths.day 30–364Just the decisionTask: estimate bothorders of work.day 365 onNothing left.Say “keep this for a week”:all gone on day 7.