Amnesiac uses Evernote to soldier on
Even more remarkably, Patrick didn’t become ordained until after his amnesia was already in full force. How does he do it? By being a techno-geek! In Patrick’s words, his computer and his iPhone are “the equivalent of a motorized wheelchair for a quadriplegic”. Like Leonard, the protagonist in Memento, Deacon Patrick uses a system of notes and reminders. But a body has only so much room for tattoos; the Deacon prefers Mac OS, and, especially, a pair of software programs called Curio, a kind of mind-mapping software that allows Patrick to draw diagrams of interconnected thoughts and Evernote, a bit of software that allows Patrick to access and enter his notes anywhere, anytime. (I myself use Evernote, and it was through them that I learned of Patrick).
