About goryugo

My name is Ryusuke Goto. I took “Go” from 五（Goto）and “Ryu” from 隆（Ryusuke）, then added “Go” again because it sounded better. Go-Ryu-Go. In English, it also reads as “Go, Ryu, Go” — like cheering on a dragon.

I’ve been keeping digital notes for nearly 20 years. It started with Evernote — before it became the app everyone loved and then drifted away from. I was deep in that world: writing, experimenting, figuring out how to make a note system that actually worked for a human brain.

When Evernote changed, I moved. Eventually I found Obsidian, and something clicked. Not just the features — the philosophy. Owning your files. Linking your thinking. Building a system that grows with you instead of depending on a company’s roadmap.

That experience made me think harder about what I was actually doing with all these notes. Not just capturing — thinking. The notes were a way of reasoning out loud, of making connections I wouldn’t have made otherwise.

Around the same time, I got back into music. I’d played guitar years ago, put it down, and picked it up again with fresh eyes — this time on a 64-pad controller. Learning an instrument as an adult, after a long break, turned out to be a good mirror for how I think about learning anything. You can’t rush it. You have to trust the process. The reps compound.

Now the thing I find most interesting is the intersection of AI and personal knowledge management. Not AI as a shortcut — as a thinking partner. This site is part of that experiment.

What this site is about

Notes on personal knowledge management, Obsidian workflows, learning practices, and the occasional music detour. Everything here comes from direct practice, not theory.

I write in Japanese primarily — goryugo.com is the main site. These English pages are selected pieces for readers outside Japan.

If something resonates, feel free to explore. The topics index is a good place to start.