Notes, Slowly
Blogs
Slow notes on attention, local-first software, and building a calmer productivity tool.
LatestFocus is a muscle: train it like oneAttention adapts to load like a muscle does: progressive overload, consistency over intensity, and real rest. What the gym knows about training focus.7 min read
How long should a focus session be?25, 52, or 90 minutes? What the evidence and real practice suggest about focus session length, and how to match the block to the work instead of the timer.6 min read
Pomodoro is half right: what calm blocks fixThe 25-minute tomato got the important half right: starting. Here is the half it gets wrong, and what calm focus blocks keep, change, and drop.5 min read
One intention per day: the productivity system that endsOne intention per day: choose a single objective each morning, work it in calm blocks, and close the day on purpose. No backlog, no rollover.8 min read
Your focus data should live on your deviceLocal-first means your data is stored on your device, not on a company's server. What cloud productivity apps learn from you, and the honest tradeoffs.8 min read
Do productivity apps work? What the research saysAn honest look at attention research: interruption costs, attention residue, and 47-second screen focus, and what it means for the tools we use.9 min read