Notes, Slowly

Blogs

Slow notes on attention, local-first software, and building a calmer productivity tool.

  1. Illustration of a person working peacefully under a glass dome while distracted people walk outside.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
  2. Illustration of a person walking through a doorway into an open landscape.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