Design 02 of 06

The Index

Today reads like the table of contents to a beautifully typeset book. Three chapters, Roman numerals, dotted leaders, fine paper. You're opening a volume titled "Tuesday," and these are the three chapters you intend to read.

Aesthetic · Editorial / Bookish
Typography · New York / serif italics
Best for · Long-game thinking

iPhone

Today's Index — three chapters.

Each category is a "volume." Switching volumes turns the page. The list/edit view is the volume's full catalogue — the three currently in the table of contents are italicised.

9:41

Finalize the Q3 roadmap proposal

p. 1

The deck still wants an exec summary.

II.

Hire a senior backend engineer

p. 2

Recruiter call Wednesday.

III.

Migrate auth to OAuth 2.1

p. 3

Spike token-refresh edge cases.

Work Personal Fun Some Day

Also dry cleaning at three, the dentist on Thursday, & call mother.

Home · Volume Work

9:41

Build the workshop bench

p. 1

Maple top, two saw-horses, biscuits.

II.

Learn the Bach E-major Prelude

p. 2

First three bars by Sunday.

III.

Restore the 1970 Triumph

p. 3

Order the carburettor rebuild kit.

Work Personal Fun Some Day

Also dry cleaning at three & call mother.

Home · Volume Fun

9:41

Volume · Work

Done

— The full catalogue — drag to reorder, top three appear in the Index —

Finalize the Q3 roadmap proposal The deck wants an exec summary

In Index

II.

Hire a senior backend engineer Recruiter call Wednesday

In Index

III.

Migrate auth to OAuth 2.1 Spike token-refresh edges

In Index

iv.

Quarterly reviews with reports By 20 June

Promote

Update the team handbook On-call hand-off section

Promote

vi.

Refactor the deployment pipeline Cut release time in half

Promote

add a new entry

Catalogue · Edit & promote

Mac

The page, opened.

Volumes (categories) sit in the sidebar like a personal library. The center is a single typeset page — the table of contents to today.

Today's Index

Finalize the Q3 roadmap proposal

The deck still wants an exec summary — three slides, four bullets each.

p. 1

II.

Hire a senior backend engineer

Recruiter call Wednesday; shortlist by Friday.

p. 2

III.

Migrate auth to OAuth 2.1

Spike the token-refresh edge cases; write the migration RFC.

p. 3

Appendix · Also today Dry cleaning at three, the dentist Thursday at ten, & ring mother before supper.

macOS · 1080 × 660

iOS Home Screen

Pocket editions.

A small widget is a single chapter's frontispiece. Medium is the table of contents alone. Large is the full Index plus the day's appendix.

Small · 158

Medium · 338 × 158

Large · 338 × 354

Mac Desktop Widget

A title page on the desktop.

Sits on the macOS wallpaper between windows — quietly carrying today's three.

Desktop widget · 300pt

TRMNL · 800 × 480 · 1-bit

A printed page for the wall.

Black ink on warm paper — the day's table of contents, refreshed quietly on the hour.

Finalize the Q3 roadmap proposal

The deck still wants an exec summary.

p. 1

II.

Hire a senior backend engineer

Recruiter call Wednesday.

p. 2

III.

Migrate auth to OAuth 2.1

Spike the token-refresh edge cases.

p. 3

AppendixDry cleaning at three · Dentist Thursday at ten · Call mother

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