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The Triptych

Three softly tinted panels — bone, sage, clay — each holding one project. Architectural, like opening a folding screen. On Mac the panels fill the window edge-to-edge; on iPhone they stack with the same proportional hierarchy. Tinting carries the rank.

Aesthetic · Architectural / Aesop
Typography · SF Pro, generous panels
Best for · Visual thinkers

iPhone

Three stacked panels — #1 takes a little more room.

The bone panel always carries #1, sage carries #2, clay carries #3. Tints stay constant — you learn them. Categories switch only the contents, not the colours.

9:41
Work Personal Fun Some Day
Tue · 2 Jun
One

Finalize the Q3 roadmap proposal

The deck wants an exec summary.

Work · 01
Two

Hire a senior backend engineer

Recruiter call Wednesday.

Work · 02
Three

Migrate auth to OAuth 2.1

Spike token-refresh edge cases.

Work · 03
Also   Dry cleaning · 3 pm +2 more
Home · Work
9:41
Work Personal Fun Some Day
Tue · 2 Jun
One

Write the novel outline

Three acts; eight chapters in act II.

Some Day · 01
Two

Sabbatical to Lisbon

Three weeks · spring 2027.

Some Day · 02
Three

Build a small sailboat

Clinker pram, 12 feet.

Some Day · 03
Also   Dry cleaning · 3 pm +2 more
Home · Some Day
9:41

Work · Edit

Done
One
Finalize Q3 roadmap proposal
Two
Hire senior backend engineer
Three
Migrate auth to OAuth 2.1
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  • Finalize Q3 roadmap proposalThe deck wants an exec summary
    Bone
  • Hire senior backend engineerRecruiter call Wednesday
    Sage
  • Migrate auth to OAuth 2.1Spike token-refresh edges
    Clay
  • Quarterly reviews with reportsBy June 20
    Promote
  • Update the team handbookOn-call hand-off
    Promote
  • Refactor the deployment pipelineHalve release time
    Promote
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Edit · Drag to a panel

Mac

The triptych opens up.

No sidebar — the three panels carry everything. Category selector + date sit on a thin strip at the top; "Also today" runs as a quiet ribbon below.

Triptych · Work
Work Personal Fun Some Day
Tuesday · 2 June
One

Finalize the Q3 roadmap proposal

The deck wants an exec summary. Three slides, four bullets each.

Work · 01
Two

Hire a senior backend engineer

Recruiter call Wednesday; shortlist by Friday.

Work · 02
Three

Migrate auth to OAuth 2.1

Spike the token-refresh edge cases. Migration RFC by next week.

Work · 03
Also today Dry cleaning · 3 pm   ·   Dentist Thu 10 am   ·   Call mom
1:1 with Priya at 11 from Calendar
macOS · 1080 × 660

iOS Home Screen

One panel, two, or the full screen.

Small carries the bone panel — just #1. Medium pairs bone and sage. Large is the whole triptych in miniature with the "Also" ribbon.

One · Work
Finalize the Q3 roadmap proposal
Tue 2 Jun
Small · 158
One
Finalize the Q3 roadmap proposal
Work · Tue 2 Jun
Two
Hire senior backend engineer
Work · 02
Medium · 338 × 158
One
Finalize Q3 roadmap proposal
Exec summary still needed.
Two
Hire senior backend engineer
Recruiter call Wed.
Three
Migrate auth to OAuth 2.1
Spike token-refresh edges.
Also · Dry cleaning 3 pm · Dentist Thu
Large · 338 × 354

Mac Desktop Widget

A folded screen on the desktop.

The triptych in miniature. Drops between windows on a Sonoma desktop; the tints make it scannable without focusing.

One · Work
Finalize Q3 roadmap proposal
Exec summary still needed.
Two
Hire senior backend engineer
Recruiter call Wednesday.
Three
Migrate auth to OAuth 2.1
Spike token-refresh edge cases.
Also · Dry cleaning 3 pm Tue 2 Jun
Desktop widget · 320pt

TRMNL · 800 × 480 · 1-bit

Panels become borders.

Tints translate to border weights and patterns: a heavy solid for #1, dashed for #2, dotted for #3. The metaphor survives e-ink.

Work
Tuesday · 2 June
One
Finalize Q3 roadmap proposal
Exec summary still needed.
Bone
Two
Hire backend engineer
Recruiter call Wed.
Sage
Three
Migrate auth to OAuth 2.1
Spike token-refresh edges.
Clay
Also   Dry cleaning · 3 pm
Tomorrow   Dentist · 10 am
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