Dot — a private record

Your life, in dots.

Life is made of moments almost too small to tell:

  • a song replayed on a Tuesday night
  • a book finished on a Sunday
  • a walk with no destination
  • a thought that nearly got away

Dot is where a life gets kept.

The Dot timeline on a phone, showing a day kept as a series of small moments

01 · What becomes a Dot

The things that become part of a life
take many forms.

Each one is evidence: I was here.

Timeline

Saturday, May 18

May 18

New Dot

Add a Thought. Keep the rest of the day as it is.

  1. Slept 7h 48m. The window was already bright.

    18° · clear
  2. Clarity comes when I stop forcing the answer.

  3. Three fragments from the walk to the corner shop.

    3 attachments
    16th Street
  4. Blue Bottle Coffee, Mission District.

    San Francisco19° · sunny
  5. Easy run along the water. 5.2 km in 31:42.

    20° · clear
  6. Watched slowly, then stayed for the credits.

    Dune: Part TwoWatched · 2024 · 2h 46m
  7. One more episode, then the afternoon disappeared.

    The BearSeason 3 · Episode 6
  8. The song I put on when the room needs changing.

    Nujabes — Luv(sic) Part 3Modal Soul
  9. A useful question for a long walk home.

    The Long GameEpisode 128 · 43 min
  10. Finished slowly, with three pages folded back.

    The Creative ActFinished today
  11. A gentle hour in a very small world.

    Alba: A Wildlife AdventurePlayed · 1h 12m
  12. A small idea worth returning to tomorrow.

  13. In bed before midnight. Enough for today.

02 · Private by default

Yours to keep.
Yours to share.

Some moments only belong to you. Others mean more when someone else was there to live them.

Keep each Dot private, or share it when you choose.

  1. The light moved across the kitchen before anyone else woke up.

    Home
    Only you
  2. The wall above the bay, before the lights came on.

    17° · clear
    Shared with Anna
  3. Nightswimming, on repeat again.

    R.E.M. — NightswimmingAutomatic for the People
    Only you

The universe keeps no record of you.
A life is brief.
Yet nothing that shapes it is small.

Keep something from today.
Start with one Dot.