Three mechanics of focus.
Most productivity content sells you decoration. The three things that actually move focus are not for sale.
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Writing
Notes from building Mark.
Occasional essays on focus, honest measurement, and what it takes to do work that matters. No newsletter. You can leave your email for one note when Mark ships, and nothing else.
Time trackers come in two flavors. Both miss the point.
The category fails in two opposite ways. The manual kind asks you to remember and the data is fiction by Friday. The passive kind captures everything and the data means nothing. There is a third option, and Mark is built on it.
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In the drafts.
- Local-first is not a privacy fig leaf. It is the only architecture that lets a focus coach be honest.
- What gets measured gets managed. So measure honestly, or do not bother.
- Most days you will not make your mark. That is also the point.
- Why Mark will never be sold to your boss.
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