Notes

Short notes on working at a Mac, and on the time around it: starting, focusing, pausing, stopping, and what to do instead of scrolling. Each one is drafted with an AI assistant from the maker’s own notes, then checked against the apps before it goes up.

• All
• Petit Fire
• Petit Sky
• It's My Time
• Callulu
• nowthy

• It's My Time · Maker's noteYour own list, before the apps you open on autopilotOctober 12, 2026

  An iPhone app that shows a list you wrote before social media and the other apps you open on autopilot, and why it suggests rather than blocks.

• Petit Sky · ReferencePetit Sky menu rows, and what each one doesOctober 1, 2026

  A row-by-row reference to the Petit Sky menu on the Mac: Sun and Moon, Current time, Running, Time, Weather, Current weather, Sound and Open at login.

• Petit Fire · ReferenceWhat each Petit Fire setting changesSeptember 25, 2026

  A reference to the six controls in the Petit Fire menu on the Mac: Brightness, Size, Place, Volume, Sound and Open at login, and what each one changes.

• Petit Sky · Maker's noteDrawing a small sky in a Mac menu barSeptember 22, 2026

  How Petit Sky draws a small sky behind the Mac menu bar: real catalogue stars, a moon with the right face, clouds from real time-lapse film, readable titles.

• Petit Fire · FAQPetit Fire: questions people ask before trying itSeptember 21, 2026

  Plain answers about Petit Fire for the Mac: what it draws, what is free, which macOS it needs, what it sends over the network, and what it leaves out.

• Callulu · GuideA breathing guide on your Mac, and what to check in oneSeptember 17, 2026

  What a breathing guide draws on screen, what macOS already gives you around a pause, and what to try in a desktop one before you keep it.

• Petit Fire · Maker's noteDrawing candlelight on a Mac screen, and making it moveSeptember 16, 2026

  Notes on making Petit Fire: why it is a candle and not a campfire, why only the light is drawn, where the sway comes from, and how the sound avoids a loop.

• Callulu · Maker's noteEight cues in a Mac menu bar, for staying who I amSeptember 16, 2026

  Notes on making Callulu: why the bolt is never drawn, how the flash stays at two in a second, and what the app is for at the end of a working day.

• Callulu · Technical noteHow to check whether a Mac app makes network connectionsSeptember 13, 2026

  How to verify whether a Mac app opens network connections using Activity Monitor, nettop, otool, and nm, and what each of those checks can and cannot prove.

• nowthy · GuideTwo things with the nowthy mark, made to orderSeptember 10, 2026

  The nowthy goods: a hoodie and a keychain with the mark, a mug and a sticker with words. How SUZURI prints each one to order, and why there are four.

• Petit Fire · GuideA small candle light on your Mac screen while you workSeptember 9, 2026

  What a small candle light in the corner of a Mac screen is for, how it differs from dimming the whole display, and what Petit Fire puts there.

• Callulu · EssayHow to stop working at night, with a cue instead of a ruleSeptember 7, 2026

  An essay on why telling yourself to stop at seven rarely works, and what changed once the screen itself, not a rule, became the sign to finish.

• Callulu · GuideHow to darken the menu bar and screen edges on a MacSeptember 4, 2026

  How to darken the menu bar and screen edges on a Mac so your work stands alone: what macOS does on its own, what a dimming overlay is, and what to check.

• Callulu · GuideA break reminder for Mac that doesn't nagSeptember 4, 2026

  Why most Mac break reminders get turned off within a week, what a quiet interval cue looks like instead, and how to pick an interval you will keep.