
When My Brain Has 61 Tabs Open
A thought about oat milk. A reminder about the accountant. A sticky note that says IMPORTANT without explaining what is important.
The Tucky film turns that pile of mental tabs into a slightly ridiculous scene, including the tab that seems to be playing music. Underneath the joke is a design question I keep finding useful: how small can the act of capturing a thought become?
Capture before organizing
The film imagines saying a task once and having it land with the right project, rather than opening an app, choosing a folder, and reconstructing the thought.
That order matters. Capturing the thought and organizing a whole system are different jobs. If I make the first depend on the second, a tiny reminder becomes an administrative task.
One way to explore this is to take an ordinary reminder, such as emailing the accountant, and count the steps between having it and seeing it safely recorded. Which steps help? Which ones could wait?
Keep today's focus visible
The second part of the film moves from capture to focus. A morning question asks what would make today a good day. A small set of focus tasks stays visible while attention wanders elsewhere.
I like the connection between those two moments. Collecting more notes is only part of the problem. The useful next action also has to come back into view.
This is a playful product film, not a promise that software fixes attention or makes every day orderly. The experiment is more concrete: capture one thought with less friction, choose a small focus, and make it easy to find again.
