Clawsy Desk

Clawsy Desk

The day on the left, the thing he is looking at on the right, and one bar for everything he wants to say, log or open. Keyboard first at the desk, thumb first on the phone, the same objects in both.

Today at the desk

1440 wide. The One Thing is the only loud element. Plan, schedule, habits, food, news and portfolio are dense rows he can walk with J and K. The whole day, top to bottom, with nothing open:

DeskToday, the full day
Capture, log or jump⌘K
Thursday, September 3
Day 4 of 9 off work
99 and sunny, heat index near 115 at noon. Stay in until evening.
Charlotte · back in Pacifica Sep 8
One thing
Finish the vision doc
Your own thirty-minute time-box on the marketplace vision. It needs nothing you left in Pacifica.
Launch goalO change
Launch one new product by January 2027 This week's plan: Awaiting GabrielSet W
Plan 3 committedJK move open
Finish the vision doc
Morning · tied to the launch goal · Vision doc, the wedge first
Morning open done
Post the AI-bubble piece
Draft is written and sitting in Proof. Calendar holds 22:00.
22:00 open done
Read the Nisarg fitness doc
A read, not a workout, so the missing rack does not block it.
Afternoon open done
Schedule 3
12:30 to 13:30Tax loss harvesting
18:30 to 19:00Update mileage with GeicoRecurring. Did itNot todayCancel it
22:00 to 22:30Write and post to LinkedIn
4 things set aside while you're in Charlotte
  • TRX and chest presses the rack is in Pacifica. Your 20 pushups travel fine.
  • Buttons' tick and flea slot has to happen at home, so it stays waiting rather than becoming today's problem.
  • Platform standup you're off work through Sep 8.
  • Yard work Monday and Friday cadence, paused while you're away.
HabitsL log
Chest pressaway from rack
TRXaway from rack
Face pulls0Log
Bupropionnot yetLog
Meditation0 min+5
Happiness7 yesterdayLog
Food
Nothing logged yet today0 of 2,100 cal · 0 of 140 g proteinLog food
News 5
Iran war
Iran fired on US bases in Kuwait, the UAE, Jordan and Bahrain, and US strikes on Iran's coast killed at least 18.
Roughly 25 ballistic missiles and two dozen drones on September 2 and 3. No US casualties reported.
Iran war
No ceasefire is in force, and Iran says it has laid new mines in the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump has waved off a deal and warned Iran will be hit far harder if it retaliates again.
Markets
Brent crude rose about 1 percent to $95.63 and Hormuz crossings fell from 23 to 10 in a week.
US futures mixed, the Nasdaq edged lower on the conflict and rising yields.
NBA
The NBA suspended Clippers owner Steve Ballmer for a year and fined the team $30 million.
Five first-round picks forfeited, Kawhi Leonard fined $700,000.
China
Xi Jinping met Sisi in Cairo, China's first state visit to Egypt in a decade.
Xi called for a new Middle East security framework.
Portfolio 2 moved
G
Alphabet
A judge refused to force the ad-tech sale and ordered behavioral remedies instead.
R
Reddit
Up about 8 percent Wednesday, and no dated cause was found for it.

Enter on a row opens it in the right pane without leaving the page. The day shifts left, the pane takes 480px, Escape gives the width back. The task card shows where the task came from, what is attached to it, and every change made to it with an Undo.

DeskToday with the vision doc opened in the pane
Capture, log or jump⌘K
Thursday, September 3
Day 4 of 9 off work
99 and sunny, heat index near 115 at noon. Stay in until evening.
Charlotte · back in Pacifica Sep 8
One thing
Finish the vision doc
Your own thirty-minute time-box on the marketplace vision. It needs nothing you left in Pacifica.
Launch goalO change
Launch one new product by January 2027 This week's plan: Awaiting GabrielSet W
Plan 3 committedJK move open
Finish the vision doc
Morning · tied to the launch goal · Vision doc, the wedge first
Morning open done
Post the AI-bubble piece
Draft is written and sitting in Proof. Calendar holds 22:00.
22:00 open done
Read the Nisarg fitness doc
A read, not a workout, so the missing rack does not block it.
Afternoon open done
Schedule 3
12:30 to 13:30Tax loss harvesting
18:30 to 19:00Update mileage with GeicoRecurring. Did itNot todayCancel it
22:00 to 22:30Write and post to LinkedIn
4 things set aside while you're in Charlotte
HabitsL log
Chest pressaway from rack
TRXaway from rack
Face pulls0Log
Bupropionnot yetLog
Meditation0 min+5
Happiness7 yesterdayLog
Food
Nothing logged yet today0 of 2,100 cal · 0 of 140 g proteinLog food
News 5
Iran war
Iran fired on US bases in Kuwait, the UAE, Jordan and Bahrain, and US strikes on Iran's coast killed at least 18.
Roughly 25 ballistic missiles and two dozen drones on September 2 and 3. No US casualties reported.
Iran war
No ceasefire is in force, and Iran says it has laid new mines in the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump has waved off a deal and warned Iran will be hit far harder if it retaliates again.
Markets
Brent crude rose about 1 percent to $95.63 and Hormuz crossings fell from 23 to 10 in a week.
US futures mixed, the Nasdaq edged lower on the conflict and rising yields.
NBA
The NBA suspended Clippers owner Steve Ballmer for a year and fined the team $30 million.
Five first-round picks forfeited, Kawhi Leonard fined $700,000.
China
Xi Jinping met Sisi in Cairo, China's first state visit to Egypt in a decade.
Xi called for a new Middle East security framework.
Portfolio 2 moved
G
Alphabet
A judge refused to force the ad-tech sale and ordered behavioral remedies instead.
R
Reddit
Up about 8 percent Wednesday, and no dated cause was found for it.

Today on the phone

390 wide. Same sections in the same order, one column, 44pt rows. A row opens as a sheet over the day. The mic is the center tab and is reachable from every screen.

PhoneToday, afternoon
2:20
Thursday, September 3
Day 4 of 9 off work
99 and sunny, heat index near 115 at noon. Stay in until evening.
Charlotte · back in Pacifica Sep 8
One thing
Finish the vision doc
Your own thirty-minute time-box on the marketplace vision. It needs nothing you left in Pacifica.
Launch one new product by January 2027 This week's plan: Awaiting GabrielSet
Plan 3 committed
Finish the vision doc
Morning · tied to the launch goal · Vision doc, the wedge first
Morning open done
Post the AI-bubble piece
Draft is written and sitting in Proof. Calendar holds 22:00.
22:00 open done
Read the Nisarg fitness doc
A read, not a workout, so the missing rack does not block it.
Afternoon open done
Schedule 3
12:30 to 13:30Tax loss harvesting
18:30 to 19:00Update mileage with Geico Did itNot todayCancel it
22:00 to 22:30Write and post to LinkedIn
4 things set aside while you're in Charlotte
Habits
Chest pressaway from rack
TRXaway from rack
Face pulls0Log
Bupropionnot yetLog
Meditation0 min+5
Happiness7 yesterdayLog
Food
Nothing logged yet today0 of 2,100 cal · 0 of 140 g proteinLog food
News 5
Iran war
Iran fired on US bases in Kuwait, the UAE, Jordan and Bahrain, and US strikes on Iran's coast killed at least 18.
Roughly 25 ballistic missiles and two dozen drones on September 2 and 3. No US casualties reported.
Iran war
No ceasefire is in force, and Iran says it has laid new mines in the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump has waved off a deal and warned Iran will be hit far harder if it retaliates again.
Markets
Brent crude rose about 1 percent to $95.63 and Hormuz crossings fell from 23 to 10 in a week.
US futures mixed, the Nasdaq edged lower on the conflict and rising yields.
NBA
The NBA suspended Clippers owner Steve Ballmer for a year and fined the team $30 million.
Five first-round picks forfeited, Kawhi Leonard fined $700,000.
China
Xi Jinping met Sisi in Cairo, China's first state visit to Egypt in a decade.
Xi called for a new Middle East security framework.
Portfolio 2 moved
G
Alphabet
A judge refused to force the ad-tech sale and ordered behavioral remedies instead.
R
Reddit
Up about 8 percent Wednesday, and no dated cause was found for it.
Phonea plan row, opened
2:21
Thursday, September 3
Day 4 of 9 off work
99 and sunny, heat index near 115 at noon. Stay in until evening.
Charlotte · back in Pacifica Sep 8
One thing
Finish the vision doc
Your own thirty-minute time-box on the marketplace vision. It needs nothing you left in Pacifica.
Launch one new product by January 2027 This week's plan: Awaiting GabrielSet
Plan 3 committed
Finish the vision doc
Morning · tied to the launch goal · Vision doc, the wedge first
Morning open done
Post the AI-bubble piece
Draft is written and sitting in Proof. Calendar holds 22:00.
22:00 open done
Read the Nisarg fitness doc
A read, not a workout, so the missing rack does not block it.
Afternoon open done
Schedule 3
12:30 to 13:30Tax loss harvesting
18:30 to 19:00Update mileage with Geico Did itNot todayCancel it
22:00 to 22:30Write and post to LinkedIn
4 things set aside while you're in Charlotte
Habits
Chest pressaway from rack
TRXaway from rack
Face pulls0Log
Bupropionnot yetLog
Meditation0 min+5
Happiness7 yesterdayLog
Food
Nothing logged yet today0 of 2,100 cal · 0 of 140 g proteinLog food
News 5
Iran war
Iran fired on US bases in Kuwait, the UAE, Jordan and Bahrain, and US strikes on Iran's coast killed at least 18.
Roughly 25 ballistic missiles and two dozen drones on September 2 and 3. No US casualties reported.
Iran war
No ceasefire is in force, and Iran says it has laid new mines in the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump has waved off a deal and warned Iran will be hit far harder if it retaliates again.
Markets
Brent crude rose about 1 percent to $95.63 and Hormuz crossings fell from 23 to 10 in a week.
US futures mixed, the Nasdaq edged lower on the conflict and rising yields.
NBA
The NBA suspended Clippers owner Steve Ballmer for a year and fined the team $30 million.
Five first-round picks forfeited, Kawhi Leonard fined $700,000.
China
Xi Jinping met Sisi in Cairo, China's first state visit to Egypt in a decade.
Xi called for a new Middle East security framework.
Portfolio 2 moved
G
Alphabet
A judge refused to force the ad-tech sale and ordered behavioral remedies instead.
R
Reddit
Up about 8 percent Wednesday, and no dated cause was found for it.
Finish the vision doc
Committed · todayMorning

Your own thirty-minute time-box on the marketplace vision. It needs nothing you left in Pacifica.

Goal Launch one new product
From Marketplace vision, first pass
ReminderAug 18, still ringing
Swipe down to close. History and the memo are one tap lower.

Today chat

The day's own thread. It opens beside the day on the desk with C, and is the Chat tab on the phone. Every action a run took is a receipt with the entity by icon and title and an Undo. Saved general sessions live behind the Sessions menu, so they never fill with check-in traffic.

DeskToday with the day chat open
Capture, log or jump⌘K
Thursday, September 3
Day 4 of 9 off work
99 and sunny, heat index near 115 at noon. Stay in until evening.
Charlotte · back in Pacifica Sep 8
One thing
Finish the vision doc
Your own thirty-minute time-box on the marketplace vision. It needs nothing you left in Pacifica.
Launch goalO change
Launch one new product by January 2027 This week's plan: Awaiting GabrielSet W
Plan 3 committedJK move open
Finish the vision doc
Morning · tied to the launch goal · Vision doc, the wedge first
Morning open done
Post the AI-bubble piece
Draft is written and sitting in Proof. Calendar holds 22:00.
22:00 open done
Read the Nisarg fitness doc
A read, not a workout, so the missing rack does not block it.
Afternoon open done
Schedule 3
12:30 to 13:30Tax loss harvesting
18:30 to 19:00Update mileage with GeicoRecurring. Did itNot todayCancel it
22:00 to 22:30Write and post to LinkedIn
4 things set aside while you're in Charlotte
HabitsL log
Chest pressaway from rack
TRXaway from rack
Face pulls0Log
Bupropionnot yetLog
Meditation0 min+5
Happiness7 yesterdayLog
Food
Nothing logged yet today0 of 2,100 cal · 0 of 140 g proteinLog food
News 5
Iran war
Iran fired on US bases in Kuwait, the UAE, Jordan and Bahrain, and US strikes on Iran's coast killed at least 18.
Roughly 25 ballistic missiles and two dozen drones on September 2 and 3. No US casualties reported.
Iran war
No ceasefire is in force, and Iran says it has laid new mines in the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump has waved off a deal and warned Iran will be hit far harder if it retaliates again.
Markets
Brent crude rose about 1 percent to $95.63 and Hormuz crossings fell from 23 to 10 in a week.
US futures mixed, the Nasdaq edged lower on the conflict and rising yields.
NBA
The NBA suspended Clippers owner Steve Ballmer for a year and fined the team $30 million.
Five first-round picks forfeited, Kawhi Leonard fined $700,000.
China
Xi Jinping met Sisi in Cairo, China's first state visit to Egypt in a decade.
Xi called for a new Middle East security framework.
Portfolio 2 moved
G
Alphabet
A judge refused to force the ad-tech sale and ordered behavioral remedies instead.
R
Reddit
Up about 8 percent Wednesday, and no dated cause was found for it.
Phonethe Chat tab
2:24
Today chat · ThursdaySessions
Clawsy 5:00 AM
Charlotte hits 99 today with a heat index near 115 at noon. Three things on your plan; the vision doc is the one tied to your launch goal. What's your one thing?
9:02 AM You
one thing: finish the vision doc
Set as today's one thing: Finish the vision docUndo
Clawsy 2:20 PM
Your walk memo is filed under the vision doc, five bullets, nothing added. Six older notes are still waiting on you; the wedding RSVP is the one with a date.
Filed Vision doc, the wedge first under Finish the vision docUndo
Say it or type it. Logs and edits land on the day.

Triage, instead of Tasks

Tasks stops being a list with five bare icons per row and becomes a workbench. Lanes: Inbox (voice memos and notes to self not yet accepted), Tasks (open, undecided), Committed, Snoozed, Done. One item is in the pane at a time with its source and its duplicate if it has one. Four keys decide; Z undoes; a ledger shows every decision as a receipt.

DeskTriage, Tasks lane
Capture, log or jump⌘K

Triage

JK moveA acceptT tomorrowS somedayD dropM mergeZ undo
5 of 47 decidedopen tasks capped at 50
Merge Talk to My Agent investor interviews into the combined ICP page
Aug 12
Share mom test interviews on the product with Kunal
Aug 14
Get Ashani to apply to 10 jobs this week
Aug 15
Put the customer credibility talk deck in the team channel
Aug 19
Build daily public writing habit. Automate metric collection & analysis
Aug 20
Switch to ATT
looks like a duplicateAug 21
Add some sort of quick add to Clawsy? Task, idea, reminder, Agent task, ..?
Aug 22
Google Photos audit? backup & delete photos
looks like a duplicateAug 23
Audit Google Photos: back up and delete
Aug 24
Analyze Andrea's blog and Every, extract insights
Aug 25
Switch phone service to AT&T
Aug 26
C
Automate metric collection and analysis
Aug 27
Build a daily public writing habit
looks like a duplicateAug 28
Schedule an appointment with the psychiatrist
Aug 29
Someday: Build daily public writing habit · Z undo
PhoneTriage, one card at a time
7:04

Triage

Undo
5 of 47 decided
Switch to ATT
Signal note · Aug 21 looks like a duplicate
Same as Switch phone service to AT&T
Swipe right to accept, left to drop. Dropped tasks keep their memo.
Up next
Add some sort of quick add to Clawsy? Task, idea, reminder, Agent task, ..?Aug 22
Google Photos audit? backup & delete photosAug 23

On the phone the list becomes a stack. Four labeled buttons, swipe right to accept and left to drop, and the same Undo.

The bar

New in this direction. Cmd-K on the desk, the Capture tab on the phone. It captures, logs and jumps. It parses the sentences he already says to the day chat, shows what it understood before he presses Enter, and keeps anything it does not understand as a note.

Desklogging two habits in one line
happiness 7, meditated 10⌘K
Thursday, September 3
Day 4 of 9 off work
99 and sunny, heat index near 115 at noon. Stay in until evening.
Charlotte · back in Pacifica Sep 8
One thing
Finish the vision doc
Your own thirty-minute time-box on the marketplace vision. It needs nothing you left in Pacifica.
Launch goalO change
Launch one new product by January 2027 This week's plan: Awaiting GabrielSet W
Plan 3 committedJK move open
Finish the vision doc
Morning · tied to the launch goal · Vision doc, the wedge first
Morning open done
Post the AI-bubble piece
Draft is written and sitting in Proof. Calendar holds 22:00.
22:00 open done
Read the Nisarg fitness doc
A read, not a workout, so the missing rack does not block it.
Afternoon open done
Schedule 3
12:30 to 13:30Tax loss harvesting
18:30 to 19:00Update mileage with GeicoRecurring. Did itNot todayCancel it
22:00 to 22:30Write and post to LinkedIn
4 things set aside while you're in Charlotte
HabitsL log
Chest pressaway from rack
TRXaway from rack
Face pulls0Log
Bupropionnot yetLog
Meditation0 min+5
Happiness7 yesterdayLog
Food
Nothing logged yet today0 of 2,100 cal · 0 of 140 g proteinLog food
News 5
Iran war
Iran fired on US bases in Kuwait, the UAE, Jordan and Bahrain, and US strikes on Iran's coast killed at least 18.
Roughly 25 ballistic missiles and two dozen drones on September 2 and 3. No US casualties reported.
Iran war
No ceasefire is in force, and Iran says it has laid new mines in the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump has waved off a deal and warned Iran will be hit far harder if it retaliates again.
Markets
Brent crude rose about 1 percent to $95.63 and Hormuz crossings fell from 23 to 10 in a week.
US futures mixed, the Nasdaq edged lower on the conflict and rising yields.
NBA
The NBA suspended Clippers owner Steve Ballmer for a year and fined the team $30 million.
Five first-round picks forfeited, Kawhi Leonard fined $700,000.
China
Xi Jinping met Sisi in Cairo, China's first state visit to Egypt in a decade.
Xi called for a new Middle East security framework.
Portfolio 2 moved
G
Alphabet
A judge refused to force the ad-tech sale and ordered behavioral remedies instead.
R
Reddit
Up about 8 percent Wednesday, and no dated cause was found for it.
happiness 7, meditated 10esc
Log
Happiness 7Today so far: nothing. Yesterday 7.
Meditation, 10 minutesToday so far: 0 min, becomes 10.
Or
Capture as a noteRouted at 2 PM, held if unclear.
Send to today chat
choose log both hold space to talk
Barempty, showing what it can do
Capture, log or jumpesc
Do
Set today's one thingO
Set this week's planW
Add a task"call the vet friday 9am" understands the dateN
Close the dayX
Log
Happiness, meditation, bupropion, face pulls, food"happiness 7, meditated 10" or "ate two eggs and toast"L
Jump
DayGD
TriageGT
Journal, Docs, Voice memos, Change history, Insights, SettingsG
Anything else you type is captured as a note hold space to talk

Every row shows the key that does it without the bar next time. G then a letter jumps; single letters act on the focused row.

Phonethe Capture tab

The same four groups as chips, mic first.