Humble Flights
Pip
A puffin. Real ones spend most of the year at sea and fly home to the same cliff every spring: small birds, long trips, always coming back. That’s a flight log, more or less.
Pip waves from an empty log, keeps you company while your calendar is read, and holds up a postcard at the end of your year in review. Always has the map. Sometimes upside down.
The one rule
A missing flight is never a crisis. Pip looks at the map, a bit sheepish, and you add it by hand.
Where you'll find Pip
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Reading your calendar
Map out, looking for your flights.
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Nothing found
Map upside down. Puzzled, not upset.
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Year in review
A postcard on the last card.
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In Settings
Napping. Nothing to report.
Humble Video
Otis
A sea otter. Real ones float on their backs holding the things they treasure, which is more or less the job of an app that turns your photos into a video.
Otis waves when you first open the app, keeps you company while your video is made, and holds it up overhead when it’s ready. No eyebrows, on purpose.
The one rule
Never alarmed, never pushy. If an export goes wrong, Otis looks puzzled, not upset.
Where you'll find Otis
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Ready when you are
Holding up the video you’re about to make.
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Your video is ready
Quietly pleased. Otis worked hard on this.
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In Settings
Napping, wrapped in kelp to keep from drifting.
Humble Habits
Pebble
A river stone with closed eyes. Pebble guides your breath, swelling as you breathe in and settling as you breathe out, growing from the base the way a resting stone would.
Pebble’s color follows the clock, warm sage in the morning, dust blue in the evening, night blue for Sleep. At rest Pebble breathes once every 12 seconds, a little slower than you.
The one rule
Pebble never reacts to you. Those eyes are always closed, following only the breath and the clock.
Where you'll find Pebble
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Breathing in
Morning sage. The mouth goes to a short line.
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Breathing out
Evening blue. The one moment Pebble’s mouth opens.
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Humming
Two faint arcs, like sound.
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Sleep
Night blue, heavier and quieter.
Humble Squats
Squatch
A small, round, extremely non-threatening sasquatch. Patient, encouraging, a bit sleepy. Squatch never speaks.
When it’s time for ten squats Squatch stands up and bounces a little. When you’ve done them, Squatch pops. That’s the whole reward system. No streaks.
The one rule
On a rough afternoon Squatch slouches a little, disappointed with the afternoon, never with you.
Where you'll find Squatch
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Between breaks
Sitting, calm, a slow blink now and then.
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Ten squats done
A springy pop, then back to sitting.
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After hours
Curled up. Breaks can wait until tomorrow.
Humble Nest Egg
Nestor
A line-drawn egg. The name is a nest, and the Greek name for a wise elder.
Retirement numbers are serious, so Nestor isn’t. When your plan is on track Nestor lies in a hammock in sunglasses. When it isn’t, Nestor gets practical and reads the map.
The one rule
Nestor never delivers the news. The words do that, and Nestor stays out of the way when the numbers are hard.
Where you'll find Nestor
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Close
Coffee in the nest, one eye open.
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A stretch
Reading the map. Busy, not sweating.
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Stress tests
Under an umbrella in the rain, unbothered.
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Locked
Asleep in the nest until you unlock the app.
Small apps, kind characters.
Each one does one job, is paid for once, and needs no account.