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Time, attention and the written record: why a chime every quarter-hour, and one line written after it, change how a day is spent. First published on X; each article here carries its full references and a PDF.
The series is written by the makers of Carillon Repetition Minute, a minute-repeater chime with a quarter-hour logbook, for iPhone, iPad and Android.
A New Art: The Minute Repeater That Writes
Two crafts that shaped watchmaking, the watch that strikes and the automaton that writes, finally meet in one gesture.
Fifteen Minutes, One Line
It isn't the chime that builds the habit. It's what one tap opens. The previous article, Before They Changed the World, They Wrote It Down, followed the notebooks of people who changed the world.…
Hyperfocus Is a Gift. A Logbook Gives It Direction.
Deep concentration can produce extraordinary work and quietly erase the day around it. A practical method, one spoken sentence per quarter-hour, keeps both.
Today's CEOs Still Write It Down. Their Employees Can Too.
From Jamie Dimon to Jensen Huang, the people who run companies keep a written record of their days. The same habit can turn any job into a training ground for personal goals.
Before They Changed the World, They Wrote It Down
Now an App Lets You Do the Same in One Spoken Sentence. Your phone strikes the quarter. You tap the notification, say one sentence, and the last fifteen minutes are on the record.
You Already Have a Longevity Project
You may simply not have called it that yet. Whatever our age or our health, most of us share one quiet wish: that the time ahead of us be good time. That wish is already a longevity project.
Longevity: More About Time Than We Think
Longevity science has become extraordinarily good at telling us what to do. Exercise. Eat well. Sleep enough. Maintain muscle. Don't smoke. Preserve oral hygiene. Keep blood pressure, glucose and…
The Sound We Removed From Our Lives
The Quarter We Lost. This article will take you only a few minutes to read, comfortably less than a quarter of an hour. When you reach the end, you will know exactly where those minutes went. Now…
Corporate AI: Better Keep Your Own Time
From the stopwatch to AI, companies keep inventing ways to save time — and new ways to waste it.
Carillon Repetition Minute, Redesigned — Discussions on the sidelines of Geneva Watch Days 2026
Most watch brands at Geneva Watch Days had display vitrines, a stand, some even a stage slot, and a hosted suite nearby at the Hôtel Beau-Rivage. What the week offered SWANDEX instead was a…
