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Four archives that keep short films and observations on the page

This issue carries four archives that turn short films and observations into pages you can read.

What this issue carries

These are small publications with their own subjects and formats. Each gives the words, images, or objects a place to stay after the original moment passes.


Why Your Brain Does That

Why Your Brain Does That

Why Your Brain Does That, screenshot of the landing page Why Your Brain Does That is an index of named experiences and the reasons behind them. It is for anyone trying to understand a familiar mental habit, and it gives you a readable page for every spoken explanation.

whyyourbrain.thecompound.tech


Soft Money Journal

Soft Money Journal

Soft Money Journal, screenshot of the landing page Soft Money Journal records ten minutes, a notebook, and the order things get paid in. It is for people thinking through money in plain language, and it gives each short film a written page.

soft-money-journal.thecompound.tech


Still Mornings

Still Mornings

Still Mornings, screenshot of the landing page Still Mornings is a record of slow mornings for anyone who wants ten minutes before anyone needs them. Each page carries the hook, the four spoken lines, and a frame from the morning it came out of, alongside the archive, weekly letter, and feed.

still-mornings.thecompound.tech


Using It Up

Using It Up

Using It Up, screenshot of the landing page Using It Up is a publication about finishing what you already own, including things used to the last of them, mended, kept, and not bought. It is for anyone paying attention to what they already have, and it gives each object a page, a still, spoken lines, and a place in the archive.

usingitup.thecompound.tech

Multiple shipped products, taken apart, few times a week. What each one does, what it cost to build, what the pipeline behind it looks like, and what the numbers did, read off the repository and the live site, not written from memory. Join the list.

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