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    On reading slowly

    Fast reading is a way of collecting pages. Slow reading is a way of being changed by one. The difference shows up in the margins.

    Old books are full of pencil. Marginalia are a conversation with the page. Someone argued, underlined, asked a question and moved on.

    What if the margin could answer back, without sending you to another tab?

    Avisoesc
    “Marginalia are a conversation with the page.”

    What would a good margin note look like here?

    Ask about the selection…↵
    ① page ② your selection ③ Aviso, in place

    Mock built in HTML · real screenshots & recording pending

    How many?No. 05
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    Find the wayNo. 04
    printplay.asia · mock
    Winter wordsNo. 03
    snow
    mitten
    hat
    snowman
    printplay.asia · mock
    Trace itNo. 02
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    Word cards · FruitNo. 01
    apple
    cherry
    lemon
    grapes
    printplay.asia · mock

    Sheets drawn as mocks · real PDF pages pending

    Core capabilities

      Screens are anonymized mockups

      BOILER RADIATOR RADIATOR MAIN VENT AIR OUT STEAM MAIN — PITCHED BACK TO BOILER DRY RETURN
      PROJECT
      DRAWINGOne-pipe steam, schematic
      SHEET
      STATUS
      RULENo formula without a source
      Suikou English prototype home: today's few English lines, a check-in card and the tab bar

      I cut the home screen down to one job: the few lines for today.

      I grouped scenes by moments in the day, so finding a line takes no search.

      Each card holds one line, plus how a child might answer it.

      No link yet · mini program not public

      Screens from the HTML prototype · mini program in development

      Original songs · open a card to watch on YouTube

      01Why a shop

      I wanted a place that feels like dinner at a relative’s: easy, warm, no fuss. In 2024 I opened one.

      The Aunt’s Home shop front: the sign, the window and the wayfinding board by the door
      The shop. I made the sign and the wayfinding.
      02From zero

      No team, no playbook. The name, the mark and the menu I worked out myself, one at a time.

      Aunt’s Home menus and printed materials: a poster and a menu with mains, snacks and drinks
      The menu and printed materials.
      03To go

      Takeaway should feel like the portion family packs for you to take home.

      Aunt’s Home takeaway packaging: a paper bag, cups, a bowl, a box and a fries pack
      Takeaway packaging.
      04It ended

      The shop opened in 2024 and has since closed. What I took from it:

      • A shop is a business first. Looking good comes after.
      • Doing it all myself got the shop open. Keeping it open is every single day.
      • I’ve been from zero to one once. Next time I’ll know what comes first.