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A story · the task and the timer, together

Where's the timer now?

So many steps… and good intentions, but too many pieces.

An eight-panel comic. Before: a boy checks the wall calendar for his next task, digs a kitchen timer out of a drawer, reads with it beside him — and before the next task can start, the timer is lost again: under the couch, in the kitchen, in his room. After: one phone shows the task with a Start button, the timer is built in, tapping Done shows the next task, and he takes it with him to the bedroom and keeps going.

Before

So many steps… and where's the timer now?

  1. 1Check the calendar for the next task.

    Today: read 30 min, clean bedroom 15 min, Lego time, piano 15 min. “Okay! Reading for thirty minutes.”

  2. 2Find the timer, set it for 30 minutes.

    “Where's the timer? Ah, here it is!” In the drawer, under the batteries.

  3. 3Do the task with the timer.

    “Finally! I can read.” Book, water bottle, timer on the table. This part works.

  4. 4Before the next task can even start… where's the timer?

    Five minutes later: under the couch? In the kitchen? In my room? Good intentions, too many pieces.

After

Everything they need is in one place. See it. Start it. Take it with you.

  1. 1See the next task and tap Start.

    Now: Read, 30 min. The task and the timer are right here, on the same screen.

  2. 2The timer is built in.

    29:58 and counting, beside the book. No extra device needed. “I can just focus.”

  3. 3Tap Done and see the next task.

    “All done! Next task is ready.” Clean bedroom, 15 min — Start. Nothing to go and find.

  4. 4Take it with them and keep going.

    Same phone, next task. The timer goes to the bedroom because the phone does.

Your task and your timer, together.

“Thirty minutes” is a number to a seven-year-old, and a kitchen timer is one more thing to carry and lose. On Here When You Are the timer is part of the task: tap Start and the ring shows what thirty minutes looks like, right beside the book. Less hassle. More independence. Happier days ahead.

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