A One-Minute Reflection Workflow After a Call or Dinner
Learn a practical, lightweight one-minute workflow for noting down the important things right after a call, dinner, or hangout. Keep the people in your life close.
Kith / Journal
Notes from
the product.
Practical guides, observations and updates. Written around what the app actually does.
Contact books vs relationship memory: different jobs
Explore the difference between storing contact information and logging relationship memories. Discover why tending to relationships requires a different approach than a standard address book.
Designing a relationship constellation without social scoring
How Kith uses a floating constellation and explicit closeness—not algorithms or automated social scoring—to help you remember the people who matter.
How a Chronological Conversation Log Helps Preserve Context
Discover how keeping a simple, chronological log of hangouts, calls, and gifts can help you remember what matters about the people close to you.
How to make personal relationship logging take under a minute
Discover a practical, device-first approach to logging personal relationships quickly. Learn how to maintain meaningful connections without the overhead of a CRM.
Local-First Architecture for Intimate Relationship Notes
Discover why local-first architecture is the ideal choice for storing intimate relationship notes. Learn how offline availability and secure synchronization protect personal data.
Making a visual relationship map accessible as a searchable list
Explore how visual relationship interfaces can be made accessible. Learn how Kith pairs a floating visual constellation with a searchable list for screen readers and quick access.
Optional synchronization for private people and notes
Learn how Kith keeps your notes about close people private and local-first, with completely optional Hub synchronization.
Remembering birthdays without turning relationships into reminders
Keep track of birthdays, milestones, and the people you care about without relying on social media or intrusive push notifications.
Using circles without ranking the people in your life
Learn how to visualize your relationships using circles and constellations based on closeness, rather than rigid rankings and transactional tiers.
Using the system contact picker without browsing an address book
How Kith uses the iOS system contact picker to selectively import people without requesting full address book permissions.
What belongs in a private note about someone you care about
Discover what details to log about the people you value. Learn how to write short, meaningful private notes about friends and family to stay close.
Why closeness should be explicitly set by the person
Automated scoring fails personal relationships. Learn why setting explicit closeness values creates a truer, warmer reflection of the people in your life.
Why Recency Should Not Automatically Determine Closeness
Discover why true personal closeness isn't defined by how recently you texted someone, and why setting explicit relationship importance matters more than algorithmic assumptions.