The Essays.

Short pieces on journaling and the things that sit next to it: privacy, attention, memory, what a notebook is for, and the small craft of making software that knows when to be quiet.

Written by Jordan, who makes Innerholm. New essay most months. Older ones get rewritten when they need it.

Editorial policy

Every essay here is written by a person. The words, the structure, the argument are mine. I use AI as an editor: to catch a clumsy sentence or flag something unclear. The thinking and the writing stay mine.

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№ 003 · Jun 2026 · On the craft of the app · 3 min read

In defence of the screen.

Beauty always has a place, but so does convenience.

By Jordan · Should journaling be done in a book?

Everything, by subject.

On starting. One essay

  • A knot in the neck. · I wrote every day for two years, then stopped. On picking it back up. · May 2026 · 3 min

On the craft of the app. Two essays