Myrtus Undo was once a recovery tool. You made a mistake, noticed it, and stepped back. The action still happened; undo only softened the consequence. Now undo sits closer to intention than to error. Knowing it exists changes whether something feels risky in the first place. You try more because retreat is guaranteed. This shifts behavior … Read the bit →
Typing creates distance. Not physical distance, but temporal and emotional space between intention and exposure. You can pause, reread, adjust. Speech rarely offers that buffer. Historically, spoken language was the default mode of coordination. Writing was slower, deliberate, often reserved for records or authority. Typing quietly inverted that hierarchy. It borrowed the speed of speech … Read the bit →
For a long time, the draft was a private space — an unfinished thought, saved but not shared. It was a place where language could be clumsy, uncertain, even wrong, without consequence. Early digital tools inherited this idea almost accidentally. Text editors, email clients, and forums all had drafts because networks were slow, attention was … Read the bit →