warming Friday
First date
The plan said
Ralph
7:00 at Wabi House. I tried to pick a place and you said, "How about here?"
How Ember works
How a Friday moves on the calendar, who can see a note, and how the files come with you.
A day
One Friday, from the plan before it to the day you keep.
Warming. A day still ahead with something on it. A place and a time, or one word you fill in later.
Glowing. Friday happened, and nothing's written on it. It sits there, quiet, as long as you like.
glowing Friday, afterwardFirst date
The story
Nothing's written here yet.
Ember. A photo, a few words, or a voice note, and the day is kept.
ember Friday, keptFirst date
The story
Rosie
I spotted you the second you walked in, even though it was packed.
The chip changes as the day does. You don't press anything for that.
- When
Dinner on Friday and the night you kept sit on the same calendar.
- Keeping a day
A memory can be one picture, and it can stay one picture.
- Who sees what
You choose who sees a note, and when they see it.
- From Others
People who were there can add their photos to one memory, without an Ember account and without joining the mantel.
More days
Once you have a stretch of days, there are other ways in than the calendar.
Olde Tyme Grocery
Ate the po boys on the curb. Messy, and worth doing again.
Photo by RalphStory by Rosie
A day from four summers back, turned up and opened like any other.
- Where
Your memories on a map, and the places you keep going back to.
- Hearths
A named run of days, each still its own memory.
- Wander
Looks through the days you've kept, starting with this date in other years.
- Ember Frame
Your photos playing while you're in the room, and a card you can send.
Take them with you
Who holds an invite, what an export is made of, and the 30 days after a douse.
The only way onto a mantel is an invite you sent. You can take that invite back.
An export is a zip, or a few if the mantel is large: a folder per day, holding your original photo and video files at the size you uploaded them, and the writing as a Markdown file you can open in anything.
Douse a memory or close your account and you have 30 days to change your mind. Ember lists what goes before you confirm, and keeps no copy after.
No cap on how many a mantel can hold.
- Export
Your original files, as many times as you like.