John GuerraI am a hyper-thinker with undiagnosed ADHD and, possibly, some other superpowers. My mental divergence is a gift and a curse. Writing seems to be the only way to harness it — the only way out. Here I am.
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I was driving home from Mammoth Lakes by 88 somewhere near Kirkwood when suddenly after another turn this view has appeared. Not thinking too much I crossed double solids :) and parked on the other side. I left the car and walked in the knee deep snow for like 10 meters further from the road to reach untouched powder and take some nice sunset photos. This was one of them.Read moreKirkwood, United StatesPublished on Jan 5, 2017 20:14Canon, EOS 6DFree to use under the Unsplash License
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The piece explores the concept of modern sundials as interfaces that shape our perception of time in a world dominated by screens and digital feeds. It contrasts traditional sundials with contemporary timekeeping methods, emphasizing the need for visible markers of time. The narrative includes personal reflections on how these invisible clocks influence daily life and suggests designing more humane tools for time management.
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This article is a live-draft and is not complete.
I think, research, draft, and edit my content in public.
This is just how I work. It is my process 🐈⬛
Live draft overview
- What this piece is: A public workbench for thinking through time, attention, and sundials today.
- Core question: What do "sundials" look like now, when our lives are ruled by screens, feeds, and invisible clocks?
- Lens: Personal, slightly nerdy, grounded in lived experience rather than theory.
Working thesis
- We still need visible, grounded markers of time and season.
- Modern "sundials" are not stone in a garden, but interfaces: calendars, dashboards, streaks, feeds.
- When the clock is invisible, we quietly give control away to whoever designed the interface.
Story arc (draft)
- Opening moment - the image of snow and late light
- Driving home near Kirkwood, the road turns and suddenly everything opens up.
- The photograph becomes a kind of sundial: a frozen slice of light, season, and place.
- Old sundials vs. new clocks
- What a sundial actually does (anchors time to place, weather, sky).
- How phones and systems turned time into background infrastructure.
- Invisible sundials we live inside now
- App timers, streaks, "unread" counts, notification badges.
- Restaurant shifts, service patterns, commute windows, algorithmic prime‑time.
- Where this shows up in my life and work
- Writing and publishing cadence on ᴬ John Guerra → Weblog.
- Local web + restaurant rhythm: days of the week, seasons, tourist vs. local flow.
- How I currently notice (or miss) my own patterns.
- Design question: better sundials for today
- What would humane sundials look like in tools, cities, and routines?
- Tiny experiments: micro‑rituals, simple views in Notion, low‑friction metrics.
- Closing note
- Loop back to the snowfield and the feeling of seeing time again.
Notes to future‑me (and future‑us)
- Keep this as a live outline, not a contract.
- Use it to decide what to cut, what to deepen, and where to add examples.
- As this Sphere settles, check that authorship and routing match the ▪Authors and ▪Content patterns for ᴬ John Guerra.
That’s It. Thanks for reading.
Message from the editor,
Just because something is empty does not mean it is useless.
— John Guerra, editor of ᴬ John Guerra
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John Guerra
I am a hyper-thinker with undiagnosed ADHD and, possibly, some other superpowers. My mental divergence is a gift and a curse. Writing seems to be the only way to harness it — the only way out. Here I am.