minutiae: Real Life

minutiae LLC

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About this app

By Martin Adolfsson & Daniel J Wilson

Description:
Document your existence - one minute per day.

minutiae is an anti-social media app that helps participants capture the undocumented ordinary moments of life -- moments you would otherwise simply forget.


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HOW IT WORKS
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1. Once each day, at a random minute, all minutiae participants around the globe receive an alert simultaneously.

2. You have exactly one minute to respond to the alert and open the minutiae app.

3. Capture whatever is in front of you, there and then.

4. Once you’ve documented your moment, you have 60 seconds to explore previous moments. Both your own and those of one random stranger you are matched with each day.

4. Repeat for 1440 days (once for every minute in 24 hours).

5. The final outcome of this long-term collaboration between artist and participant is a digital archive of all of your captured moments, with the option to turn this archive into a physical book.

**** To prevent receiving alerts during night time, activate "Do Not Disturb" mode***

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THE minutiae MANIFESTO
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YOU ARE NOT YOUR TIMELINE
Social media was supposed to keep us in touch with our friends but has instead turned us all into unwitting monkeys filling out the world’s longest consumer survey.

Facebook doesn’t want your money. It wants your time.

minutiae is a response to our current moment: an anonymous anti-social media app that forces its users to document the in-between moments of life.

A collaboration between artist and participant that retrieves forgotten moments and celebrates the ordinary.

minutiae IS NOT A NORMAL APP
minutiae do not provide instant gratification
minutiae is not interested in your data
minutiae will not increase your efficiency
minutiae is not a popularity contest
minutiae is (let’s be honest) not for everyone

minutiae IS YOUR AUTOMATED SELF-PORTRAIT
minutiae is random moments.
minutiae is forgotten memories.
minutiae is a marathon, not a sprint.


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For more information please visit the minutiae webpage at https://www.minutiae-app.org where you can find a FAQ.

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We encourage feedback and appreciate your reviews.

For any questions, ideas, or proposals please contact [e-mail]

Ratings and reviews

It's an interesting concept and the app works fine for me (Galaxy S23+). One thing to note - be sure not to clear the notification. Even on a separate device like a watch. If you do, you can't take the photo. I received the alert on my watch but already had a black space for today because I had cleared the notification. Frustrating, but now I know.

Dissapointing!! I was excited to use this after a friend showed me the app. But mostly it goes off at night when I'm asleep. AND only once did I see another person's image. I've taken several photos and haven't see other people's photos since that first time. I wait for the grey box to turn black and it doesn't. I PAID and upgraded because I thought it was cool. but now it feels like a waste of money and time.

I feel let down. I really really really wanted to participate in this project. I read all the instructions, double checked all my settings, and got started, but I haven't had an alert in 4 days. I have a notification tracker app to prove it. I feel really disappointed and like there's no support team to fix it, because the AI email response just told me to check my phone settings again.

What’s new

Added check for required permissions for alarms and reminders.