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Ana’s week

Ana is 26, new in Bristol, in her first proper job, with a boyfriend, a flatmate, a mum who worries and a cat with opinions. This is her week, and what she does in Bubbles along the way.

Ana and her people are made up. Every screen is the real app.

Getting the gang together

Saturday 10:30, the park

In the park, Ben wants the whole gang out tonight. Ana makes a circle of her friends, starts a Bubble for dinner, and invites Ben, Sam and Noor before her coffee goes cold.

  1. Tap New circle
    1 Tap New circle
  2. Call it Friends, then Make it
    2 Call it Friends, then Make it
  3. Add Ben, Sam and Noor
    3 Add Ben, Sam and Noor
  4. Friends: only on her phone, nobody is told
    4 Friends: only on her phone, nobody is told
  1. Type what it’s for
    1 Type what it’s for
  2. Press start
    2 Press start
  3. Only Ana, until she invites people
    3 Only Ana, until she invites people
  1. Send each friend their own link
    1 Send each friend their own link
  2. Ben asks to join. Let him in
    2 Ben asks to join. Let him in
  3. Everyone’s in
    3 Everyone’s in

Where are we eating?

Saturday 13:10, everyone’s phones

Three suggestions, four opinions. Ana asks with a poll, and Sam votes from his Inbox.

  1. Write “poll:” and the choices
    1 Write “poll:” and the choices
  2. Everyone in the Bubble can vote
    2 Everyone in the Bubble can vote
  1. On Sam’s phone: the vote waits in his Inbox
    1 On Sam’s phone: the vote waits in his Inbox
  2. Pick one, press Vote
    2 Pick one, press Vote
  3. Everyone voted, so it’s decided
    3 Everyone voted, so it’s decided

Who’s paying?

Saturday 21:40, Dishoom

Too much food, nobody minds. Ana pays, then splits the bill four ways. Ben pays her back and, on the way home, she finishes the Bubble.

  1. Press + Money
    1 Press + Money
  2. Press Add
    2 Press Add
  3. £120, split equally: £30 each
    3 £120, split equally: £30 each
  1. On Ben’s phone: he pays, then Mark as paid
    1 On Ben’s phone: he pays, then Mark as paid
  2. Ana got it. Got it
    2 Ana got it. Got it
  3. All square
    3 All square
  1. Open the Bubble’s name
    1 Open the Bubble’s name
  2. Finish this Bubble
    2 Finish this Bubble
  3. Finish it: kept as a memory for all four
    3 Finish it: kept as a memory for all four

The fridge is empty

Sunday 10:00, the flat

The oat milk ran out. Again. Ana starts The flat, Noor adds the shopping, and Ana locks the words so nobody quietly rewrites them.

  1. In Bubbles, pick The flat
    1 In Bubbles, pick The flat
  2. It starts with lists for the house
    2 It starts with lists for the house
  1. On Noor’s phone: “list:” and the things
    1 On Noor’s phone: “list:” and the things
  2. Tick what’s done
    2 Tick what’s done
  1. Lock these words
    1 Lock these words
  2. Locked. Only Ana can unlock them
    2 Locked. Only Ana can unlock them

Lisbon, maybe

Sunday 15:30, Ben’s sofa

All week Ana has been tagging Lisbon ideas. Ben says May. She moves them into a Bubble, hearts to the tram, and makes a Bubble inside it for the day out.

  1. Add #lisbon to anything
    1 Add #lisbon to anything
  2. Tap the tag
    2 Tap the tag
  3. Everything tagged #lisbon, together
    3 Everything tagged #lisbon, together
  1. Select several
    1 Select several
  2. Move them to Lisbon in May
    2 Move them to Lisbon in May
  3. In the Bubble, not copied
    3 In the Bubble, not copied
  1. Press a reaction
    1 Press a reaction
  1. Name a Bubble inside Lisbon
    1 Name a Bubble inside Lisbon
  2. Day trip to Sintra, inside Lisbon in May
    2 Day trip to Sintra, inside Lisbon in May

Mum can wait an hour

Sunday 17:00, Ben’s sofa, hands full of laundry

Last week she set a reminder to call Mum. It arrives with her arms full of washing, so she presses In an hour.

  1. Write it how you’d say it
    1 Write it how you’d say it
  1. The reminder arrives: Done, or In an hour
    1 The reminder arrives: Done, or In an hour
  2. Back in an hour, on the dot
    2 Back in an hour, on the dot

Rain, and a deadline

Monday 8:00, the bus, then the studio

Ana checks what’s around her before the bus. At the studio, Priya wants the moodboard by Thursday, so Ana sets a reminder and makes a list.

  1. Tap Around you
    1 Tap Around you
  2. Turn on Show maps
    2 Turn on Show maps
  3. The weather, and what’s near
    3 The weather, and what’s near
  1. Write it as you’d say it
    1 Write it as you’d say it
  2. Reminder set for Thursday, 3pm
    2 Reminder set for Thursday, 3pm
  1. Write “moodboard:” and what goes on it
    1 Write “moodboard:” and what goes on it
  2. A list, ready to tick
    2 A list, ready to tick

Lunch with Zara

Monday 13:05, the café round the corner

Zara started the same week and is new in town too. Ana notes the £12 and adds Zara to her people.

  1. Write “£12 lunch with Zara”
    1 Write “£12 lunch with Zara”
  2. Kept as money, not a note
    2 Kept as money, not a note
  1. In Circles, Add someone
    1 In Circles, Add someone
  2. Her name, then Create link, sent to her
    2 Her name, then Create link, sent to her

Pickle’s big day

Tuesday 17:30, the vet’s, then the walk home

One cone, one very offended cat. Ana takes his photo, and on the walk home records a voice note.

  1. Add a photo
    1 Add a photo
  2. Give it a title, Save
    2 Give it a title, Save
  3. In her Journal
    3 In her Journal
  1. Hold to talk
    1 Hold to talk
  2. Title it, Save
    2 Title it, Save
  3. Kept, just for her
    3 Kept, just for her

Lisbon, sorted

Thursday 19:40, the flat, rain outside

Ben chats in Lisbon in May from his desk. Ana starts a saved list for somewhere to eat every night.

  1. Ben’s message, in the Bubble
    1 Ben’s message, in the Bubble
  2. Reply in the Chat
    2 Reply in the Chat
  1. In Saved lists, New list
    1 In Saved lists, New list
  2. Name it, Make it
    2 Name it, Make it
  3. Lisbon eats: it points at her things, never copies
    3 Lisbon eats: it points at her things, never copies

Payday

Friday 9:00, the studio

Payday. Ana checks who owes whom before the money goes anywhere.

  1. Money in your Bubbles, all in one place
    1 Money in your Bubbles, all in one place

Slow morning

Saturday 9:30, her desk, Pickle on the keyboard

Coffee, a big screen, a cat in the way. Ana links her MacBook, changes the look, checks who sees what and tries on things in the Shop.

  1. In Look, pick some colours
    1 In Look, pick some colours
  2. Every screen in her colours
    2 Every screen in her colours
  1. Privacy and your data
    1 Privacy and your data
  1. Try on before deciding
    1 Try on before deciding
  2. Like what’s coming soon
    2 Like what’s coming soon

Sunday at Mum’s

Sunday 13:00, Mum’s kitchen, Bath

Mum has a new phone. Ana brings Mum into Family. Mum’s question about lunch waits in her Inbox. On the train home, Ana looks back at her week and says how she is, just for herself.

  1. Send Mum her own link
    1 Send Mum her own link
  2. Mum asks to join. Let her in
    2 Mum asks to join. Let her in
  1. Mum’s vote, waiting for Ana
    1 Mum’s vote, waiting for Ana
  1. Tap the date
    1 Tap the date
  2. Today, this week, a month, any day
    2 Today, this week, a month, any day
  1. What are you up to?
    1 What are you up to?
  2. Tired but happy
    2 Tired but happy

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