A few days ago I questioned whether I bought into the hype.
But that’s not the most useful question anymore.
The better one is:
What kind of system am I actually trying to build?
Because right now, my setup is starting to look like this:
- A PC for production
- A tablet for capture
- And a new machine that doesn’t have a defined role yet
It would be easy to treat that as overlap.
Instead, I want to treat it as separation.
Thinking in Spaces, Not Devices
What I’m trying to move toward is simple:
- One space for finishing
- One space for thinking
- One space for capturing
Not because it’s efficient.
But because it might change how I approach the work itself.
Right now, most tools pull me straight into output mode.
You open the device, and you’re already editing, organizing, publishing.
Everything is moving toward completion.
And that has a cost.
It leaves very little room for slower thinking.
For ideas that aren’t ready yet.
For exploration without pressure.
What I Think the Neo Might Become
This is still theoretical.
But if this works, the Neo becomes:
A place where ideas start, not where they finish.
Writing without immediately turning it into a post.
Exploring without structuring.
Thinking without optimizing.
Not better. Just different.
Why I’m Not Locking This In Yet
Right now, this is a design.
Not a system.
I haven’t used the Neo yet.
I haven’t tested any of this in practice.
And I’ve done this long enough to know that what sounds right in theory
doesn’t always hold up in reality.
So instead of deciding upfront, I’m treating this as an experiment.
I’ll Come Back to This
Once the Neo is here, and once I’ve actually worked with it,
I want to revisit this question.
Not what I planned it to be.
But what it actually became.
Because that’s where the real answer is.
