OBSCURA OS

Desk Suite

The smaller tools that sit around the ten applications: a letter merged from a list, a calculator tape you can go back and edit, a rota checked against the rules it has to keep, a sheet of labels measured in millimetres. Nothing is uploaded.

The Workspace is the ten things you open every day. These are the ones you reach for once a month, and a menu that cannot tell the difference is no help with either.

All 53 tools, around the ten applications

Writing and notes6 tools

MERGEOne letter per row, from a template and a list CVBuild a CV, out as PDF or Word PLAINFind the sentence your reader stops at OUTLINEAn outliner you drive from the keyboard HOUSESTYLECheck a document against your own style sheet SPEECHHow long a talk really is, section by section

Numbers and money11 tools

BASEA database you keep yourself, with typed columns and saved views CALCA calculator tape you can go back and edit MONEYAccounts that reconcile, kept on this device CONVERTUnits, and the ones that are two units with one name DATESDate arithmetic with the awkward parts named FIGURESDescribe a column of numbers honestly SPLITCut a CSV about without a spreadsheet SAMPLEDraw a random sample you can defend LOANWhat a loan really costs, and what a flat rate hides SETTLEWho owes whom, in as few payments as possible BREAKEVENThe lever actually worth pulling

Pictures and media5 tools

CanvasAn infinite whiteboard, kept on this device PHOTOCrop, straighten and mark up an image SUBSEdit, retime and convert subtitles Obscura Photo EditorLayers, brushes, selections and adjustments PASSPORTHead height in millimetres, not by eye

Reading and study4 tools

CardsFlashcards with spaced repetition READERRead a PDF or an EPUB and keep your highlights BOOKMake an EPUB from a document REFLOWRebuild an editable document out of a PDF

For people who build things2 tools

REGEXWrite a regular expression and see what it does FONTLENSRead what is inside a font, the licence included

Briefing and command7 tools

FormsQuestions and responses BRIEFWrite a briefing that survives being passed on DEBRIEFRun a debrief that leaves actions behind it RISKAssess a risk and record what was known at the time CHECKLISTRun a checklist and keep the proof you ran it HANDOVERHand over a shift without losing an item SOPWrite a procedure somebody can actually follow

Rotas, hours and people6 tools

ROSTERBuild a rota and see the rules it breaks TIMESHEETHours, breaks and what they come to ONCALLAn on-call rota that is demonstrably fair LEAVELeave balances, and the day everybody booked CAPACITYHow many people you actually have SLAWhen a response is actually due, in open hours

Charts and diagrams5 tools

CHARTMake a chart from your numbers and keep the file ORGCHARTA structure chart from an indented list FLOWA flowchart written as sentences MATRIXA decision matrix that shows how fragile it is SEATINGA seating plan with who must not sit together

Printing and paper7 tools

LABELSPrint a sheet of labels, measured in millimetres ENVELOPEPrint an envelope, where the window is BOOKLETPut pages in the order a folded booklet reads BADGEName badges you can read across a room POSTEROne picture across several sheets of paper BARCODEA barcode that scans, at the size it will be printed PAPERGraph paper you can prove is to scale
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