One night in October 2020, after everyone was asleep, I popped onto my computer to do a nightly calendar and opportunity check. Looking forward to a great week, I popped into 📝Topia as if to see if anyone was at the local tavern.

I sat alone by the stream. Sounds of water overpowering thought.

After a little Topia exercise, I landed on a vision of a tablet that would hang on the fridge or the wall. It would be streaming your space in Topia. Your stream.

Then I imagined people could visit.

I imagined a Topia Pensive, a tablet that hangs on the wall, always on. The Pensive would display my Topi and my Topia with whatever gentle sounds I chose.

Someone in my community with trusted access could pop in, walk up and sit down next to my Topi.

With various levels of notification based on various contexts, I would be made aware of your presence next to my Topi, and I would be invited to engage or just be notified after the fact that you were thinking of me.