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design · c124activestarted Oct 26Auto draft — not yet reviewed

Cycle Stories

Waiting to be picked uplast activity Oct 26· waiting on Mark's review

Next: Mark reviews the explorer and the stories, then rules on the review list: which cycles close and which outside credits stand.

Why we did this

A cycle's page showed its full record. You couldn't see at a glance why it happened, what changed or who helped, and the people outside Qpoint who shaped the work went uncredited.

What happened

Every cycle now opens on a short story with pictures and credits, people outside Qpoint first. A new explorer shows them all, and open ones say what they're waiting on.

Before → afterClicking a cycle now shows a short story first; the full record is one tab away.
At a glance
4
changes
0
conversations
5
decisions
0
outside helpers

What changed

The three changes that matter most, in plain words. Open any one to see it.

  1. 1

    Clicking a cycle now shows a short story first; the full record is one tab away.

    A cycle opens on its story · came from Mark Parsonopen →

  2. 2

    One page shows every cycle as a card; pick Open, Archived or the last two weeks and the rest shrink and fade.

    Every cycle in one explorer · came from Mark Parsonopen →

  3. 3

    Each story thanks the people who helped, starting with advisors, partners and customers, and only when a source says so.

    Outside people credited first · came from Mark Parson

Also in this cycle
  • Every open cycle now states its next step, what it's waiting on, and when it was last touched. In words

How we got here

Each change, traced back to the conversation it came from. A solid mark means the record names the source; a dashed one was matched by the draft and waits for review.

Someone said

From the record: no recorded conversation behind this one.

We decided

c124-D4 Stories are drafted automatically, then quickly reviewed by Mark. No source, no credit. — Mark Parson

c124-D5 Stories open when you click a cycle, with Story and Record tabs. — Mark Parson

So now

Clicking a cycle now shows a short story first; the full record is one tab away.

Someone said

From the record: no recorded conversation behind this one.

We decided

c124-D5 Stories open when you click a cycle, with Story and Record tabs. — Mark Parson

So now

One page shows every cycle as a card; pick Open, Archived or the last two weeks and the rest shrink and fade.

Someone said

From the record: no recorded conversation behind this one.

We decided

c124-D2 Credit external market specialists first (build partners, advisors, beta and first live customers), then the team; name customers; never credit AI tracks. — Mark Parson

c124-D4 Stories are drafted automatically, then quickly reviewed by Mark. No source, no credit. — Mark Parson

So now

Each story thanks the people who helped, starting with advisors, partners and customers, and only when a source says so.

Thanks to

People outside Qpoint first. Every thank-you points at something they said or made.

MP
Mark Parson
Qpoint team

Set the brief and ruled every step

Asked for stories that celebrate outside contributors first, picked the at-a-glance layout and the simple summary, chose before → after heroes, and asked for the explorer and its views.

All images

Every picture from this cycle. Click any one to step through them all.

The pairs

A cycle opens on its storyBefore → after
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Every cycle in one explorerNew in this cycle

Everything captured · 3

The full record 5 decisions · 18 key-change entries · 2,012 words · 3 captures

The record stays as written, for agents and for audit: Key Changes, every decision, the artifacts and the visual record.

Open the record for c124 →

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