You’ll never
be done.
With your city.
A quieter way to explore the places
you think you already know.
an app for collecting the rituals, observations, and moments that make a city familiar.
today, in the app
One invitation.
Enough for a day.
The Today view offers a small way into the city, then leaves room for the day to happen.
Every city
has a guide.
Most tell you where to go.
done.city reminds you what to notice.
The cafés you always drive past. The fog that appears three mornings every winter. The fisherman who is somehow always there before sunrise. The cafeteria that still serves karak in the same paper cup it always has.
Not the highlights.
The habits.
Collect moments.
Not points.
Not achievements.
Not checklists.
Experiences.
Observations.
Rituals.
Memories.
What you collect is a record of attention, not a score.
a small piece of done.city
Notice it
more than once.
Some things begin as hearsay. Then life places them in front of you. Later, they become part of how you understand the city.
ritual
Drink karak from a tiny cafeteria.
Stay for the few minutes it takes to finish. Notice the cup, the counter, and who comes through the door.
a living collection
The Abu Dhabi Canon
Hundreds of moments, collected one observation at a time.
Some common. Some uncommon. Some rare. Some legendary.
Not because they are difficult. Because of how likely life is to place them in front of you.
Leave a trace.
Cities change us.
We leave traces behind in return.
A photograph. A recommendation. A story. A sentence. A memory someone else might discover years later.
“The bench was still warm after sunset.”
“He knew the order before I said it.”
“For ten minutes, the fog made every road unfamiliar.”
Nothing ever
reaches 100%.
Not because there is more to complete.
Because there is always more to notice.
That is the point.
and still changing
notes in the edges
Built from marginalia.
Tiny hand-drawn sketches appear throughout done.city.
Not illustrations. Not icons. Marginalia.
Little observations living quietly in the margins, like notes in a well-loved notebook.
Starting in
Abu Dhabi.
Because every city deserves its own canon.
Abu Dhabi is the first.
Never the last.
beginning with karak cups, winter fog, watered pavements, late-night cafeterias, and bridges people eventually stop counting.
join the first edition
notice more.
Apply for the Abu Dhabi TestFlight beta.