Jots
Six numbered capture slots on your phone. Text, drawings, photos, voice recordings, and file attachments — all in one surface.
How it works
Each jot is a numbered slot (JOT 1 through JOT 6). You switch between them using the jot strip at the bottom of the screen. Each jot has five input modes:
- Text — freeform text entry
- Draw — finger drawing with SVG paths
- Image — attach photos from your camera roll
- File — attach files from your device
- Audio — record and play back voice memos
Switch modes with the mode strip above the jot strip. Each jot stores all five types independently — you can have text, a drawing, photos, files, and recordings in a single jot.
Header menu (⋯)
The three-dot menu in the jot header shows context-sensitive options based on the active input mode:
| Active mode | Menu item | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Text (with content) | CLEAR TEXT | Clears the text for this jot |
| Draw (with drawing) | CLEAR DRAWING | Removes the drawing |
| Image (with images) | CLEAR ALL IMAGES | Removes all images |
| File (with files) | CLEAR ALL FILES | Removes all file attachments |
| Audio (with recordings) | CLEAR ALL AUDIO | Removes all recordings |
| Always | CLEAR JOT {n} | Clears all content in the jot (confirmation dialog) |
On the computer, the Jots tab header has a REFRESH menu item (only when phone is connected) that re-fetches all jot metadata from the phone.
Why six?
The slot constraint is intentional. Six jots forces you to capture what matters and clear what doesn't. This isn't a filing cabinet — it's a capture surface. When a jot fills up, download it to your computer and clear the slot.
Media storage
Text and drawing data (SVG path JSON) are stored inline in the jot store. Images and audio recordings are stored as files on the device — the jot store holds URI references to them. When you delete a recording or image from a jot, the file is also removed.
Sync behavior
Jots sync phone to computer only. The phone is the source of truth for jot content. When connected, the computer receives a jot manifest listing image, file, and audio IDs for each jot. The computer fetches media as base64 data URIs and holds them in memory for viewing and downloading — nothing is cached to disk. Each session fetches fresh from the phone.
After a fresh phone install, the phone's jots start empty. Jot content does not flow back from computer to phone — the computer is a viewer and download tool, not a restore source for jots.
Downloads
From the computer, you can download a jot's content to your filesystem. Text becomes a .txt file, drawings become PNG images, photos are copied, files are copied, and audio recordings are saved as .m4a. Downloaded files go to Documents/JotBunker Downloads/ by default, or to a tagged folder if you file them with a tag.