Our journal of trip planning, group dynamics, and the small operational tragedies of travelling together. Long reads, honest opinions, occasional research.
The itinerary we run for first-timers. Zero queues, three hills, one very good bakery.
A very short paper on cognitive overhead, the paradox of choice, and the surprising power of a forced ranking.
Good weather from March to November, dinner at eleven, and a 3:1 ratio of rooftops to ground-floor bars.
Three redesigns, one embarrassing bug, and a new primitive we had to invent: the soft vote.
On trust, deposits, and why the group of six is always the most honest customer.
A small data study on when groups actually commit, and why mid-week is the new weekend for planning.
Better weather than you think, half the price, and the tramontana is somebody else's problem.
An unserious piece about a serious thing: how to handle the one friend who always adds cocktails at the end.
Field & Notes is for the planning friend, the trip-fixer, the one who’s already opened seventeen tabs. The app is for when you’re ready to put the trip on rails.