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Vol. I · No. 9 Today's edition 18 pages · Free

New · Halcyon 2.0

Your mornings, back.

On the cover. First light over the hills. Halftone, 85 lpi

Halcyon is a calendar that keeps your best hours free. It books meetings around your focus, not into it.

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The problem

Calendars fill up from the top.

Every invite lands in the first free slot, and the first free slot is usually the hour you meant to think in. Halcyon moves the line.

Section CFeaturesPage C1
What it does

Three rules, kept for you.

01

Focus first

Your deep-work blocks go in before anyone else's meetings, every week.

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Smart batching. Calls are grouped into afternoons, so the day isn't cut into twenty-minute scraps. Ref. 02

Polite no. Halcyon suggests a better slot instead of declining, and the other side picks with one tap. Ref. 03

Section DTechnologyPage D1
The app

Pick a slot, keep the morning.

Halcyon. Coffee with Sam Your 8-11 focus block stays free. Photograph: staff

When someone asks for your time, Halcyon offers the hours that cost you least. You approve, it books.

Best times: Tue 2:30 pm, next to your other calls (selected); Wed 4:00 pm, end of day; Thu 1:00 pm, after lunch. Then one tap: “Send these times.”

Section EBy the numbersPage E1

By the numbers

11h

Focus hours kept per week

Each dot: 1 h

38%

Fewer meeting fragments

Each dot: 1%

2min

To set up

Each dot: 1 min

0

Calendars replaced

Each dot: 1

Source: company figures. Final numbers as printed.

Section FHowPage F1
How it works

Set it up over coffee.

  1. Minute 1

    Connect

    Sign in with Google or Outlook; nothing moves yet.

  2. Minute 2

    Mark your hours

    Paint the blocks you want protected.

  3. Day 1

    It starts

    New invites are steered around your focus.

  4. Week 1

    You notice

    A free morning, then another one.

Section GLettersPage G1

Letters to the editor

To the Editor:

I got my mornings back in a week. I didn't change a single habit; the calendar did.
— Priya N., product designer
Section HAsk the editorPage H1

Questions

Q. Does it replace my calendar?

A. No. Halcyon sits on top of Google Calendar or Outlook and only decides where new things go.

Q. What do the people I meet see?

A. A short list of times that work for both of you. No new app to install.

Q. Can I override it?

A. Always. Drag anything anywhere; Halcyon learns from what you move.

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