A thank-you card that means it
Kindnotes is a thank-you card you send as one link: an envelope with their name on it, a note in a real hand, opened on their phone. It takes two minutes, which is about how long you have between meaning to thank someone and forgetting.
A thank-you is the note people almost never send and always remember getting. It should name the thing: the ride, the week they covered, the dinner, the thing they said at the right moment.
It does not have to be long. Three lines that are specific beat a page that is not.
The design for it
The envelope: a proper note, sealed, with their name on the front. About the envelope.
How it works
1. Pick the design
The envelope, the polaroid or the locket. Each one is drawn and animated by hand.
2. Write the note
It sets itself in a handwriting hand and fits the paper. A photo and a voice note if you like.
3. Send one link
It opens on any phone, no app and no account. You keep an edit link; changes go live on theirs.
What to write
Start with one specific thing. Four ways in:
- I didn't say it properly at the time, so:
- You did the thing nobody else would have.
- Thank you for the part that wasn't your job.
- For the record, this is what you did:
Questions
- Is it too much for a small favour?
- It is two minutes and one link. A short card for a small thing is exactly the right size.
- Can I send it to someone I don't know well?
- Yes. Pick the relationship that fits and the words on the front follow.
- Can I send it to a colleague?
- Yes. It opens in any browser, no account needed on their side, and nothing is stored on their phone.
Other occasions
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