You lose touch with people not because you stop caring but because there’s no system. Social media gives the illusion of staying connected while delivering almost none of the actual contact. You see someone’s highlights once a week and feel vaguely like you’re still in their life. You’re not. Orbit is designed around the idea that real relationships need actual contact, and that a simple reminder system is enough to make a difference.
The model is deliberately minimal: you add the people you want to keep close, you set how often you want to be in touch with each of them, and the app reminds you when it’s been too long. When you reach out, you log it. That’s it. No social graph, no algorithmic feed, no public presence. A private tracker for the people who matter.
The interface groups contacts into orbits: people you want to talk to weekly, monthly, or a few times a year. The visual metaphor is the right one: people drift in and out of closeness, and the goal isn’t to force equal contact with everyone but to make sure no one falls off the edge without you noticing. The project is early. Core data model and basic contact management are in place, reminders and logging are next.