For older parents and grandparents
Social media for those who aren't online.
A printed magazine made for one reader. Every month it gathers what family and friends have been up to — the photos, the news, the small moments — and fills the rest with what that reader actually follows. It arrives in the mail. It sits on the table. Anyone walking past can pick it up.
No screen needed to enjoy it.
They get an object in the mail with their name on it. The only people using a phone are the ones sending photos and stories in, by text, by email or through Paper Route.
The family does the sending.
One question, to one person, about one specific thing, answerable in thirty seconds. A photo, a few words, a voice note, a forwarded email.
Something to look forward to.
Twenty-four pages every month: what the grandkids have been up to, news from back home, and reading chosen for what they follow.
Because connection shouldn't require Wi-Fi.
A photograph you have to unlock a phone to find is a photograph nobody looks at twice. The people most worth keeping up with are often the least likely to be scrolling. So this comes on paper.
Inside every issue
Large photos, names under every face.
Every photograph is printed large and captioned with who is in it and how they are related, so the pages read easily at any age.
$29 a month, or $315 a year.
Thoughtful for memory loss
The person I'd send it to has dementia. Is this a good idea?
That's who we built it for. Captions are written as statements, never as quizzes, so there's nothing in the issue anyone can fail. Everyone is named every time with their relationship attached. One page is written for whoever is sitting with them rather than for the reader, and it's the page care staff use most.
Do they need a phone, a tablet, or a login?
No. They get an object in the mail with their name on it. The only people using a phone are the ones sending photos and stories in.
Good stories deserve to be shared.
Make something personal. Make it last.
