Explorations

Nascent areas of interest and curiosity.

Explorations are efforts to locate and learn about the areas Ping Practitioners are resonating with and returning to in their practices.

Below you will find a list of the areas that have emerged so far.

If something here resonates, please be in touch! The more eyes and expertise the more we can learn together.

Index

Exploration	Date	Description	Stage
Ping Randomizer	2023 Summer	Tap a button, see a random Ping	Integrated
Thermal Printer	2025 Summer	Print Pings using a thermal printer.
Export Ping	2025 Summer	Export a Ping for use in other contexts/tools.	Integrated
Long press	2025 Summer	Long press on any ping to reveal a set of actions	Integrated
Custom lenses	2025 Summer	Create a custom "lens" made up of related Pings	Integrated
Place in Capture	2025 Summer	Replace the defualt "Listening for pings..." helper text with a ping of your choosing.	Integrated
"Practice" view:		A view further "zoomed out" from "grid" that would enable you to, at a glance: See when you have and have not pinged Navigate back to specific days Develop a general sense for your high-level practice. Think: weather. Repeitious / cyclical rather than direcitonal
Imbue a Ping with Color (Chris R.)
Public Pings
Ping notebook
Ping-style conversation		Think Elliott at November Wordhack event.
"Quote" ping		Think April Practitioner Call
Artifacts/Templates		Think: maps, family trees, templates (poems, titles, etc.)...artifacts that can hold and create meaning. [1]