About dicotic
I think of everything as a story.
Attention is not linear. It is layered, shifting, and often capable of holding more than we tend to assume at once.
dicotic began from a simple tension:
music in one ear, a story in the other.
Origin
In 2023, while running through the hills of Berkeley, I found myself frustrated by a simple constraint. Do I use this time to listen to music or stories?
Music gave momentum and emotion. Audiobooks carried thought and structure. But they were separated by design, never allowed to coexist.
I began experimenting with a different approach. An old iPod nano, two earbuds, and a simple division:
music in one ear, a story in the other.
The experience was not a split. It was a layering. The two streams did not cancel each other - they formed something new in between. What began as an experiment quickly became a way of moving through everyday life. Running, thinking, working... listening stopped being singular.
Building
That experiment did not stay contained to running.
It followed me into everyday listening - work, movement, silence.
Over time, it became clear this was not just a workaround. It was a different way of treating attention itself.
With help from my children - Sivan, Matan, and Aviva - I began building dicotic as a small application exploring that idea more formally.
It was released on March 20, 2026.
What it became
dicotic is a way of holding two streams at once: music, podcasts, audiobooks, lectures, language learning... layered together in a way that feels natural rather than fragmented.
Not to divide attention, but to let it overlap without breaking coherence.
Or more simply: a single mind listening in two directions at once.
Continuity
dicotic is intentionally small.
It is built slowly, independently, without a larger system behind it.
It continues through the people who find a way of listening in it that feels familiar.
Support
If dicotic has changed the way listening feels, your support can help it continue.
Privacy remains simple: dicotic does not track listening behavior or collect personal data beyond what is required for the app to function.