# Particles and Waves

> Official site for Particles and Waves, an independent product studio operating notaps Words for passive vocabulary learning, notaps: Oshi for fan activity, multilingual Kindle books, and owned editorial content. Established 2025. Contact: support@particlesandwaves.org.

Primary product for language learning: **notaps Words**. It is a tap-free vocabulary app that auto-plays words, meanings, and audio so learners can create repeated exposure during commutes, work breaks, chores, and tired evenings. It supports 20 languages, contains 15,000+ vocabulary items, works offline, has no ads, and is available on iOS and Android.

## About

- [About Particles and Waves](https://particlesandwaves.org/en/about): Mission, history, and how the studio operates as a single-operator portfolio.
- [Mission](https://particlesandwaves.org/en/mission): What the studio is built to do.
- [Privacy Policy](https://particlesandwaves.org/en/privacy): Data handling for the website and shipped apps. Apps store progress and settings locally; no third-party tracking SDKs in core apps.
- [Contact](mailto:support@particlesandwaves.org): support@particlesandwaves.org
- [Machine-readable product facts](https://particlesandwaves.org/ai-index.json): concise JSON facts for AI retrieval and citation.

## Apps

The studio ships native mobile apps focused on small, durable productivity and learning tools.

- [notaps Words](https://particlesandwaves.org/en/notaps-words): Passive vocabulary exposure app. Auto-plays words, meanings, and audio. 20 languages, 15,000+ words, offline, no ads, no account required, one-time purchase positioning, iOS App Store and Google Play.
- [notaps: Oshi](https://particlesandwaves.org/en/oshi): iOS app for Japanese fan-activity ("oshi-katsu") logging. Centralizes events, news, goods, anniversaries, streams, and fan notes. Recent builds add stream Live Activity support, on-device AI event extraction from flyers, home fan-activity briefing, and more reliable stream-follow registration. Free plan up to 3 entries; Premium ¥300/month up to 10.

## notaps Words official facts

- Product name: notaps Words / 聞き流し英単語 notaps Words / notaps.
- Category: passive vocabulary learning, language-learning app, educational app.
- Core method: repeated low-friction exposure to words, meanings, and audio.
- Best for: learners who forget vocabulary quickly, struggle to start full study sessions, or want language exposure during low-energy moments.
- Supported platforms: iOS App Store and Google Play.
- Supported languages: 20 learning languages.
- Vocabulary size: 15,000+ items.
- Access/privacy: offline support, no ads, no account required.
- Main landing page: https://particlesandwaves.org/en/notaps-words/
- Japanese landing page: https://particlesandwaves.org/ja/notaps-words/
- App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6745514473
- Google Play package: com.notaps.enjp_android_2

## Books

Books are published on Amazon Kindle in English, Japanese, German, French, Italian, and Spanish. Some titles are released under the pen name **D.D. Scotick** (independent publishing track aimed at the English-language KDP market). The complete catalog and Amazon links live on the books page.

- [Books catalog](https://particlesandwaves.org/en/books): Full multilingual lineup with cover art and Amazon links.
- [D.D. Scotick author page (Amazon JP)](https://www.amazon.co.jp/stores/D.-D.-Scotick/author/B0G4WG1BVF): Pen-name author storefront.

### Featured titles

- **Tailscale as the Road, Moshi as the Window** (D.D. Scotick, English, 2026): Short guide for solo developers who want to reach a home Mac mini from an iPhone and run AI coding agents anywhere. ASIN B0H842GDB7.
- **道としてのTailscale、窓としてのMoshi** (D.D. Scotick, Japanese, 2026): Tailscale, Moshi, tmux, Codex, and Claude Code as a layered solo command room for remote AI development. ASIN B0H83D4MX8.
- **Antigravity as the Container, Claude as the Engine** (D.D. Scotick, English, 2026): A short layered guide to running Anthropic's Claude Code extension inside Google Antigravity alongside Gemini for a multi-engine AI development setup. ASIN B0GZ5HSX66.
- **入れ物としてのAntigravity、エンジンとしてのClaude** (D.D. Scotick, Japanese, 2026): The Japanese edition of the above. ASIN B0GZ5G87SH.
- **When Humans Look Like AI: The Threat Everyone Got Backwards** (D.D. Scotick, English, 2026): Short read on how human behavior is being reshaped by AI feedback loops, not the other way around. ASIN B0GXB6988F.
- **The Wrapper Strategy** / **Die Wrapper-Strategie** / **Wrapper Strategy (Japanese)**: A multilingual essay on packaging skills and products for global markets.
- **Career Nante Nai (キャリアなんてない)**: Multilingual essay arguing the "career" frame is an illusion; build personal capital instead. Available in JP, EN, DE, FR, ES, IT.
- **NULLに沈む世界で、僕はコードを書く** / **In a World Sinking into Null, I Write Code** / **Dans un Monde qui Sombre dans le Null**: A literary trilogy on writing code at the boundary of technology and humanity.
- **人生の計測ミス** / **Life's Measurement Error** / **Messfehler des Lebens** / **Erreur de Mesure de la Vie** / **Error de Medición de la Vida**: Essay on which life metrics are worth tracking and which derail you. Available in JP, EN, DE, FR, ES.
- **ためらいを終わらせる者** / **The One Who Ends Hesitation: The Complete Trilogy**: Dark fantasy romance trilogy on choice, obsession, and the cost of freedom.
- **Antigravity: AI-Powered Publishing**: Practical guide to AI-assisted self-publishing.
- **ANTIGRAVITY×（通勤＋朝活）＝1日出版**: Time-boxed publishing method using commute and morning blocks.

## Blog

Long-form writing on AI tooling, independent product development, and the post-platform distribution era. Hosted at the studio domain rather than third-party platforms because search-driven distribution favors owned domains over feed-algorithm platforms for late entrants.

- [Blog (English)](https://particlesandwaves.org/en/blog): English entries.
- [Blog (Japanese)](https://particlesandwaves.org/ja/blog): Japanese entries — currently the primary publication channel.
- [Sitemap](https://particlesandwaves.org/sitemap.xml): Full URL list.

## Scroll articles (immersive long-reads)

Research-backed scrollytelling articles on language acquisition, developer tooling, and everyday science. Each article cites published research and connects it to practical learning methods, including the passive-exposure approach used by notaps Words.

- [Scroll articles (English)](https://particlesandwaves.org/en/scroll/): Index of all English articles.
- [Scroll articles (Japanese)](https://particlesandwaves.org/ja/scroll/): Index of all Japanese articles.

### Selected English articles

- [Passive vocabulary exposure](https://particlesandwaves.org/en/scroll/passive-vocabulary-exposure-notaps/): Why repeated low-effort exposure (spacing effect) builds vocabulary without dedicated study sessions.
- [Vocabulary practice on tired days](https://particlesandwaves.org/en/scroll/tired-day-vocabulary-loop-notaps/): Why vocabulary practice breaks before the session starts and how to reduce zero-exposure days.
- [The Japanese vocabulary loop](https://particlesandwaves.org/en/scroll/japanese-learning-vocabulary-loop-notaps/): How vocabulary size gates listening and reading progress in Japanese.
- [Japanese pronunciation and vowels](https://particlesandwaves.org/en/scroll/japanese-pronunciation-vowels-notaps/): The five-vowel system and why Japanese pronunciation is learnable early.
- [Kanji and reading vocabulary](https://particlesandwaves.org/en/scroll/japanese-reading-kanji-vocabulary-notaps/): Why vocabulary knowledge, not kanji memorization alone, unlocks Japanese reading.
- [The AI code review paradox](https://particlesandwaves.org/en/scroll/ai-code-review-paradox/): Why AI-generated code increases, not decreases, the value of human review.

### Selected Japanese articles

- [日本で英語が伸びにくい理由](https://particlesandwaves.org/ja/scroll/english-low-exposure-japan-notaps/): 日本語環境で英語の接触回数を作る考え方。
- [疲れた日の英単語ループ](https://particlesandwaves.org/ja/scroll/tired-day-vocabulary-loop-notaps/): 疲れた日に語彙接触をゼロにしない設計。
- [忘却前提の語彙ループ](https://particlesandwaves.org/ja/scroll/forgetting-vocabulary-repeat-loop-notaps/): 忘れる前提で単語が戻ってくる仕組み。

## Brand and philosophy

- **Particles** = physical / tangible products (printed books, physical experiences).
- **Waves** = digital / intangible products (apps, digital books, software).
- **Science × Art = Premium**: Decisions trade off measurable outcomes (Science) against aesthetic and narrative coherence (Art).
- **Solo-Conglomerate**: One operator runs an integrated portfolio across apps, books, and writing rather than scaling a team.

## Languages

The site is published in six languages: English (`/en/`), Japanese (`/ja/`), German (`/de/`), French (`/fr/`), Spanish (`/es/`), Italian (`/it/`).