List: Plain Text. Paper, Less. | Curated by Ellane W

Jul 17, 2024
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Plain Text. Paper, Less.Exploring productivity through a future-proof, plain text mindset, with a soft spot for the paper that counts. More Obsidian goodness in this collection: https://miscellaneplans.medium.com/list/obsidian-my-stories-d3cc5e031983
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PTPL 113: Some Free Tools Cost Too MuchPut these features in order of importance and you’ll know what to do
Jul 15
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Jul 15
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PTPL 112: Organise Your Stuff— Alternatives to Bartender and HazelPlus some Obsidian plugins to make life easier without messing with your plain text
Jul 8
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Jul 8
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PTPL 111: You Only Need 2 Calendar Categories For Effective Time ManagementDifferentiating between Sacred and Frontier territory will keep you focused without sacrificing play time
Jul 1
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Jul 1
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PTPL 110: How to Easily Type macOS Modifier KeysPlus 2 things you need to know about the CalcCraft plugin
Jun 24
Jun 24
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PTPL 109: Households With Written SOPs Are More Resilient Than Those WithoutPlus 3 tips for better Markdown exports from Workflowy to Obsidian
Jun 17
Jun 17
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PTPL 108: Workflowy’s Plain Text Calendar Beats Obsidian’sDrag and drop into the side bar was the clincher
Jun 10
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Jun 10
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PTPL 107: Follow Along As I Learn the Command Line From ScratchNot a Mac wizard yet, but I learned my first spell and nothing broke!
Jun 3
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Jun 3
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PTPL 106: Intentional Use of Paper, Plain Text, and Plugins Will Set You FreePlus a brief overview of the Notebooks app
May 27
May 27
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PTPL 105: Plain Text Budgeting Progress — Paper Made My Markdown Tables BetterPlus how to move multiple iPhone app icons between screens
May 20
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May 20
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PTPL 104: 6 Plain Text Task Management Options—an OverviewEmbracing simplicity, even for a time, can bring valuable insights
May 13
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May 13
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PTPL 103: 4 Practical, Fascinating Uses of Plain Text in the WildFrom writing and websites, to a Mac utility and a worklog
May 6
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May 6
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PTPL 102: No App Lasts Forever — Tips For Your Data Bug-Out BagnvALT users take note — you’re about to lose everything!
Apr 29
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Apr 29
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PTPL 101: Forget Perfectionism — Raw Notes Are Real NotesCapture, review, refactor and link; observing yourself will reveal how you think
Apr 22
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Apr 22
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PTPL 100: One Big Text File — Top Down, Or Bottom Up?Why I changed my OBTF from one to the other this week
Apr 15
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Apr 15
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PTPL 099: The Vital Bridging Habit That Makes My Task Management System Abandon-ProofThere’s productivity power in noting where you’ve been, and where you need to go next
Apr 8
Apr 8
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PTPL 098: One Tool for Everything, or Separate, Simple Solutions?A plain text accounting case study, and a 3-step recipe for simplifying your processes
Apr 1
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Apr 1
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PTPL 097: Informed, Intentional Note Makers Value Processes Over AppsQuiz: Are you an A, B, or C-type note maker / tool user?
Mar 25
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PTPL 096: Content Over Tools, Files Over Apps, Internal Observation Over External InspirationAlso — Cal Newport’s plan.txt, and the Plus, Minus Next method
Mar 18
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Mar 18
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PTPL 094: The Joy of Playing in a Focused, Offline Digital GardenPlus: How block references in Obsidian can still be part of an app-agnostic workflow
Mar 4
Mar 4
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PTPL 093: Projects With a Code Name Work Better Than Those WithoutPlus: Moving between Obsidian Sync vaults on iOS without stuffing things up
Feb 26
Feb 26