PLAIN TEXT; PAPER, LESS

PTPL 125 · Choosing Between Digital and Analog, and a Plain Text Accounting Update

You’re the one driving this thing, so why not welcome departures from regular routes?

Ellane W
3 min readOct 7, 2024

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Inspired Productivity

Digital or analog?

Anna Havron answers a reader question about how to choose between analog and digital for our notes, and how long we should keep our notes once they’re made.

She cites two themes to keep in mind for both questions: purpose, and pleasure.

  • What is the note for?
  • Which mode (analog or digital) brings you the most pleasure for that particular note making purpose?

Go ahead and read the article, and see if you agree with me that the essence of it is this:

Make like a cat and follow the sparkles!

Throw out the shoulds. Choose the mode of note making that makes you smile (or makes the most sense) today, and a different…

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Ellane W
Ellane W

Written by Ellane W

Designer and educational publisher for 30 years+. Plain-text advocate. Still using paper, but less of it. https://linktr.ee/miscellaneplans

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