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2 Ways to Stop Shiny Productivity Objects From Blocking Your Best Work

Simplifying can reveal how you think and what you need

2 min readMar 7

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On the left, an aged hand is grinding food with a mortar and pestle, and on the right, there’s a dramatically lit shiny food mixer. — Mortar and pestle image by Opal, mixer image by NickyPe — both from Pixabay

If we’re surrounded by shiny, clever apps (and we are), will the abundance eventually make them look ordinary, and thus not so attention-suckingly attractive?

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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