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2024

October

Inktober 2024 How to Keep Your Wheels Turning Smoothly Despite the Automation Paradox

September

PTPL 124 · Saving Safari tabs as Markdown links, and Mono Fonts in Obsidian Looking Through Windows (From the Outside In) PTPL 123 · ‘Analog Office’ Blog and Tomoe River Planner Recommendations Mastodon and the Fediverse — Social Media’s Brighter Future Celebrating Independent Indie Blogs PTPL 122 · Aligning Your Task List with Your (Changing) Values PTPL 121 · Getting Focused With a 4-Quadrant Weekly Planning Matrix PTPL 120 · Quick Add vs Text Expansion in Obsidian

August

Touch Typing For Classic Book Fans Your Name in Landsat Psst — They Don't Know What You're Talking About PTPL 119 · Yes, You Can Be Plain-Text Enlightened and Still Use Apple’s Reminders! PTPL 118 · My Simple, Sensible Plain Text to Proprietary App Workflow PTPL 117 · Oh, You Like Making Notes! Why Not Use… ? PTPL 116 · Plain Text Accounting Level 1, Complete!

July

PTPL 115 · There’s Something New at the Top of My One Big Text File PTPL 114 · Obsidian, Silver Bullet, and Org-Mode—3 Different Approaches to Working With Notes PTPL 113 · Some Free Tools Cost Too Much PTPL 112 · Organise Your Stuff— Alternatives to Bartender and Hazel PTPL 111 · You Only Need 2 Calendar Categories For Effective Time Management

June

PTPL 110 · How to Easily Type  macOS ⌘ Modifier Keys PTPL 109 · Households With Written SOPs Are More Resilient Than Those Without PTPL 108 · Workflowy’s Plain Text Calendar Beats Obsidian’s PTPL 107 · Follow Along As I Learn the Command Line From Scratch

May

PTPL 106 · Digital Freedom Requires Intentional Use of Paper, Plain Text, and Plugins PTPL 105 · Plain Text Budgeting Progress — Paper Made My Markdown Tables Better PTPL 104 · 6 Plain Text Task Management Options—an Overview PTPL 103 · 4 Practical, Fascinating Uses of Plain Text in the Wild

April

PTPL 102 · No App Lasts Forever — Tips For Your Data Bug-Out Bag PTPL 101 · Forget Perfectionism — Raw Notes Are Real Notes PTPL 100 · One Big Text File — Top Down, Or Bottom Up? PTPL 099 · The Vital Bridging Habit That Makes My Task Management System Abandon-Proof PTPL 098 · One Tool For Everything, or Separate, Complementary Solutions?

March

PTPL 097 · Informed, Intentional Note Makers Value Processes Over Apps PTPL 096 · Content Over Tools, Files Over Apps, Internal Observation Over External Inspiration PTPL 095 · Markdown Smart Bookmarks, Portable and Plugin Free PTPL 094 · The Joy of Playing in a Focused, Offline Digital Garden

February

PTPL 093 · Projects With a Code Name Work Better Than Those Without PTPL 092 · 3 Friction Points in the One Big Text File Experiment, (Mostly) Solved PTPL 091 · I’m Using One Big Text File in Obsidian as a Digital Bullet Journal PTPL 090 · Your Daily Note Can Help You Ask Great Questions (and Get Great Answers)

January

PTPL 089 · Thoughts on the Pleasant Alliance Between Paper and Plain Text Notes PTPL 088 · Time to Inventory Your Inboxes, and the Routines That Help You Process Them PTPL 087 · Hyperlinked PDFs Now Work in Nebo! PTPL 086 · 4 Tough Questions For a Plain Text Advocate PTPL 085 · CalcCraft is the Obsidian Tables Plugin I Was Looking For!

2023

December

PTPL 084: Getting Ready For 2024 With Nothing But Folders and Plain Text PTPL 083: Markdown Formulas in the Newly Updated Obsidian Tables No and Low-Clutter Gifts for Apple, PKM, and Analog Enthusiasts PTPL 082 · Obsidian Sync Is So Good, I Bought a Keyboard For My Phone PTPL 081 · New Weekly and Monthly Analog Templates for Simplified Planning

November

PTPL 080 · Why I’m Sad That Obsidian Sync Is 100% Necessary on iOS Simple Task Management in Obsidian For the Digitally Overwhelmed PTPL PTPL 079 · How to Link and Quickly Switch Between Multiple Obsidian Vaults PTPL 078 · I’m Beating Procrastination by Asking 3 Short Questions PTPL 077 · A Peek Inside the Obsidian Weekly Note That’s Keeping Me Focused

October

PTPL 076 · The New Johnny.Decimal Workbook— What I’ve Learned So Far PTPL 075 · Plain Text, Or Paper Budgeting Templates? The Experiment Begins Sync Your Obsidian Vault For Free With iCloud By All Means, But Don’t Stop There PTPL 074 · Drumroll…The One-Task-Per-File System Finally Works! PTPL 073 · Are You Obsessively Date-Format Opinionated? Sadly, I Am. PTPL 072 · I Love Keeping All My Projects and Tasks in a Single, Searchable File

September

PTPL 071 · File-Based Knowledge Management—a Subtle but Profound Shift in PKM Thinking PTPL 070 · Obsidian Plugin vs Plain Text vs Readymade Task Management Solutions Dear Human, You’ve Got Mail - From Your Body PTPL 069 · Obsidian Properties Are Just the Help I Needed to Organise My Notes What's in My Bag — Bellroy Mobile Office And EDC PTPL 068 · Markdown Flashcards That Don’t Need Apps or Plugins Your Scratchpad is a Wealth of Hidden Gems—Go Find Them!

August

PTPL 067 · My EDC is a Mother Ship and a Compact Explorer Pod PTPL 066 · A Radical Obsidian Vault Shakeup, 6 Months Later PTPL 065 · On Clarifying Your Most Basic Productivity Foundations PTPL 064 · When Calendars are Time Machines, and iPads are reMarkable

July

PTPL 063 · Your Obsidian Graph is Not Your Compass PTPL 062 · Human Joy is More Important Than Raw Productivity — A Real Life Example PTPL 061 · How to Leave Evernote and Become a Future-Proof Note Taker (Obsidian Optional) PTPL 060 · A New Circular 24-Hour Template Download for Hand Written Plans PTPL 059 · Analog-Inspired Task Management in Obsidian—Does Your System Fit Your Needs?

June

PTPL 058 · Plugin-Free, Intentional Note Taking in Obsidian From Library Ebooks PTPL 057 · A Productivity System Under Stress - 5 Insights While Traveling PTPL 056 · Getting Text into Obsidian with Shortcuts and Drafts PTPL 055 · Physical Notes are Better Than Digital, and Vice Versa

May

PTPL 054 · What on Earth Does Productivity Have To Do With Natural Ecosystems? Writing Daily in a Scrap Paper Notebook Has Made Me More Creative

April

All Your Questions on This Surprisingly Creative Notebook Practice, Answered Alone in the Noise: Creating My Own Space in a Busy Household

March

Enough is a Perspective, Not a Sum

2022

October

17 Obsidian Features I’ve Invited Into My Autonomous, Plain Text World

June

Typography Tip - Use the Interpunct For Horizontal Lists Don’t Go Fully Paperless if You Hope to Leave a Lasting Legacy

May

This Habit Brings Interstitial Journaling to the Physical World

April

Is Touch Typing Irrelevant in a Voice-to-Text World?

2021

September

Create Your Own Delicious Slice of Text-Based Productivity in Obsidian—A Step-By-Step Guide

2020

August

I Was a Task Management App Addict