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2024
December
Paper, or Paperless? Yes Please
Kindness, Hope, and a Christmas Carol from Me to You
Eventually Consistent: a PKM Allegory on Taking Imperfect Action Now
November
PTPL 132 · Happy To Do Lists · Better Queries in Obsidian · Trip Template · Avoiding App Lock-in
Classifying Notes in an OBTF, Inspired By the Dash-Plus System
2025 Markdown Calendars
If You’re Keeping Tasks in Your Calendar, I Hope You Know What You’re Doing
No and Low-Clutter Gifts for Apple, PKM, and Analog Enthusiasts
PTPL 129 · Live Out of Your Notes the Way Tom Lives Out of His Car
October
Inktober 2024
PTPL 128 · Keep Your Content Separate From the Container in Which It Lives
PTPL 127 · On Backing Up Paper, and Static Websites for Tiny Archives
Efficient App Agnostic Tasks in a Single Plain Text File (Obsidian Optional)
PTPL 126 · What the Dash-Plus System Looks Like in My OBTF and Analog Notes
Word Puzzles (that aren’t Wordle)
PTPL 125 · Choosing Between Digital and Analog, and a Plain Text Accounting Update
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
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
How Setapp Saves Me Hundreds of Dollars Every Year
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
This is the Template I Use to Plan My Day in the Concepts iPad App
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?
PTPL 053 · Plain Text is the Vehicle, Simple Productivity the Destination
PTPL 052 · Simple Task Management Advice for People Who Can’t Stick to Their Lists
PTPL 051 · Accessing Your Obsidian Vault in nvUltra and Taio
Writing Daily in a Scrap Paper Notebook Has Made Me More Creative
PTPL 050 · More on the Supremely Awesome TaskPaper Syntax in Obsidian, and 4 Other Apps
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
January
How to Escape the PKM Trap of Sophisticated Procrastination
The Paper Saver Notebook Is the Ideal Obsidian Companion
2022
November
These 7 Setapp Tools Alone Make the Subscription Worth It
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?
January
Using Johnny Decimal With Obsidian Solved My Organising Woes
You Need to Back Up Your Paper or Paperless Planner NOW—Here’s How
2021
September
Create Your Own Delicious Slice of Text-Based Productivity in Obsidian—A Step-By-Step Guide
2020
September
5 Surprisingly Useful Secret Writing Systems for Adults (And Adventurous Kids)
August
I Was a Task Management App Addict