Ellane W

How two iPhone apps help me harness the difference You are here, your deadline is there.

You really, really don’t need a new app for this I’ve been tracking tasks in a Forster list for over a month now.

Stop reading now if you aren’t interested in a nuanced take on both of them Photo and text by the author I’m not usually into the would you rather game, but this one on Mastodon caught my attention.

With 7 principles for keeping your app-data safe I love the idea of embracing the tendency to switch tools as a feature, rather than something to be avoided.

What two people selling something taught me about generosity and productivity Photo of hands by Mikhail Nilov, photo of background lights by Ave Calvar Martinez — images altered and combined by me I’ve just read two truly useful articles, pointing to prod…

Forster lists, social etiquette and the root of all text Image of crying tree touching the hills taken by me My friends, you might have noticed I did not post anything last week.

Record tasks in chronological order, do them when you’re truly ready Another week to match the last one: full of caring for little people, my grandbabies.

But we will, someday, if we ignore him now Photo by Beth Stevenson on Unsplash We were each born with a connection with heaven.

Plain text tasks, pencil notes, digital caveman-ism, and some OBTF love I’m enjoying a bounty of family life at the moment!

Plus how text based visuals make life harder for the vision impaired This week: Putting money on the table to develop a daily writing habit Text based visuals and the vision impaired Pay yourself to form a writing habit I write words every day.

Someone needs your story—choose your timing well and you could change a life Photo by Anthony Metcalfe on Unsplash When I was barely out of my teens and in need of guidance but did not know it, an older and much wiser woman gave me some unsolicited advice.

Because typewriter-style graphics are cool and the algorithmic internet is not Goodie 1 - The Progress Bar Someone kindly gave me a typewriter last month.

…was the day I finally stopped over-optimising everything Moving my tasks away from apps to plain text lists was supposed to simplify everything.

While still knowing just how much He loves me Image by Artem Podrez, on Pexels Someone once said there’s a sure way to know if you are a humble person: If you think you are, you’re not!

No blame, but still, never again I keep my calendar in the todo.txt format, in Obsidian, using the Todo.txt Mode plugin to move completed events to a done.md file each day.

And why are you idolising the stuff that makes you sad?

Plain Text Slop Soup, Anyone?

It’s not really about the app When Stefano Marinelli posted about compromises and tolerance, I knew he was right because I’ve seen this in action.

And reclaim focus for your distractible brain After years of perfecting a simple plain text productivity system for tracking my tasks and time, I should have been happy.

Plain text capture, a Bauhaus obsession, and the keyboard that finally fits my EDC Screenshots are from each company’s official website Today I’ll be sharing a new app for getting text into Obsidian the iOS version of the Bauhaus Clock the Nillkin Cube Po…

With Obsidian instructions for seeing today’s schedule in your daily note I can still scarcely believe that what was supposed to be a 2-week experiment turned into a sustainable, calm-inducing way to keep up with all the time-specific events that make up…

How a phantom currency keeps bank account reports clean Illustration made by putting emojis together in Affinity Plain text accounting not for you?

A casual roundup of productivity tools, tips, and rabbit holes No deep dives today, just a list of worthwhile productivity related things I’ve come across lately.

Nesting queries inside collapsible callouts, plus custom colours and icons It’s true that plain text can be beautiful when it is boring in all the right ways, but that doesn’t mean we can’t have a little fun.

For writing more, without worrying about losing or lending your pen Photo by the Author, taken with a still going strong iPhone 14 Pro I love writing lists and making plans using simple, practical tools.

It was a nice surprise to discover that Shottr can replace two apps!

On cautious, informed renting, and the lie of personal ownership Mum on the gas box at the house she and Meema lived in before moving to the cottage Lately I’ve been looking at the subscription software I use, trying to decide what should stay and what ne…

A quest for simpler, more independent tools Recently I talked about the importance of owning your work, not just the app you used to create it.

Hand written text by the Author, 1988 Today I discovered I Write Like, a browser-based Markdown text editor from Koding Robots doo.

On confidence and slop, and the words that still fit There’s no getting around it; Artificial Intelligence (AI) has ruined some phrases that used to work just fine.

How to keep your work accessible no matter what happens to the software you used to create it Could you complete your work today if your usual apps were inaccessible?