PLAIN TEXT; PAPER, LESS — PRODUCTIVITY DIGEST

PTPL 064: When Calendars are Time Machines, and iPads are reMarkable

PLUS a handy 1Password iOS tip, and why the best productivity systems are abandon-proof

Ellane W
Produclivity
Published in
3 min readAug 7, 2023

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Plain text, Paper, Less Productivity Digest text-based image by Author

Welcome to a once-a-week taster of things that I’ve found helpful in my quest to create a simple, future proof, digital-analog workflow.

Layered Calendars — a time machine that ought to be able to integrate your life into one date-based hub

PKM Beth drew my attention to this article by julian.digital, on the concept of multi-layered calendars. All my internal bells started ringing as I read — yes, yes, yes! I’ve always thought of calendars as time machines, and love the idea of a central point for integrating life data with dates. I’ll probably flog this idea to death over the next few months/years/decades.

1Password iOS tip: pin a field to your home screen

Zak Kaufman has 1-touch access to his guest wifi password, right from his password manager:

Quick 1Password tip: within the 1Password mobile apps, you can press and hold any field within any item to bring…

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Ellane W
Produclivity

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