PLAIN TEXT; PAPER, LESS — PRODUCTIVITY DIGEST

PTPL 097: Informed, Intentional Note Makers Value Processes Over Apps

Quiz: are you an A, B, or C-type note maker / tool user?

Ellane W
Produclivity
Published in
4 min readMar 25, 2024

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

You may not need to transition away from tool X, but you should know and structure your processes so that leaving it wouldn’t be a catastrophe or even a major disruption. Quiz time! When it comes to processes and tools, what kind of digital or analog note-keeper are you?

No AI input here; all words 100% human made. Non-subscribers are welcome to read for free.

To choose a tool, first know your processes

You may have noticed “How to leave Evernote” articles leaking out of the online woodwork lately, sparked by that company’s recent price increase and crippling of their free plan. I generally ignore this kind of post, but the title of one of them caught my eye as it seemed to tie in well with the theme of simplifying and fortifying one’s processes.

“How to Transition from Evernote to …Nothing”, is wonderfully intriguing, don’t you think? And the subhead, “You don’t have to replace a thing with another thing”, clinched the deal: here was an article this non-Evernote user had to read.

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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