PLAIN TEXT; PAPER, LESS — PRODUCTIVITY DIGEST
PTPL 119: How to Be Plain-Text Enlightened—and Still Use Apple Reminders
Plus a quick print-to-PDF shortcut for your Mac
This week I tell you why I’ve moved from a manual Workflowy calendar to the Apple Reminders app, and show how I export my tasks from Reminders to PDF to plain text.
No AI here; all words, ideas, and faults 100% human made. While paid subscribers are enormously encouraging and help me to keep writing, non-subscribers are always welcome to read for free.
Bye, bye, Workflowy calendar
Inspiration grabbed me and grabbed me good a few minutes into Frank Denegaar’s video on replacing one’s calendar and to-do list with Workflowy. I loved it!
Backup to plain text was easy, with Markdown thrown in for a pretty sweet package deal. Drag and dropping of tasks with their children and no other tweaky distractions was the main attraction. For those who remember that I was on the lookout for an app to help my non-techie sister replace Evernote, Workflowy ended up being a great fit.
But after 2 solid months using and mostly loving this completely manual calendar and task management combination, the wind has changed…
