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Productive proclivities for the teacher — and learner — in us all. Look at the wall your ladder leans against and remember that productivity is a vehicle, not a destination.
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PTPL 101: Forget Perfectionism — Raw Notes Are Real Notes
PTPL 101: Forget Perfectionism — Raw Notes Are Real Notes
Capture, review, refactor and link; observing yourself will reveal how you think
Ellane W
Apr 21
PTPL 100: One Big Text File — Top Down, Or Bottom Up?
PTPL 100: One Big Text File — Top Down, Or Bottom Up?
Why I changed my OBTF from one to the other this week
Ellane W
Apr 14
PTPL 099: The Vital Bridging Habit That Makes My Task Management System Abandon-Proof
PTPL 099: The Vital Bridging Habit That Makes My Task Management System Abandon-Proof
There’s productivity power in noting where you’ve been, and where you need to go next
Ellane W
Apr 7
PTPL 098: One Tool for Everything, or Separate, Simple Solutions?
PTPL 098: One Tool for Everything, or Separate, Simple Solutions?
A plain text accounting case study, and a 3-step recipe for simplifying your processes
Ellane W
Mar 31
PTPL 097: Informed, Intentional Note Makers Value Processes Over Apps
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
Mar 24
PTPL 096: Content Over Tools, Files Over Apps, Internal Observation Over External Inspiration
PTPL 096: Content Over Tools, Files Over Apps, Internal Observation Over External Inspiration
Also — Cal Newport’s plan.txt, and the Plus, Minus Next method
Ellane W
Mar 17
PTPL 095 - Markdown Smart Bookmarks in Obsidian, Portable and Plugin Free
PTPL 095 - Markdown Smart Bookmarks in Obsidian, Portable and Plugin Free
With a case study on embedded queries for language learning
Ellane W
Mar 10
PTPL 094: The Joy of Playing in a Focused, Offline Digital Garden
PTPL 094: The Joy of Playing in a Focused, Offline Digital Garden
Plus: How block references in Obsidian can still be part of an app-agnostic workflow
Ellane W
Mar 3
PTPL 093: Projects With a Code Name Work Better Than Those Without
PTPL 093: Projects With a Code Name Work Better Than Those Without
Plus: Moving between Obsidian Sync vaults on iOS without stuffing things up
Ellane W
Feb 25
PTPL 092: 3 Friction Points in the One Big Text File Experiment, (Mostly) Solved
PTPL 092: 3 Friction Points in the One Big Text File Experiment, (Mostly) Solved
And how Drafts can be a one-stop plain text inbox — but should it?
Ellane W
Feb 18
PTPL 091: I’m Using One Big Text File in Obsidian as a Digital Bullet Journal
PTPL 091: I’m Using One Big Text File in Obsidian as a Digital Bullet Journal
It’s a perfect companion to my discbound paper notebook
Ellane W
Feb 12
PTPL 090: Your Daily Note Can Help You Ask Great Questions (and Get Great Answers)
PTPL 090: Your Daily Note Can Help You Ask Great Questions (and Get Great Answers)
Daily practice will see you asking better questions, and getting better answers
Ellane W
Feb 5
PTPL 089: Perfect Productivity Doth Not a Happy Person Make
PTPL 089: Perfect Productivity Doth Not a Happy Person Make
Plus some thoughts on the pleasant alliance between my paper and plain text notes
Ellane W
Jan 29
PTPL 088: It’s Time to Inventory Your Inboxes, and the Routines That Help You Process Them
PTPL 088: It’s Time to Inventory Your Inboxes, and the Routines That Help You Process Them
FYI I still use Drafts daily, but it’s no longer one of my inboxes
Ellane W
Jan 22
PTPL 087: Hyperlinked PDFs Now Work in Nebo!
PTPL 087: Hyperlinked PDFs Now Work in Nebo!
PLUS Bullet journals and Obsidian are my two sources of truth
Ellane W
Jan 15
PTPL 086: 4 Tough Questions For a Plain Text Advocate
PTPL 086: 4 Tough Questions For a Plain Text Advocate
PLUS The best New Year’s resolutions are last year’s everyday efforts
Ellane W
Jan 8
PTPL 085 CalcCraft is the Obsidian Tables Plugin I Was Looking For!
PTPL 085 CalcCraft is the Obsidian Tables Plugin I Was Looking For!
Plus a wannabe replacement for the infamous Comic Sans
Ellane W
Jan 1
PTPL 084 - Getting Ready For 2024 With Nothing But Folders and Plain Text
PTPL 084 - Getting Ready For 2024 With Nothing But Folders and Plain Text
Learn from the principles, rather than copying the practices you read about
Ellane W
Dec 25, 2023
PTPL 082: Obsidian Sync Is So Good, I Bought a Keyboard For My Phone
PTPL 082: Obsidian Sync Is So Good, I Bought a Keyboard For My Phone
Why I’ve stopped trading usability for an ideal — for now
Ellane W
Dec 10, 2023
PTPL 081 — New Weekly and Monthly Analog Templates for Simplified Planning
PTPL 081 — New Weekly and Monthly Analog Templates for Simplified Planning
PLUS Identifying the essentials before adding optional extras
Ellane W
Dec 3, 2023
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