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PTPL 167 · When Productivity Sheds Her Skin
https://ellanew.com/2025/08/05/ptpl-167-when-productivity-sheds-her-skin
Published: August 4, 2025 14:00
How my systems are supporting me during a really hard time One of the posters in my Comfort Quotes collection What do you do when your world caves in? Rely on the systems and the people already in your life to hold you up. I did, and they did. The past…
PTPL 166 · Beorg May Well Be the Best Free iOS Plain Text Task Manager
https://ellanew.com/ptpl/166-025-07-21-beorg-best-free-ios-plain-text-task-manager
Published: July 20, 2025 23:00
Calendar and Reminders integration changes everything Apple Calendar screenshot by the Author Effective productivity workflows include efficient ways to track events, take notes, and manage tasks. There are thousands of apps to choose from for each of…
PTPL 165 · 30 Seconds to a Truly Useful Read-It-Later System
https://ellanew.com/ptpl/165-2025-07-14-thirty-seconds-to-a-useful-read-it-later-resource
Published: July 13, 2025 14:00
Dedicated Read-It-Later apps are nice, not necessary The links you save today might be a mystery tomorrow. Time to change that. Thirty seconds can mean the difference between one more link being lost to the black hole of ambiguity, and having useful…
PTPL 164 · Each Note in Its Own Space: a JA Westenberg “Object Pages” Review
https://ellanew.com/ptpl/164-2025-07-07-ja-westenberg-object-pages-review
Published: July 6, 2025 14:00
Notes (and people) need community, connection, …and space Sketch by the Author Narrow shoes, corsets, cluttered homes, and notes surrounded by unrelated verbosity have something in common: there’s not enough room to move in ways that consistently promote…
PTPL 163 · Your System Must Be Able to Survive the No-App, Blank Page Test
https://ellanew.com/ptpl/163-2025-06-30-when-simplicity-friction-are-your-teachers
Published: June 29, 2025 23:00
The quiet power of just enough Scribbled truths by the Author. The word ‘paper’ can also be taken to mean an ordinary text file. Can you trace the roots of your current productivity and note making systems? What I mean is this: If every purpose-built app…
PTPL 162 · 4 Questions You Must Answer Before Embracing a New Tool
https://ellanew.com/ptpl/162-2025-06-23-4-questions-before-embracing-a-new-tool
Published: June 22, 2025 14:00
Know your why, keep distraction to a minimum Taking on or switching to a new tool needs to be done mindfully or you risk the newcomer distracting or detracting from the job it is supposed to help with. The four tough questions I asked myself 18 months ago…
PTPL 161 · Markdown, Emacs, and Vim Walked Into a Bar…
https://ellanew.com/ptpl/161-2025-06-16-markdown-emacs-and-vim
Published: June 15, 2025 23:00
Good news: the way you format matters less than how much fun you’re having doing it Non-alcoholic pen sketch by me There are two ways to format digital text: let an app do it for you (e.g. select the text, then choose Bold from a menu), or do it…