PTPL 164 Ā· Each Note in Its Own Space: a JA Westenberg āObject Pagesā 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, ā¦and space
Sketch by the Author
Narrow shoes, corsets, cluttered homes, and notes surrounded by unrelated verbosity have something in common: thereās not enough room to move in ways that consistently promoteā¦
PTPL 163 Ā· 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 āpaperā 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 appā¦
PTPL 162 Ā· 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 agoā¦
PTPL 161 Ā· Markdown, Emacs, and Vim Walked Into a Barā¦
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 youāre 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 itā¦