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Workflow

A collection of 18 posts

I have neither reduced, nor simplified

At the beginning of 2024, I had grand plans to Reduce & Simplify. I was also determined to use what I have. I've done neither of those things. It's November. I tried for a while. Or rather, I tried a bunch of different times, which had

Fun with software today

I had fun today exploring my options for a browser-based workflow.

My notes as text in one folder

I may have solved at least some of my problems caused by taking notes too many different apps. I moved all of them into ~/Documents/Notes, with subfolders per app. So… ├── Denote ├── Howm ├── Obsidian └── SilverBullet You’ll notice SilverBullet in there, my newest infatuation. But here’s the trick, I

Losing interest in organizing things

Putting everything where it belongs has always been a pleasure for me. “Mise en place” and all that. I find comfort in knowing that a thing is where it should be and that I know where that is. Recently, though, I’ve noticed that I dread deciding where that place

Speed is my enemy

My handwriting isn’t pretty. It’s not even always legible. I’ve realized that this is because, when writing by hand in a paper notebook, I start writing one of the letters from later in the word, before finishing the one I’m on. This means I spend half

Reduce & Simplify - Bear app

Bear is one of those apps that either clicks with you or it doesn't. Unless you're me, for whom sometimes it clicks and sometimes doesn't. I'm trying to follow through on my promise to Reduce & Simplify this year, so for the

Obsidian and Johnny Decimal

👉This post first appeared on foofaraw: 🌎 Where in the World is Jack? Vol.3 A theme for the past month has been, "Wrapping my Obsidian vault around Johnny Decimal." Johnny Decimal is "A system to organise your life." It's a structured system for keeping

QR codes and index cards?

When I write a quote or note on an index card, I try to record some version of a reference. Most often this is just a title, author, and date of the article or book. When I need to revisit the source, I then need to look it up based

I've already stopped using Hey email

After a time away from Hey email, I impulse subscribed again. And once again, after a short time, I already don't want to use it. I have reasons. When Hey (hey.com) email was first launched, I signed up immediately. It was a fresh take on email and

Adding when I should be removing

I love software. I love learning what software can do. I love setting up workflows using all the fun software I've learned about. The problem is that this leads to chaos and complexity. Every time. You're probably wondering what made me think of this. Well, yesterday