Behold the Antique Soul of a Future-Proof Digital Workflow!

With software recommendations for Mac users, including some Setapp gems I've been using for years

Jul 27, 2023

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Photograph of a room with golden light streaming in through a wooden framed, 4-pane window with wispy golden-white curtains each side of it. There’s a small table pushed up to the wall directly under the window. It has pottery mugs and a hand drawn cell phone (plus power cord and plug) and papers on it, with three chairs placed at each of the remaining open sides. Part of a wooden bed is in the background on the right, draped in deeply coloured, geometrically patterned fabric. — Photo by Adrian “Rosco” Stef on Unsplash, cropped. Hand drawn elements by the Author.

I love reading about new ways to use the technology I already own, especially simple ways that make what I do (or wish I could do) better, without adding complexity. Or proprietary solutions. Or yet another subscription.

My quest for a simple digital workflow has shown me that the way I use technology has strong parallels with other things that are important to me. I’m drawn to simplicity in other areas of life, too, such as the number of clothes and shoes I own and the way each piece matches (almost) all the others, and the streamlined way I (don’t) plan and prepare meals.

In fact, it doesn’t take much effort to identify a link between each of my values, and the way I’ve set up my workflow in the digital realm.

Antique furniture, meet future-proof text

Yesterday my heart soared as I came across this Medium article from 2017, on the merits of furnishing your home with time-worn antiques rather than with o…

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