PTPL 025: Handwritten Text Recognition in Obsidian, and Welcome Changes to the Notenik App

Plus: Forgetting the shoulds when notemaking, nested Kanbans, and the Projects plugin

PTPL graphic by the Author

Welcome to the 25th in a series of posts documenting my plain text, paper-less, Obsidian-flavoured journey — exploring productivity through a future-proof, plain text mindset, with a soft spot for the paper that counts.

Today I’ll be talking about —

• Productivity and strawberries: a gardening analogy for note making

• Knowing what the shoulds are, but choosing to forthem when making notes

• Handwritten text recognition in Obsidian (via Excalidraw, and also from Goodnotes and Notability)

• Changes to the Notenik app making it easier to use with Obsidian

Productivity Inspiration

From Winning the War of the Strawberries, by Walter Bowne:

So my suggestion? Scale down. Control what you can. Enjoy what you grow. And know that Nature is always in control. And please, use no pesticides. And use organic matter, like composted leaves from t…