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PTPL 084: Getting Ready For 2024 With Nothing But Folders and Plain Text

PTPL 083: Markdown Formulas in the Newly Updated Obsidian Tables

No and Low-Clutter Gifts For Apple, PKM, and Analog Enthusiasts

PTPL 082: Obsidian Sync Is So Good, I Bought a Keyboard For My Phone

PTPL 081: New Weekly and Monthly Analog Templates for Simplified Planning

PTPL 080: Why I’m Sad That Obsidian Sync Is 100% Necessary on iOS

Simple Task Management in Obsidian for the Digitally Overwhelmed

PTPL 079: How to Link and Quickly Switch Between Multiple Obsidian Vaults

PTPL 078: I'm Beating Procrastination by Asking 3 Short Questions

PTPL 077: A Peek Inside the Obsidian Weekly Note That’s Keeping Me Focused

PTPL 076: The New Johnny.Decimal Workbook— What I’ve Learned So Far

PTPL 075: Plain Text, Or Paper Budgeting Templates? The Experiment Begins

Sync Your Obsidian Vault For Free With iCloud By All Means, But Don’t Stop There

PTPL 074: Drumroll…The One-Task-Per-File System Finally Works!

PTPL 073: Are You Obsessively Date-Format Opinionated? Sadly, I Am.

PTPL 072: I Love Keeping All My Projects and Tasks in a Single, Searchable File

PTPL 071: File-Based Knowledge Management—a Subtle but Profound Shift in PKM Thinking

PTPL 070: Task Management: Obsidian Plugin vs Plain Text vs Readymade Solutions

Dear Human, You’ve Got Mail: From Your Body

PTPL 069: Obsidian Properties Are Just the Help I Needed to Organise My Notes

What’s In My Bag — Bellroy Mobile Office and EDC

PTPL 068: Markdown Flashcards That Don't Need Apps or Plugins (!)

Your Scratchpad is a Wealth of Hidden Gems—Go Find Them!

PTPL 067: My EDC is a Mother Ship and a Compact Explorer Pod (Photos)

iPad User Seeks reMarkable Handwriting Experience

PTPL 066: A Radical Obsidian Vault Shakeup, 6 Months Later

How Setapp Saves Me Hundreds of Dollars Every Year

PTPL 065: On Clarifying Your Most Basic (Productivity) Foundations

Q&A: Should I Start a New Obsidian Vault For This Project? What are the Downsides?

PTPL 064: When Calendars are Time Machines, and iPads are reMarkable

Setapp’s New AI Search Just Gave Me a Great Plain Text App Suggestion

PTPL 063: Your Obsidian Graph is Not Your Compass

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

PTPL 062: Human Joy is More Important Than Raw Productivity — A Real Life Example

Unashamedly Biased Australian Study Proves Technology is Bad For You

PTPL 061: How to Leave Evernote and Become a Future-Proof Note Taker (Obsidian Optional)

I Can’t Believe It — Last Night I Slept 8 Hours Straight!

PTPL 060: Gandhi’s Best Advice For Making Simple Notes That Mean Something

Yes, 3 Backups Are Sufficient For My Needs, Thank You For Asking

PTPL 059: Analog-Inspired Task Management in Obsidian—Does Your System Fit Your Needs?

This is the Template I Use to Plan My Day in the Concepts iPad App

PTPL 058: Plugin-Free, Intentional Note Taking in Obsidian From Library Ebooks

Former LTD Addict Speaks Out About FOMO (Today Only! Don’t Miss Out!)

PTPL 057: A Productivity System Under Stress—5 Insights While Traveling

Oops: Setapp extended trial needs this coupon code!

Being an Email Subscriber Butterfly Gives Me Inbox Peace — Please Don’t Take It Personally

PTPL 056: Getting Text into Obsidian with Shortcuts and Drafts

6 Setapp Apps That Can Simplify Your Plain Text Life, And Work Alongside an Obsidian Vault

PTPL 055: Physical Notes are Better Than Digital, and Vice Versa

Keeping Browser Bookmarks in Obsidian is Actually a Pretty Smart Move

PTPL 054: What on Earth Does Productivity Have To Do With Natural Ecosystems?

How to Speak - a Sketchnote on Creating Presentations That People Want to Hear

PTPL 053: Plain Text is the Vehicle, Simple Productivity the Destination

Risk-Free Ways to Enjoy Using Obsidian Without Being Swallowed by It

PTPL 052: Simple Task Management Advice for People Who Can’t Stick to Their Lists

How to Backup and Version Control a Single Obsidian File, on a Mac

PTPL 051: Accessing Your Obsidian Vault in nvUltra and Taio

Writing Daily in a Scrap Paper Notebook Has Made Me More Creative

PTPL 050: More on the Supremely Awesome TaskPaper Syntax in Obsidian, and 4 Other Apps

I Solemnly Swear That I Love Writing Daily Notes on Scrap Paper

PTPL 049: Better Project Management Using TaskPaper and Taskmator with Obsidian

Alone in the Noise: Creating My Own Space in a Busy Household

PTPL 048: How to Quickly Find Unlinked Pages in Obsidian, and the Home Tab Plugin

iPad Note Taking: Notability Now Has a Pencil!!

Join me on Notes

PTPL 047: The Plain Text Experiment Helped Me Discover 2 Superb Apps

I've Made an English/French Bilingual Bible !

PTPL 046: Using Mindful Productivity to Conquer Procrasti-Tasking

How to Make a Simple Health Log in Obsidian — Plugins Optional

PTPL 045: Dashboards in Obsidian Canvas, and Why PKM Apps Aren’t Necessary

Enough is a perspective, not a sum (except when it comes to notebooks!)

PTPL 044: Running Obsidian on an E-ink Device Might Not Be All You Were Hoping

Thoughtful People Summarise Links Before Sharing Them

PTPL 043: Pretty Obsidian Callouts, and Sketchnotes on Paper rather than iPad

Your Thoughts Do Not Belong in My Second Brain

2 Ways to Stop Shiny Productivity Objects From Blocking Your Best Work

PTPL 042: Your “Ergonomic” Workspace Might Be Hurting You

Effective Task Management Starts With a Simple List

Conquering Obsidian Overwhelm By Following My Own Advice

PTPL 041: How a New Obsidian Vault Structure Is Helping Me Shape My Notes

PTPL 040: One Small Idea Has Profoundly Changed the Way I Use Obsidian

5 Vital Business Lessons From Lifetime Deals Gone Wrong

PTPL 039: Obsidian's Spaced Repetition Plugin ROCKS For Language Learning

Do You Need a Notemaking App, or Are Word Files Enough?

I Was Crazy Enough to Buy 34 Appsumo Lifetime Deals - Here Are the Six I Actually Use

PTPL 038: Should I Use Obsidian, Raindrop, or Arc to Manage Bookmarks?

PTPL 037: Analog: the (Very Cool) To-Do List Holder Used by Ali Abdaal and Shawn Blanc

How to Escape the PKM Trap of Sophisticated Procrastination

PTPL 036: Omnivore or Reader-Free vs Paid Read-It-Later Apps

The Paper Saver Notebook Is the Ideal Obsidian Companion

My Ultra-Minimalist Obsidian Daily Note Gets Some Hidden Nav Power

PTPL 035 : The Japanese-Inspired Paper Calendar Template That's Keeping Me Focused

The New (Mac) Arc Browser Can Integrate With Obsidian and Streamline Your Workflow

PTPL 034: Forget the Obsidian Graph—Create Digital Content Maps By Hand

When You See a New Obsidian Productivity System- Taste, Don't Swallow

PTPL 033: My Obsidian Planning Workflow Now Includes Paper