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Tag: analog productivity

It doesn’t keep

Reflections on how I use paper and notebooks.

Published December 2, 2019
Tagged analog productivity, Baron Fig, creativity, Doane Paper, Field Notes, GTD, ideation, legal pads, notebooks, Paper, productivity, writing

Shuffle

An index card illustrated to look like the Ace of Hearts next to a red marker and pencil.

Fifty-two cards. Four suits. Two colors. Three faces, the tens, the aces. Shuffle. Deal. How’s your hand? No good? Call…

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Published April 6, 2018
Tagged analog productivity, Paper

No. 36 | Seven reasons to use a pencil

“Over the past couple of years, I’ve become known to friends, family, and colleagues as a bit of a pencil enthusiast.”

Published December 11, 2017
Tagged analog productivity, Michael Metts, notebooks, pencils

No. 32 | Seven things I want for my Fortress of Productive Solitude

There’s no way you’re going to complete delicate repairs on a Phantom Zone projector at an open-office desk in the Daily Planet bullpen.

Published October 28, 2017
Tagged analog productivity, goals, pens, productivity, shopcraft, Superman, workspace

No. 19 | Seven objects that are almost always with me

1) A Kokuyo Neo Critz pen case People ask about this thing all the time. It’s much easier to maintain a routine…

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Published January 16, 2017
Tagged analog productivity, Baron Fig, EDC, Kindle, pens

No. 17 | Seven goals for this new year (and how I did in the last)

1) Read 40 books. I have this broken out as two goals: read 20 works of non-fiction and read 20 works of fiction.…

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Published January 1, 2017
Tagged analog productivity, goals

No. 15 | Seven lists I keep

My PEOPLE list is sort of a grown-up version of covering my bedroom with pictures cut out from magazines. Each list item is simply the name of a person whose life and/or creative output I want to turn my attention to from time to time.

Published December 6, 2016
Tagged analog productivity, concerts, iOS, notebooks, Reminders app, travel

No. 03 | Seven things that help me think

1. Traveling. 2. Making a mindmap. 3. Index cards.

Published September 12, 2016
Tagged analog productivity, creativity, index cards, mindmapping, notebooks

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