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Analog: A simple productivity system
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#52I'm using this in combination with a Python script I wrote that sends me SMS messages for tasks as hard deadlines approach. So, if I get too distracted for some days, because of a technical issue or whatever, to pay much attention to the paper task process, I still get the SMS messages. Since I always check any SMS messages that come in, this prevents me from missing a deadline. And the physical setup of the Analog s…
Love the SMS idea, it's the one thing I always check / have access to. Few months ago I setup a # I can text things I'm grateful for throughout the day and it saves them in Notion. Makes it a little easier to practice gratitude as cool things happen without needing a journal or separate app
Thanks for the feedback. I may make this available publicly, but maybe after adding a web interface to it!
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#53This is fucking ridiculous. I like the sentiment but the dude is selling notecards and a wooden box for $100 + recurring subscription. This is like a caricature of modern day entrepreneurship.
Yeah... By chance the YouTube video of this come across my feed last night but hadn't looked at the price yet.
$50 would have been questionable, would have pulled the trigger at $35. Odds are this will end in a pile of other flavor of the week productivity solutions (see bullet journal, panda planner, hipster PDA, moleskines and other notebooks).
That said, I find just switching to a new system keeps me on track for a month or two of productivity boost, then I revert to my old ways.
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#54This is fucking ridiculous. I like the sentiment but the dude is selling notecards and a wooden box for $100 + recurring subscription. This is like a caricature of modern day entrepreneurship.
Well compared to, say, sticky notes (I tried this, yuck) or Google Keep (also tried this), it's a bit more costly, but the subscription is not mandatory so it tampers that edge. But I'm not sure you can fully dismiss the value. Some find the aesthetics of rainbow sticky notes unappealing -- or dislike high tech solutions of web/mobile app for their proximity to other time wasting activities and vices -- there is appeal in a low tech, sleek and visually appealing card system like this. I've done some hobby woodworking, and even ordered cards printed overseas before to resurrect a board game that went extinct, and I think you can even make an argument you can DIY it much cheaper (sans labour of course) but anybody who's done a big enough project can relate that sometimes it's okay to defer that to someone else (who lives in Pennsylvania I assume) if it brings more time and value to you and you value the product -- and especially here where I would argue that value pays dividends in the future in being more productive due to the compounding effects of it all.
But despite this all, I would align myself to your viewpoint just out of principle of having anti-consumerism alignment.
> This is like a caricature of modern day entrepreneurship.
Well, let me refer you to the wild hustle and bustle world of NFTs where you don't even get something physical!
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#55This is fucking ridiculous. I like the sentiment but the dude is selling notecards and a wooden box for $100 + recurring subscription. This is like a caricature of modern day entrepreneurship.
Heck, I thought Levenger https://www.levenger.com/ was a bit expensive. I do love using note cards and such for some organization, but I cannot give up search. I do admit I still use some CRC-like techniques when building software.
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#56For anyone looking for a non-precious, well-designed analog companion for work, I've really enjoyed using David Seah's Emergent Task Planner notepads [0]. They're great if you've got a busy day interspersed with meetings. I like the full-sized version. You can print them up yourself or just pick up some very nice pre-printed pads from his store [1].
[0] https://davidseah.com/node/the-emergent-task-planner/ [1] https://shop.davidseah.com/
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#57This is fucking ridiculous. I like the sentiment but the dude is selling notecards and a wooden box for $100 + recurring subscription. This is like a caricature of modern day entrepreneurship.
Yeah... By chance the YouTube video of this come across my feed last night but hadn't looked at the price yet. $50 would have been questionable, would have pulled the trigger at $35. Odds are this will end in a pile of other flavor of the week productivity solutions (see bullet journal, panda planner, hipster PDA, moleskines and other notebooks). That said, I find just switching to a new system keeps me on track for…
I remember when I stumbled upon the first video explaining the bullet journal method. Long before a Kickstarter or the idea of making money through the method.
It was the first productivity/self organisation method that I could stick to. At least in parts.
Nowadays, some 15 years later, I still use it but adapted to my needs. I use it with any notebook I have available. Even if I prefer Leuchtturm 1917.
I don't use the index parts. But I use the markers for task, idea and so on.
I also liked the start of ugmonk. The minimalistic shirts. Or the canvas bag. The I do it myself and build a business with well designed stuff. And a great deal of content marketing.
But this product is imho purely ridiculous.
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#58This is fucking ridiculous. I like the sentiment but the dude is selling notecards and a wooden box for $100 + recurring subscription. This is like a caricature of modern day entrepreneurship.
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#59Earlier quoted context omitted.
A binder clip works well too. It's the Hipster PDA! http://www.43folders.com/2004/09/03/introducing-the-hipster-...
I immediately thought of the Hipster PDA as well. I'm so glad the page is still up after all these years!
I thought of this: https://www.levenger.com/stationery-notebooks-322/pocket-bri...
Because you might as well go in style.
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#60On a tangent, does anyone know where you order custom cards from? I have always wanted 3x5 cards with a little bit of white space on top (for a title) and then isometric graph paper for the rest.