Is it just me, or can't you close the big pop-in welcome info box on firefox ?
I had the same reaction and I think you are not supposed to close it. Just go Menu -> Print (Ctrl+P) and you will see it without the box.
Calendar
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#52Daveseah.com was a favorite bookmark for me -- his "printable CEO" series of task planners and calendars were cool. I have since fallen off the productivity wagon unfortunately. For many years past I have printed and used stacks of the Emergent Task Planner. He has a Compact Calendar that has somewhat similar layout as OP. Edit to add link: https://davidseah.com/node/compact-calendar/ The website domain seems to have…
Big fan for a very long time and still appreciate his work. His domain changed to follow his life choices.[1] Later in life, I realize that too much reliance on tools is not something I’m fond of. DSri’s tools (printables) are good and I usually do it when I’m helping out team members, and others looking for guardrails for their productivity. For me now, the tools are too tool-focused and I no longer need them. I hav…
These look great for people who like to plan their tasks. I found that when I plan my tasks and plan my day and plan my time bubbles, I spend so much time planning that I don't have time left for doing. This planner explicitly encourages having only three planned tasks for the day. What's wrong with just doing those tasks without writing them down?
I ask in full seriousness, as someone struggling decades with how to plan and then do personal and professional tasks. I ask as a question, not as a criticism.
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#53Daveseah.com was a favorite bookmark for me -- his "printable CEO" series of task planners and calendars were cool. I have since fallen off the productivity wagon unfortunately. For many years past I have printed and used stacks of the Emergent Task Planner. He has a Compact Calendar that has somewhat similar layout as OP. Edit to add link: https://davidseah.com/node/compact-calendar/ The website domain seems to have…
I prefer this one: https://veckonr.se/kalender/2026
The year is split in two (ample space for notes) and it has week numbers. At work I print the year on two A3.
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#55Print? Paper? Jot down with what? My calendar in the cloud performs these functions far better (from my perspective and work habits). P.S. Maybe I should just remove the part in parentheses, since a number of people are completely ignoring it.
You're likely being downvoted not because there's anything wrong with having an opinion but because this feels like a low effort comment that contributes little to nothing, and comes across as quite negative and dismissive[0]. There's nothing to engage with or spark curiosity and the parentheses don't help with that. [0]: Surely you know what printing and paper are, and how someone would jot something down, so that p…
Patronizing speculation on the reasons for downvotes (who gaf about such things? And for that matter I had a net gain today despite this) contributes nothing of value and explicitly violates one of HN's guidelines: "Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading."
I attempted to jocularly make a point (e.g., I don't carry a pen or pencil and I almost never print anything, and I'm far from the only person who has made this sort of change in life practice) and the parenthetical was supposed to help to understand what it was and ward off the sort of criticism you're making, but apparently it was futile or even backfired, as it seems that a lot of people missed it and lashed out with hostility ... they should consider https://www.reddit.com/r/philosophy/comments/6k68hi/the_prin....
> Surely you know what printing and paper are, and how someone would jot something down, so that part comes across as ridiculing the idea.
See, you completely and uncharitably misunderstood what I was attempting to convey. Yes, of course I know what those things are, but I no longer use them. People would jot things down with a pen or pencil, but that requires having a pen or pencil handy ... I almost never do, as a matter of ==> my work habits. That's the whole point of the parenthetical--that this is ==> my perspective. It doesn't "ridicule" people who do things differently, but it does allude to the fact that the world has changed (radically, speaking as a lifelong early adopter and a pioneer developer [I'm mentioned in RFC #57] for the last 3/4 century ... so much for insults that get thrown my way--including on HN today--as a "boomer" on a regular basis).
I won't comment on this again.
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#56Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think they mean writing Tu Th Sa Su instead of T T S S (personally I'm a fan of T / theta if I'm doing single-letter abbreviations but Sat/Sun is still not the best)
Maybe we should all adopt Chinese weekday names: Sunday (星期日) remains same, Firstday (星期一) for Monday, Seconday (星期二) for Tuesday, Thirday (星期三) for Wednesday, Fourthday (星期四) for Thursday, Fifthday (星期五) for Friday and Sixthday (星期六) for Saturday. One-letter abbreviations would be simply S, 1 through 6.
I believe that's how Russian names the days as well. In Hebrew and Arabic we do the same, but Sunday is First Day, Monday is Second Day, etc.
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#57Earlier quoted context omitted.
Big fan for a very long time and still appreciate his work. His domain changed to follow his life choices.[1] Later in life, I realize that too much reliance on tools is not something I’m fond of. DSri’s tools (printables) are good and I usually do it when I’m helping out team members, and others looking for guardrails for their productivity. For me now, the tools are too tool-focused and I no longer need them. I hav…
These look great for people who like to plan their tasks. I found that when I plan my tasks and plan my day and plan my time bubbles, I spend so much time planning that I don't have time left for doing. This planner explicitly encourages having only three planned tasks for the day. What's wrong with just doing those tasks without writing them down? I ask in full seriousness, as someone struggling decades with how to…
Writing down is a sign-post for you to stay in your lane.
Otherwise, you were working on a task and something fail in your terminal; by evening you realize you spent the last 4 hours fixing your entire dotfiles, fixing environment, shell, and what-not to move easily between machines smoothly (you also realized you are not moving machines anytime soon).
The Frog to Eat that you wrote down yesterday for today, and the other tasks that has to be done today is there for you to see - bright, and clear - helps you steer back when your minds starts to wander, phone distracts, and HN is tempting for more comments.
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#58Earlier quoted context omitted.
No need to look too closely, now ;)
I think they mean writing Tu Th Sa Su instead of T T S S (personally I'm a fan of T / theta if I'm doing single-letter abbreviations but Sat/Sun is still not the best)
Thorn, Þ, seems a more natural choice. The rune is called thurs, even.
I guess there's katakana Sa サ and Su ス, if that's an improvement.
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#59This is like a video that I saw where a carpenter uses very high end equipment and skills to create a phone holder to be placed on a desk.
We ran out of real work and real problems.
Tech and machinery is far ahead of the needs of humanity. Yes, you can create and print a single page calendar or carve out a phone holder, but when you think of it's usage, you are not going to need it - YAGNI.
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#60This is like a video that I saw where a carpenter uses very high end equipment and skills to create a phone holder to be placed on a desk. We ran out of real work and real problems. Tech and machinery is far ahead of the needs of humanity. Yes, you can create and print a single page calendar or carve out a phone holder, but when you think of it's usage, you are not going to need it - YAGNI.
There are proven advantages to hand-writing out notes and planning on paper over digital tools - the physical, tactile experience engages your brain in different ways, and this has been proven by multiple studies.
Digital tools are great. They're why they're here. But a lot of people want paper for good reasons, and it's a very different experience to wanting a wooden holder for your phone.