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A receipt printer cured my procrastination

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Re: A receipt printer cured my procrastination

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Waterluvian wrote: post #33

This is immediately one of my favourite articles of all-time. It's well-written, visually appealing, and the subject matter is absolutely down my alley. I might actually just buy one and try this out. I absolutely love how you show and tell, by having an article with an EXP system. But when do I get skill unlocks? I'm really hoping to be able to enjoy your next article with upgrades.

Thank you for your comment, it really means a lot to me! I put so much time (and heart) into making it that a comment like yours is the best reward I could ask for.

Haha, I’m planning to make a real mini-game for an upcoming article!

Re: A receipt printer cured my procrastination

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Post by laurieherault »

pryelluw wrote: post #38

Congrats. Finding your flow is quite the journey for some people. Glad it worked out for you. My flow is the right kind of coffee. It energizes and allocates. The lavazza espresso 100% arabica is the current that works. Try it out!

I reply to your comment with coffee in hand :)

Re: A receipt printer cured my procrastination

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Post by fidotron »

It's increasingly strange how psychologically different something is when it's physically in front of you vs a representation of that exact same thing on a particular sort of display, especially given apparently some representations of activities on the display are addictive, while others become repulsive. As I mentioned yesterday I'm hearing more from people that attempt to avoid screens as much as possible, and this seems like yet another manifestation of that tendency.

If our UIs were more skeumorphic would that help with all this and remove the need for the physical printer?

Re: A receipt printer cured my procrastination

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Post by cocothem »

laurieherault wrote: post #16
jw1224 wrote: post #13

Great first article, and very interesting to see someone else using a receipt printer for bite-sized task management! I have a variety of automations running which print actionable tasks to my receipt printer via a Raspberry Pi. It’s nice having a real-life ticket I can take hold of. One thing to be aware of if you’re handling receipts frequently: make sure to buy phenol-free thermal paper. Phenol is toxic and some t…

Yes, I think having a tangible task is really important! Since I’m in Europe, we don’t really have paper with bisphenol anymore, but that’s not the case everywhere.

What about the ink? What's the keyword to search for nom toxic printer ink/cartridge

Re: A receipt printer cured my procrastination

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Post by ffin »

laurieherault wrote: post #2

Author here. It’s my first article. I’m a bit nervous but excited to get your feedback. If you deal with procrastination too, I hope this method helps you like it helped me.

Great article, however, the word interactive in this sentence is styled like a link despite not being one, which was kind of frustrating.

  > Test the concept in this interactive demo:

Re: A receipt printer cured my procrastination

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Post by account42 »

fauria wrote: post #36
jw1224 wrote: post #13

Great first article, and very interesting to see someone else using a receipt printer for bite-sized task management! I have a variety of automations running which print actionable tasks to my receipt printer via a Raspberry Pi. It’s nice having a real-life ticket I can take hold of. One thing to be aware of if you’re handling receipts frequently: make sure to buy phenol-free thermal paper. Phenol is toxic and some t…

Is there any way of knowing, just by examining it, whether a given thermal paper is toxic or not?

Yes, you look at it carefully and if it looks like thermal paper it may be toxic.

If the substances used are known to be toxic is another matter but you won't know that even with a correct label because it takes time for us to find out that new substances are toxic.

Re: A receipt printer cured my procrastination

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Post by tomrod »

fidotron wrote: post #44

It's increasingly strange how psychologically different something is when it's physically in front of you vs a representation of that exact same thing on a particular sort of display, especially given apparently some representations of activities on the display are addictive, while others become repulsive. As I mentioned yesterday I'm hearing more from people that attempt to avoid screens as much as possible, and thi…

I doubt it. Skeuomorphs make me think of ipods, Shadowrun and Papers Please.

Re: A receipt printer cured my procrastination

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Post by orphea »

pryelluw wrote: post #38

Congrats. Finding your flow is quite the journey for some people. Glad it worked out for you. My flow is the right kind of coffee. It energizes and allocates. The lavazza espresso 100% arabica is the current that works. Try it out!

Oh, thank you for the reminder, a kind stranger! I should go and treat myself with some coffee.
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