Articles

Want to learn more about using plain text in your daily or work life? I've written a few articles explaining the whys and hows, and plan on publishing new articles every week or two.

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2018 August

• Eight Questions For David Collins-Rivera
• Don't Shuffle Your Files. Sync Them

2018 July

• Four Links - July 25, 2018
• Eight Questions For Michael Healy
• Creating a Plain Text Worklog

2018 June

• Four Links - June 25, 2018
• Eight Questions for [not]Klaatu
• Going From Markdown to Word Processor

2018 May

• Four Links - May 29, 2018
• Using Atom, From a Non-Techie's Perspective
• Guest Article: Why Plain Text? (A Rant Mostly About Emails)

2018 April

• Eight Questions For Brian Bennett
• Four Links - April 17, 2018
• Announcing 'Eight Questions For ...'
• Four Links - April 9, 2018

2018 March

• Manage Your Tasks Like a Geek with Emacs org-mode
• Four Links - March 7, 2018
• Going Plain Text with Standard Notes

2018 February

• Four Links - February 12, 2018
• Taking a Quick Look at Pandoc

2018 January

• Markdown, and Why It's An Essential Part of Living the Plain Text Life

2017 November

• Four Links - November 14, 2017
• Why Write With Markdown?

2017 October

• Going Beyond Courier
• Four Links - October 5, 2017
• Taking Notes With nvALT

2017 September

• Plain Text Isn't a Magic Bullet
• Why You Should Write Your Drafts in a Text Editor

2017 August

• Strategies for Naming Your Text Files
• How to Add Context to a Plain Text Task List

2017 July

• How to Quickly Create and Use a Plain Text Task List
• How to Keep a Journal in Plain Text
• Making the Move to Plain Text
• Where Plain Text Falls Flat
• Why Plain Text Matters