Post AyF9O0Hq8KgF2ehs24 by ellane@pkm.social
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 (DIR) Post #AyDrrrZN7EX8MP2GMi by ellane@pkm.social
       2025-09-15T01:24:59Z
       
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       This week: the plain text enthusiasts and simple tool users who inspired my productivity journey, plus thoughts on what makes a tool stack work.“Good tools support and augment existing skills, they don't create them. The way you use your tools is much more important than the tools themselves.”@johnnydecimal @publicvoit #productivity #Mac #design #app #obsidian #plainText #ptplMedium https://medium.com/@miscellaneplans/tool-stack-inspiration-the-people-and-apps-that-shaped-my-path-b94e87ee0fa0Blog https://ellanew.com/2025/09/15/ptpl-173-tool-stack-inspiration-people-and-apps
       
 (DIR) Post #AyEhJcGsgPFEgUNThw by Yvonnezed@mastodon.au
       2025-09-15T10:25:41Z
       
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       @ellane @johnnydecimal @publicvoit I think I need a methodology trumps technology shirt, ☺️. Great article. Now to go down a rabbit hole of reading articles from the people on this list I've never heard of,☺️
       
 (DIR) Post #AyEhJdfjTUiZ1r0q5A by publicvoit@graz.social
       2025-09-15T16:40:00Z
       
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       @Yvonnezed @ellane @johnnydecimal Don't Ask for Features When You Still Need a Methodhttps://karl-voit.at/2021/01/18/feature-vs-method/#publicvoit #PIM
       
 (DIR) Post #AyF9O0Hq8KgF2ehs24 by ellane@pkm.social
       2025-09-15T21:54:36Z
       
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       @publicvoit Excellent advice, as usual.I think the main concept on which we would cross swords is the that of what makes a tool  or a method "good" or  "bad" for particular use cases.Org, tags, etc.All the evidence in the world may point to a certain solution for someone's needs, but if they can't live with it for psychological or emotional reasons, it isn't right for them. Not right then, anyway.
       
 (DIR) Post #AyGWomx6JLDbblhth2 by publicvoit@graz.social
       2025-09-16T13:51:53Z
       
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       @ellane I agree.Therefore, I (1) emphasize the importance of a proper requirement analysis on https://karl-voit.at/2021/01/18/tool-choices/ (subjective preference being one of many thinkable requirements) and (2) I coined the #LawOfToolUsefulness on https://karl-voit.at/2024/09/27/Voits-law-of-tool-usefulness/ which is "Any tool can be a perfect fit for a given set of requirements." 😉 Notice the similarity with #LawOfWorkflowUsefulness from https://karl-voit.at/2024/09/27/Voits-law-of-workflow-usefulness/ "anybody is able to come up with a management concept she/he finds useful while everybody else doesn't find it helpful."#publicvoit #PIM