Tag: writing tools

  • Practically Paperless with Obsidian, Episode 25: Five Use Cases for Managing My Writing in Obsidian

    05 Apr 2022 » 12 min read

    Welcome to my blog series, “Practically Paperless with Obsidian.” For an overview of this series, please see Episode 0: Series Overview. Years before I began using Obsidian, I’d wanted to consolidate all of my writing into a single format–preferably text files. I wanted all of my old writing files accessible in plain text, and wanted…

  • Distraction-Free Writing Tools

    16 Dec 2021 » 5 min read

    There is an interesting article in the current issue of the New Yorker on “Can Distraction-Free Devices Change the Way We Write?” The article, by Julian Lucas, initially made me jealous. How I wish I could have written that piece for the New Yorker. But I soon realized that it was likely that I’d be…

  • How I Work, January 2021 Edition

    26 Jan 2021 » 9 min read about Technology & Gadgets

    Way back in February 2014, I was interviewed as part of LifeHacker’s “How I Work” series. Nearly 7 years have passed since that interview. A lot has changed, both in the tools I use, and the way I think about productivity, so I thought it was about time I brought that interview up to date. Here, then, is…

  • Tools of the trade

    30 Oct 2010 » 5 min read about Technology & Gadgets, Writing & Publishing

    With lots of people posting their initial impressions on Scrivener 2.0, I figured I’d talk about some of the other tools I use since I plan to write about my impressions of Scrivener 2.0 after I’ve completed NaNoWriMo.  Scrivener is, of course my main tool for writing because it does a whole lot of things…