​PTPL 231 · Where Tiny Little Office is big on cuteness, and 3 questions about paper vs digital planning​ Because a document that lives in its own link is a first, and rough planning needs a distracti

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​PTPL 231 · Where Tiny Little Office is big on cuteness, and 3 questions about paper vs digital planning​

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​Tiny Little Office is a free online office suite. Nothing is saved unless you choose to save it. The documents you create are easy to share, and the link to each document is the document itself.

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This week I've been thinking about planning. The initial ideas you write down when looking at the week ahead, or when a project comes to mind and you want to brain dump it before setting structures and deadlines in place.

Question: Where is the best place for rough planning? Paper, or digital?

It seems to be a case of distraction potential versus convenience and efficiency. Or is it? I'll be using paper for rough plans and text files to make sense of them, and pondering 3 questions as the new year approaches to help me decide how to refine the process. What I find distracting you may not, and vice versa. Read more​

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