Ellane ·𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑯

Family around me

Good food to eat

A cosy rug to keep me warm

#3goodThings

Visit Ellane W's Shop! I've opened a shop. Come take a look!

The posters are free if you need them, but if you have the means I’d be grateful if you considered buying one. Proceeds will go towards supporting my son and his wife at this difficult time. ko-fi.com/ellane/shop/...

Boosts appreciated.
#grief #art

Visit Ellane W's Shop! I've opened a shop. Come take a look!

My precious baby grandson lived for 11 short days. We are devastated, but so very thankful we got to stroke his tiny head and say au revoir — till we meet again!

I made some digital posters with words that have brought peace and comfort as I grieve.

(thread…)

How cool to have more books available in Shavian! I love practicing my reading skills on engaging texts. Things that make me want to know what happens next. How good would it be if all authors did this!

(I noticed the word ‘fro’ in Roman text in the first paragraph, FYI. )

This is a comic strip. A woman wearing glasses is looking at her phone saying something in strange letters. The man next to her looks confused, as though he can see the speech bubble above her. The man asks, "How come I heard 'oh, boy' but it looks like nonsense?" In the next frame, the woman, looking confident, answers in the same strange letters. The man looks surprised and replies, "A different English alphabet?" In the last frame, the man rolls his eyes. He says, "...this comic is going to have VERY limited reach." The woman looks disappointed and replies with a short answer in the same script.

I find the Shavian alphabet beautiful and full of possibility. I hope art like this helps make others curious too. Please share it if you like it! 𐑛𐑵 𐑿 𐑓𐑰𐑤 𐑤𐑲𐑒 𐑞 𐑢𐑫𐑥𐑩𐑯? 𐑲 𐑛𐑵. — Visit shavian.info for an explanation. #comic #comics #comicstrip #comicstrips #illustration #wordpuzzles #Shaw #script

I’m thankful for:

The Non-Violent Communication approach to not judging emotions as good or bad. In welcoming them and gently exploring the needs behind them.

The support and kindness of family and friends. (Hold them close, if you can.)

Good memories.

💜

Ha! Just what I was thinking. This is obviously not in #Australia, where walking under a leafy archway is a good recipe for a big #spider on your head, back, or down your neck!

Abby Covert's information architecture resources are on sale. I've just bought "Stuck - Diagrams Help" and "How to Make Sense of Any Mess". Looking forward to diving in!

30% off with the code stuckturns3

#IA #design

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10 Things Normal People Do, That I Don’t It’s high time we defined our own “normal”, don’t you think?

Here’s a throwback to an article I wrote in 2022, just in case anyone is still under the mistaken idea that being normal is something to aim for medium.com/the-orange-j...

#barefeet #crunchy #mobility #health

PTPL 165 · 30 Seconds to a Truly Useful Read-It-Later System - Ellane W 30 seconds can mean the difference between a useless clutter of links, and having a useful Read It Later resource at your fingertips.

Why are you saving one more link, anyway? (…thread)

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PTPL 165 · 30 Seconds to a Truly Useful Read-It-Later System - Ellane W 30 seconds can mean the difference between a useless clutter of links, and having a useful Read It Later resource at your fingertips.

Dedicated Read-It-Later apps are nice, not necessary.

The links you save today might be a mystery tomorrow. 30 seconds can mean the difference between one more link being lost to the black hole of ambiguity, and having useful resources at your fingertips. (thread…)

#productivity #obsidian #ptpl

+ Actionable emails (read, reply, add to project notes) go in the Action This Day folder
+ Mail with no value goes to Trash
+ Everything else goes into Archive to be found later if needed, via search

Really looking forward to seeing a clear inbox each day!

#productivity #email

Yesterday I started the journey towards inbox zero. Carl Pullein’s “Inbox zero 2.0” finally made it click. I can do this! Fastmail makes it easy with their 4-pronged swipe gestures.

For each email, ask—
1. What is it?
2. What do I need to do with it?

(thread…)

#productibity #email

😢 𐑴𐑯𐑤𐑦 𐑪𐑯 ·𐑨𐑯𐑛𐑮𐑶𐑛… 😭

𐑢𐑩𐑑 𐑟 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑢𐑦𐑟𐑼𐑮𐑦 𐑯 𐑢𐑺 𐑒𐑨𐑯 𐑲 𐑜𐑧𐑑 𐑦𐑑??

𐑣𐑭 𐑣𐑭! 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑢𐑪𐑟 𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑝 𐑞 𐑓𐑻𐑕𐑑 𐑡𐑴𐑒𐑕 𐑲 𐑮𐑩𐑥𐑧𐑥𐑚𐑼 𐑑𐑧𐑤𐑦𐑙 𐑨𐑟 𐑩 𐑘𐑳𐑙 𐑒𐑦𐑛. 𐑩 𐑜𐑫𐑛 𐑦𐑜𐑟𐑭𐑥𐑐𐑩𐑤 𐑝 𐑣𐑬 𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑓𐑿𐑟𐑦𐑙 𐑞 𐑦𐑙𐑜𐑤𐑦𐑖 𐑤𐑨𐑙𐑜𐑢𐑦𐑡 𐑒𐑨𐑯 𐑚.

𐑢𐑰𐑝 𐑜𐑪𐑑𐑩𐑯 𐑿𐑕𐑑 𐑑 𐑕𐑐𐑧𐑤𐑦𐑙 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑟 𐑬𐑑 𐑑 𐑒𐑤𐑨𐑮𐑦𐑓𐑲 𐑢𐑦𐑗 𐑢𐑻𐑛 𐑢𐑰 𐑥𐑰𐑯. ‌gym 𐑹 Jim, 𐑓 𐑦𐑯𐑕𐑑𐑨𐑯𐑕.

𐑒𐑭𐑩𐑑 𐑛𐑵 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑢𐑦𐑞 𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯!

…(almost) do the splits, despite being a little overweight.

All you spring chickens, don’t stop moving in ways you don’t want to stop being able to move. Build these movements into your daily life.

Do you know how old you are without working it out? Most of the time I don’t.

Anyway, the older I get the more impressive it is that I can do a full flat footed squat, easily get on and off the floor, and…

#health #mobility #aging

Are these the same people who cut avocados the short way rather than slicing down the length?

Look guys, it makes sense.

Hard as it is to accept Different, it really does make sense.

Once upon a time, not so very long ago, fountain pen friendly paper was all there was.

Moleskine Cahier, my recent ink pen renaissance is sorely testing our relationship. Smarten up, please! What were you thinking, making a classic book with newsprint quality paper??

#stationery #fountainPen

Beautiful.

PTPL 164 · Each Note in Its Own Space: a JA Westenberg “Object Pages” Review - Ellane W One idea per page beats cramped notes. Joan's Object Pages system gives thoughts room to breathe with simple categories, clean structure, and space to grow.

One idea per page beats cramped notes. @joanwestenberg.com's Object Pages system gives thoughts room to breathe with simple categories, clean structure, and space to grow.

Check out my 1500-word Object Pages review:

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#pkm #analog #bulletJournal #productivity

I draw up my planners (month and week spreads) by hand, and love that I can do it a quarter at a time. That means a new layout if I want it, every 12 weeks!

If this sounds suspiciously like an #ADHD brain to you, please send a cheque so I can make it official 🤭 (…thread)

Life is so much more fun now that I've learned to welcome change for the sake of change.

No more self-recrimination over abandoning notebooks, apps, systems, or methods. Or furniture arrangements. (thread…)

#pkm #apps #stationery #adhd

Today I learned that proofing an interactive document in Skim is far, far easier than in PDF Expert. Imagine that—a free, open source app!

Killer feature: internal links can be checked via hover preview, or shift click to open the link in split screen.

#TIL #pdf #foss #mac #apps

Grateful for our hand cranked lamps and wood fire! The storm continues and we don’t know when power will be restored, but we’re safe and warm.
#australia #nsw

Well, yeah. The other day I asked Claude to help me calculate a day in the future based on certain criteria, and its answer included my general location. After asking how it knew where I was, it told me it didn't know how it knew and definitely shouldn't be able to know that. Reported. #ai

PTPL 163 · Your System Must Be Able to Survive the No-App, Blank Page Test - Ellane W Imagine a world without apps or fancy planners and remember that between you and the blank page lies enough to be both organised and creative

The quiet power of just enough

Imagine a world without apps or fancy planners… and remember that between you and the (paper/digital) blank page lies enough to be both organised and creative.

#ptpl #stationery #apps #productivity

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PTPL 162 · 4 Questions You Must Answer Before Embracing a New Tool - Ellane W Taking on or switching to a new tool needs to be done mindfully or you risk the newcomer distracting or detracting from the job it is supposed to help with

You need to know the answers to 4 key questions before going ahead with any new tool, or you risk the newcomer distracting or detracting from the job it is supposed to help with.

Q1: Why this tool, and why now?

#productivity #mindfulness #Mac #apps

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PTPL 161 · Markdown, Emacs, and Vim Walked Into a Bar… - Ellane W Whatever the punchline, the way you format matters less than how much fun you're having doing it

Markdown, Emacs, and Vim walked into a bar…

…And thanks to some rather pleasant people, we have some punchlines in this week's #ptpl.

(Luckily, the one you choose matters less than how much fun it is)

#emacs #vim #markdown

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