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Why Plaintext for Notes? | Plaintext Productivity

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Writing in plaintext focuses you on content and structure, and frees your mind from formatting decisions.

Why Plaintext for Notes? | Plaintext Productivity Why Plaintext for Notes? Writing in plaintext focuses you on content and structure, and frees your mind from formatting decisions. My offline brain I use my computer as my "offline brain"; it is my long-term memory, and sometimes my short-term memory as well. My preferred method of working involves intense, deep focus on a single task at a time. Once I "get into the zone", I tend to lose track of other things almost entirely. For that reason, I write down a lot of things: what I need to do, information about what I need to do, information from

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