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The Year You Became a Reader original ↗

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Don’t go bankrupt, go local original ↗

27 Aug 2026

The Emacs pastoral tradition original ↗

14 Aug 2026

Your metadata and you original ↗

10 Aug 2026

Using ffap to jump to file includes in Emacs original ↗

9 Aug 2026

Hacker love: calling for beta readers on Hard Pass original ↗

7 Aug 2026

Org mode as a gantt chart generator original ↗

12 Jul 2026

God mode notes with Denote and Consult Notes original ↗

1 Jul 2026

The George Costanza effect and the basket case theory original ↗

19 Jun 2026

Notes from an atrocity original ↗

17 Jun 2026

When tmux is your window manager original ↗

10 Jun 2026

About writerdecks and distraction-free writing environments original ↗

24 May 2026

Basic Saxon vs Latinate Construction for Beginners and Obsessives original ↗

13 May 2026

The Emacs Way: Deleting Files original ↗

6 Apr 2026

Let the commits tell the story original ↗

30 Mar 2026

OrgFolio | Turn your scattered interests into cultivated obsessions original ↗

23 Mar 2026

Writing gloriously long sentences in Emacs with line highlighting original ↗

18 Mar 2026

The Emacs Way: Create Directories original ↗

13 Mar 2026

The Emacs Way: Moving and Renaming Files original ↗

11 Mar 2026

Toward the Org Mode future: distributed notebooks original ↗

5 Mar 2026

The Emacs Way: Copying Files original ↗

4 Mar 2026

On retiring the Dawson crying meme original ↗

25 Feb 2026

Writing a novel in plain text has never been easier original ↗

17 Feb 2026

Workout tracking with Org Mode bounced up to HTML file original ↗

19 Jan 2026

Git changes and commits in Emacs modeline original ↗

16 Jan 2026

The 10-Commit Rule: how git version control can improve writing quality original ↗

14 Jan 2026

Plugging Python into Git original ↗

12 Jan 2026

The Emacs Way: Listing Directory Contents original ↗

11 Jan 2026

Selective staging in Magit original ↗

7 Jan 2026

An Org Mode Deep Work Agenda for 2026 original ↗

3 Jan 2026

2025

Command line basics every writer should know original ↗

31 Dec 2025

Trackers and external rewards original ↗

30 Dec 2025

Emacs For Writers Version 2 Has Arrived original ↗

29 Sept 2025

Wrangling project files with includes original ↗

5 Aug 2025

Writing sprints and morning pages original ↗

29 Jul 2025

Summer Productivity Reset: Emacs functions to streamline your writing workflow original ↗

22 Jul 2025

Ask me about my Org Mode agenda original ↗

15 Jul 2025

Keep your flow with a “back” button for Emacs original ↗

11 Jul 2025

The “undergrad” note style original ↗

19 Jun 2025

The Emacs For Writers handbook is available now (and ever)original ↗

17 Jun 2025

Not crushing it all the time original ↗

12 Jun 2025

Obsidian users curious about Emacs original ↗

3 Jun 2025

Make everything a note original ↗

24 May 2025

Fool yourself into writing original ↗

16 Apr 2025

The magic of the GTD trigger list original ↗

11 Apr 2025

Inspiration: “Disappearance” By Joseph Payne Brennan original ↗

9 Apr 2025

Spin up a simple web server from Emacs original ↗

7 Apr 2025

From Emacs To Microsoft Word (And Beyond, Really)original ↗

8 Feb 2025

2024

The Scariest Story I Ever Read original ↗

20 Dec 2024

My Freewrite Mode original ↗

25 Nov 2024

Some Custom Emacs Functions That Are Changing My Game original ↗

21 Nov 2024

Second Brain, Second Nature original ↗

12 Oct 2024

Introducing a Word Diff Counter in Emacs original ↗

15 Sept 2024

Control-Excess: The Elegant Simplicity of Vanilla Emacs original ↗

8 Aug 2024

Emacs Micro Lesson 11: Personal ispell dictionary original ↗

4 Jul 2024

Relative Line Numbers in Emacs original ↗

21 Jun 2024

Text Editor Judo: One Sentence Per Line original ↗

19 Jun 2024

Emacs Is Like a Warm Blanket original ↗

17 Jun 2024

Writing Accented Characters In Emacs original ↗

12 Jan 2024

2023

What’s The Point of `Point’?original ↗

1 Nov 2023

Emacs Micro Lesson #9: Start a Process From Emacs Lisp original ↗

23 Oct 2023

Using Fountain Mode To Write Screenplays in Emacs original ↗

20 Sept 2023

Getting The Doom Emacs Look Without Doom Emacs original ↗

17 Apr 2023

2022

How To Install The Org Contrib Packages The Right Way original ↗

17 Jul 2022

2021

Org Mode GTD Simplified original ↗

14 Jul 2021