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Ugmonk
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Ugmonk is the company blog at ugmonk.com, writing about design and productivity. Since 2013, 10 different Hacker News readers have linked it 11 times, most often “Analog: A simple productivity system”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (6) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Ugmonk for its Analog product, a walnut desk holder with pre-rounded paper cards used for pen-and-paper to-do lists. Commenters discuss the product itself, not any writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 6 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Ugmonk designs analog tools for focused, intentional work. The best-selling Analog Card System is used by 50,000+ people worldwide. Designed in Pennsylvania since 2008.
Most-linked posts?
- /pages/analog3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2022-04-25
- Analog: A simple productivity system2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-02-11
What Hacker News says?
Even more hipster: A nicely machined piece of walnut and bespoke pre-rounded cards: https://ugmonk.com/collections/analog I love it! There's a disc-bound version for on-the-go as well.
Comment linking /collections/analog
on “I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file”Submitted Analog: A simple productivity system as a story · 152 points
HN discussionI'm also a fan of the minimalist approach, having settled on a combination of Notes app and temporary paper lists. When I'm feeling overwhelmed and really need to knock out some tasks, nothing beats pencil and paper for me. I recently came across the Analog product from Ugmonk and I love it. It's basically just a dedicated little wood holder for you desk, and different types of cards. I use the blank lined cards. ht…
Comment linking /collections/analog
on “I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file”Submitted Messenger Bag Process: From Sketch to Finished Product as a story · 45 points
HN discussionSo I have a habit of noting down HN links, in digital form of course, here are some you might find interesting 1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30395238 | My Notebook System (ratfactor.com) 2. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30344237 | Notes apps are where ideas go to die, and that’s good (reproof.app) - https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/ - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30345959 | the process of…
Comment linking /blogs/journal/analog-the-simplest-productivity-system
on “I've used all the notebooks”Submitted The 30 Tools We Use to Run Ugmonk as a story · 2 points
HN discussionI broke down and bough Analog[0] for something like this. The idea of paying so much for some index cards and a block of wood was a bit crazy, but the cards were the exact design I'd want. Looking around all over, I wasn't able to find anything else quite like it. If feels like holding the Apple Reminders app on paper. The wooden holder I thought was a gimmick, but I got it anyway... I actually kind of like it. Simi…
Comment linking /pages/analog
on “Ask HN: What are some mentally healthy apps to have?”Submitted What we learned from running a "successful" kickstarter project as a story · 1 points
HN discussionI tried everything, starting with Remember the Milk (!) almost two decades ago, to Evernote, Asana, Todoist, Basecamp, Trello, text files on a shared folder, etc. I never was able to stick with any of the solutions for longer than a few months. Each one had something annoying that would distract me from the core goal of getting the work done. I decided to go back to basics, and went to pen and paper. Got a simple (b…
Comment linking /pages/analog
on “Ask HN: How do you keep track of your to-dos? longer-term projects?”Submitted OpenFrame: A simple, flexible way to display prints & photos as a story · 1 points
HN discussionI've got a ton of analog[0] cards sitting in my office crying out for me to do something like this. [1] https://ugmonk.com/pages/analog
Comment linking /pages/analog
on “Ask HN: What tools do you use to manage projects as a solo dev?”