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# Updating My Plank
- URL: https://robert.winter.ink/updating-my-plank/
- Published: 2020-06-05T12:38:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-03T06:37:53.000Z
- Author: Dr Robert N. Winter
- Tags: 100DaysToOffload, Technology, #wp, #wp-post

As a man who loves his technology, one thing I enjoy reading about is how others use theirs. There is a small degree of voyeurism in this, but mostly it is because the digital world is deep and wide and at times hard to navigate. While there is much merit in [Robert Frost's notion of the road not taken](https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44272/the-road-not-taken?ref=robert.winter.ink), at times I love it when things just work. For that, some brave soul needs to have trodden the road first.

In [Mike Stone's](https://fosstodon.org/@mike?ref=robert.winter.ink) article, [What's On Your Plank](https://mikestone.me/whats-on-your-plank?ref=robert.winter.ink), he referenced the markdown editor [Typora](https://typora.io/?ref=robert.winter.ink). I had been using [Apostrophe](https://somas.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/apostrophe/?ref=robert.winter.ink) which was a lean and elegant writing environment, but Typora takes things up a notch. The key feature which won me over is the *real* live preview methodology employed for editing and reading. Though the hybrid approach is rather vogue, the Typora **what you see is what you mean** approach has my vote because it gives me all the control I need by using markdown with the ease of proofing in a live view.

### What's on my plank

As for what's on my plank?

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ee/82/ee82b68d-de7a-4a28-ab25-c298a11937ff/content/images/2025/11/75165-my_plank.jpg)

An assortment of browsers: Firefox being my daily driver along, Iridium for when I want a Chromium feel, Brave for work and Tor for when I am in full tinfoil hat mode. Typora my current markdown editor. Standard Notes for... notes. LibreOffice and Zotero for my research projects. What's on your plank?

Good night, and good luck.

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This post is day 034 of my [#100DaysToOffload](https://robert.winter.ink/topic/100daystooffload/) challenge. If you want to get involved, you can get more info from [100daystooffload.com](https://100daystooffload.com/?ref=robert.winter.ink).