The Slate BlogNotes on planning, productivity, and the design of a calmer to-do app.https://www.slate-todo.com/Why a To-Do App Should Work Offlinehttps://www.slate-todo.com/blog/offline-first-todo-app/https://www.slate-todo.com/blog/offline-first-todo-app/Local-first is not nostalgia. It is what makes the plan trustworthy when the network is not.Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTA To-Do App Should Feel Good Without Becoming a Gamehttps://www.slate-todo.com/blog/todo-app-without-gamification/https://www.slate-todo.com/blog/todo-app-without-gamification/On the difference between a strike and a fade, and why a planning app can have small pleasures without becoming a game.Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTWhy Slate's WhatsApp Capture Is Deliberately Limitedhttps://www.slate-todo.com/blog/whatsapp-task-capture/https://www.slate-todo.com/blog/whatsapp-task-capture/Why Slate keeps WhatsApp capture deliberately thin: capture is not commitment, and the messenger should not become a second planner.Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Case for a Keyboard-First To-Do Apphttps://www.slate-todo.com/blog/keyboard-first-todo-app/https://www.slate-todo.com/blog/keyboard-first-todo-app/Keyboard-first does not mean cockpit shortcuts. It means common actions stay close to the thought.Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTVoice-to-Task Capture: Why Speaking Works Better Than Typinghttps://www.slate-todo.com/blog/voice-to-task-capture/https://www.slate-todo.com/blog/voice-to-task-capture/Why voice capture works for planning: rambling is the medium. The app should extract, not transcribe.Mon, 19 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTWhat to Do With Tasks That Keep Rolling Overhttps://www.slate-todo.com/blog/tasks-that-keep-rolling-over/https://www.slate-todo.com/blog/tasks-that-keep-rolling-over/A five-question framework for tasks that survive too many days: roll, rewrite, split, release, or quietly delete.Fri, 19 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTRestarting a To-Do App Should Take Three Minuteshttps://www.slate-todo.com/blog/restart-todo-app-in-three-minutes/https://www.slate-todo.com/blog/restart-todo-app-in-three-minutes/Why restarting a planning app after weeks away should feel like opening a notebook, not negotiating with your past self.Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTHow I Plan a Week That Is Already Lying to Mehttps://www.slate-todo.com/blog/weekly-planning-in-twenty-minutes/https://www.slate-todo.com/blog/weekly-planning-in-twenty-minutes/A four-pass twenty-minute weekly planning ritual that works because it does not pretend to know what the week contains.Sun, 19 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTWhy Slate Does Not Use Due Dates Like Todoist, Things, or Your Calendarhttps://www.slate-todo.com/blog/todo-app-without-due-dates/https://www.slate-todo.com/blog/todo-app-without-due-dates/On treating placement, not deadlines, as the act of planning. Due dates are guesses dressed as commitments.Fri, 19 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTSlate Is Not a Calendar. It Is Not a To-Do List Either.https://www.slate-todo.com/blog/not-a-calendar-not-a-todo-list/https://www.slate-todo.com/blog/not-a-calendar-not-a-todo-list/Why Slate sits between calendars and to-do apps. Calendars hold time. Lists hold intent. The week is both, and most apps pick one.Tue, 19 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT