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Back when I first started reading Philofaxy, blogging was very popular and many of us who read Philofaxy at that time had our own blogs (many of which are now sadly defunct). We created an online community with commenting and guest-posting on each others' blogs, linking and referencing each others' posts. Personally that was my favourite time in the online community!
Facebook came along, and eventually Instagram. I'm assuming there are also Filofax communities on other platforms like TikTok and Discord but I'm not on those. There's not as much discussion on these platforms, and more video content rather than text-based as in blogs, but it's still fun to see how people all over the world use their Filofax organisers in their lives and work.
Besides Philofaxy (of course!), what are your favourite Filofax-related blogs or social media accounts, past and present?
I go mainly to this site only.I also watch www.notebookstories.com. A lot of Japanese YT channels who are obsessed with anything planning and stationary . I no longer have interest in Filofax promotion or their X posts as I find their product line unattractive to me, and as European I no longer have interest in any American own social media - be it Facebook, X, Instagram.
ReplyDeleteFor me, Philofaxy ALWAYS led the field, even in the heyday of blogging, because personal blogs rely on just one person being able to create interesting-enough content, at a fairly consistent pace, over a long period - whereas, arguably, the point of a truly effective planning system is to be there in the background, a stable support for the bigger business of living your life, especially for the majority of people for whom it's merely a tool.
ReplyDeleteI think it's possible that this, rather than popularity of planners in the wild, may account for the relative lack of blogs, after the inevitable flurry when free blogs first appeared (as I recall this was around the same time as broadband going mainstream, affordable digital cameras, user-friendly WYSIWYG editors all over, etc).
Speaking of content, there are tons of great tips buried away in comments on here - any chance of some content based on Planner Problem Solving please, maybe drawing on old comments (with a screenshot of the comment and a small newly-written piece on that general area, if the ethics of re-using comments are a grey area) and also, inviting people to share their own specific problems for a post, or amazing solutions they came up with, and haven't seen mentioned anywhere else yet?
I don’t use the big social media sites either (X, Facebook, Insta) but I do enjoy the web and video links posted here for extra inspiration. I like YouTube very much and enjoy unboxing videos to see other planners, the colours and textures and I like seeing how other people set themselves up.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I’ve used Filofaxes for years I’ve only started to use planners for time management this year, because I work less and am more in control of how I spend my time. The blogs and videos have helped me to work out what I like and what I don’t and have been very helpful.
I have the same thoughts about blogging and community. I started my blog around 2014 and reallly loved the comments and interaction. I still have my blog at plannerfun.com and I'm trying to post regularly but without comments it's hard to feel like anyone is reading or to know if what I'm posting is helpful or even being seen. Giftie Etc was a favorite blog of mine. She has left it up even though she hasn't blogged in some time and I still refer to it. I also read yours and The Well Appointed Desk.
ReplyDeleteI hadn’t seen your blog until now. I’ve bookmarked it, sometimes I wish I could ‘like’ a post rather than comment as I often really like a post but don’t feel I can add anything by commenting!
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Delete😁 yes, I hadn’t thought of that!
Deletewe could end up with loads of posts all saying nothing though 😄. Or like the Daily Mail if you naysay the crowd… 👎👎👎 🙀
I read Well-Appointed Desk's Link Love column is one of the highlights of my week. I've recently discovered the Filofax community on Reddit. They trend young, but boy are they serious.
DeleteI left the meta community a while ago and do miss the Facebook philofaxy family, however it was guilty of creating a lot of planner envy! I recently rediscovered the archives of philofaxy (it's not easy to search in mobile mode, I have to switch to desktop!) and have loved spending more time here.
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