From: Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com>
To: "Filippo A. Salustri" <salustri@ryerson.ca>
Cc: emacs-orgmode mailing list <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Using '?' as a todo keyword?
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:22:00 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <14630.1334348520@alphaville> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Message from "Filippo A. Salustri" <salustri@ryerson.ca> of "Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:34:02 EDT." <CAEKxqci3UBODtjRknxrgL4Q9Fg+67KNPgmsp4PUfqumFSai-ag@mail.gmail.com>
Filippo A. Salustri <salustri@ryerson.ca> wrote:
> Maybe I'm just being a little compulsive, but all my states are 1
> character long cuz that's all I really need to distinguish states
> (plus a little colour), and it frees up more of a line for the actual
> task.
OK - thanks. To each his/her own, I guess. I use long, mnemonic keywords
because I hate going back after six months and having to dig out the
meaning of some obscure reference out of the rubble of my
memory[fn:1]. org is one way to extend my memory so that by spending a
few seconds now, I don't have to waste frustrating minutes or hours in
the future. I also use big screens (256 columns or even bigger
sometimes), so screen real estate is not a consideration for me.
Nick
PS. One habit that I cannot break is writing down a telephone number
(particularly when listening to voice mail) without a name. Finding the
scrap of paper again after a few days is frustrating and yet I seem to
be unable to wean myself from the habit - calling the number to find out
who's on the other end has always seemed crass so I avoid it :-)
Footnotes:
[fn:1] Nowadays, the "six months" are more like "six weeks" or "six
days" and the older I get, the worse it gets...
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-04-13 20:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-04-13 15:09 Using '?' as a todo keyword? Filippo A. Salustri
2012-04-13 17:47 ` Nick Dokos
2012-04-13 19:34 ` Filippo A. Salustri
2012-04-13 20:22 ` Nick Dokos [this message]
2012-04-13 20:28 ` Filippo A. Salustri
2012-04-14 23:34 ` suvayu ali
2012-04-15 1:59 ` Filippo A. Salustri
2012-04-14 23:09 ` Samuel Wales
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