From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pete Phillips Subject: Re: Was: Feedback on Scheduling? - How do you use yours? Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 08:41:22 +0100 Message-ID: <18671.1147851682@lap1.smtl.co.uk> References: <7383.1147799952@lap1.smtl.co.uk> <20060516184343.GA440@Zangband> <5763.1147808998@lap1.smtl.co.uk> <20060516211104.GA448@Zangband> Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FgGf6-0001Lw-5z for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 17 May 2006 03:41:40 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FgGf3-0001Lg-FQ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 17 May 2006 03:41:39 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FgGf2-0001Ld-K5 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 17 May 2006 03:41:36 -0400 Received: from [193.131.77.174] (helo=mailhost.smtl.co.uk) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FgGhq-0000af-G0 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 17 May 2006 03:44:31 -0400 In-Reply-To: Message from Tim O'Callaghan of "Tue, 16 May 2006 23:20:02 +0200." <20060516211104.GA448@Zangband> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Tim O'Callaghan , emacs-orgmode@gnu.org [Once more - but to the list this time! :-( ] Tim O'Callaghan wrote: Tim> Its also interesting that you use tags for GTD context. This is Tim> the way i use tags, and i have been wondering if anyone else Tim> used them like this. I'm glad - I was in discussion with Carsten for a while regarding org-mode, when he came up with this brilliant idea of tags - as soon as he proposed it, I could see that it would fit into my GTD system straight away (I moved from a Zaurus list manager to org-mode+hipster last August, but have been using GTD since the original hardback book came out). Tim> An interesting idea, one that i was kicking about for a bit Tim> when i was using a hipster style PDA. I was thinking about Tim> generating XSLFO or SWF based templates, and merging the Tim> information into the XML template for printing. XSLFO is a Tim> pain, so i went for SWF, which is a pain but less so. SWF has Tim> the advantage of being scalable if designed properly, and Tim> supported by inkscape, which makes creating templates easy. I Tim> experimented with ImageMagick and an SWF based templates for Tim> automatic processing. I got an experimental SWF template from Tim> all things hipster: diyplanner.org. Unfortunately ImageMagick Tim> did not support SWF well enough for me to want to continue :( Basically I used lyx to design the template and then exported it to latex to see what I needed to add from the perl script. I have a bit of experience with XML and XSL (our woundcare journal, www.worldwidewounds.com, is prepared using docbook XML) but I have never got to grips with the FO model. Tim> In the end i opted for a paperless system. No good for me as I need something with me all the time. I find the PDA too slow, and the HPDA fast and flexible. Combining my laptop org-mode with HPDA has been terrific (for me - I readily acknowledge that this is a game of horses for courses). Tim> I'd be interested to hear how other org users are implementing Tim> GTD. If for nothing else that to be able to cherry pick ideas Tim> that i can incorporate into my system. Me also. Tim> My system is based around one big org mode file for personal Tim> stuff and one for work. I can edit the file in other editors Tim> (such as the one on my smartphone) and search for GTD context Tim> via tags. The symbol :TAGNAME: is unique enough to search on Tim> when i need context, and works to find tagged lines using every Tim> editor i know of. Yep. By the way, you can also set up a shell script to mail your file to a gmail account every night, so you have unlimited (well, almost) backupand archive. I set up a special archive gmail account just for this. with 2.?? Gb of space, I won't be running out of space soon. Tim> External editors do not support the org mode 'file:' Tim> references, so i am strict about keeping only Next Actions and Tim> possible Next Actions in the org file. I keep reference Tim> material in a another appropriately named file in the same Tim> directory. I keep the lot in one big file. That's the advantage of using outline mode - you can collapse gobs of text into nothing just by pressing the key. Less to keep track of and remember, and makes the perl script -> HPDA doable. Tim> I also make sure the context tags and the text of the item will Tim> inform me of the project they are related to. So I don't need Tim> the reference material unless referred to by the text of the Tim> Next Action, and then only because it does not fit in one line. Yep - I need to make sure that the headline has enough info so that when printed onto the HPDA I can understand/recall what it relates to. Regards, Pete Tim.