From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Adam Spiers Subject: Re: GTD: Solving the bottleneck of converting incoming mails to NEXT actions Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:04:59 +0100 Message-ID: <20070924230459.GB9383@atlantic.linksys.moosehall> References: <20070924225226.GA9383@atlantic.linksys.moosehall> Reply-To: Adam Spiers Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IZwzA-0003HT-He for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:05:04 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IZwz9-0003GN-Bu for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:05:04 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IZwz9-0003GC-2T for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:05:03 -0400 Received: from mail.beimborn.com ([70.84.38.100]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IZwz8-0004o4-L0 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:05:02 -0400 Received: from mail.beimborn.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.beimborn.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.8) with ESMTP id l8ON51wA009719 for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:05:01 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by mail.beimborn.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11/Submit) id l8ON51MM009714 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:05:01 +0100 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070924225226.GA9383@atlantic.linksys.moosehall> 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: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Adam Spiers (orgmode@adamspiers.org) wrote: > On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 10:44:44PM +0200, Georg C. F. Greve wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I've now been using Org mode for a couple of months and am quite happy > > with it in most ways, with conversion of incoming emails into NEXT > > actions being the main bottleneck. [snipped] > > I wonder whether anyone solved this issue already. > > Yes, I used to have this very same bottleneck. It's not perfect yet, > but a lot better than it used to be. > > I posted details in a previous thread on this list about how I use a > combination of mutt, mairix, shell wrappers, and elisp to extract a > mairix:$message_id style hyperlink from the currently viewed mail > within mutt, and then yank it into my TODO.org emacs buffer, manually > creating structure around it (I almost certainly need to use > remember.el to streamline things further). Here's an example: > > * PROJECT [#B] submit newer expenses :@internet:admin: > ** NEXT submit to iExpense :sub60: Sorry to reply to my own post, but I forgot to say: having shortcuts for assigning tags (relatively new functionality in org.el) is a GREAT help in speeding up the categorisation process. I have this at the end of my TODO.org: * mode settings :HIDE: #+ARCHIVE: DONE.org:: #+CATEGORY: work #+SEQ_TODO: NEXT(n) | DONE(N) | WAITING(w) #+SEQ_TODO: PROJECT(p) | PROJDONE(P) #+SEQ_TODO: SOMEDAY(s) MAYBE(m) | CANCELLED(c) #+STARTUP: logdone #+STARTUP: hidestars #+TAGS: { @internet(i) @offline(0) @phone(p) @home(h) } - various GTD contexts #+TAGS: { sub10(1) sub30(3) sub60(6) sub120(2) sub4(4) subday(d) } - rough estimates of max. time per task #+TAGS: admin(a) - paperwork etc. #+TAGS: org(o) - "sharpening the saw" - improving my self-organization process - can overlap with computer(c) but also non-electronic organization #+TAGS: computer(c) - optimising the way I use it - better config - hacks to help workflow [snipped work-related] :END: * local variables ** Local Variables: ** ** org-drawers: '("PROPERTIES" "HIDE") ** ** End: **