From: Karl Voit <devnull@Karl-Voit.at>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [Orgmode] Re: contact management in org-mode?
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 02:57:26 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2012-07-20T02-47-22@devnull.Karl-Voit.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20120719111050.GO27588@cardamom.adamsinfoserv.com
Hi Russell!
* Russell Adams <RLAdams@AdamsInfoServ.Com> wrote:
>
> First, I've found myself very lax updating my Contacts.org file.
This is no technical issue :-)
> With a moderately large contact file column mode goes so slowly I
> find myself reluctant to use it. Thus my contact list is now
> significantly out of date despite my successful integration with
> mutt.
I do not use column mode (yet). So far I am using the inevitable
yasnippet templates to create an entry and manually filling out the
properties.
> Another issue with column view is that I can't make the first column
> (ie: Name!) sticky, so if I scroll right while filling in fields I
> have no idea who I'm working on. Editing individual fields in the
> property drawer is moderately ok.
>
> The final killer is lack of sync.
Oh this is also something which I could not resolve yet.
Although I do think that given the fact that I am OK with a working
export mechanism (instead of 2-way sync), it should not be that
complicated to write a short tool that exports names, email
addresses and phone numbers (I really do not want more information
than these on my phone) in a format that Google can import.
Not a very good solution but I was thinking about this one for
myself.
> I have lbdb capturing incoming email addresses, and I find I use
> it constantly without thinking about it. I typically get contact
> information in signature lines with my customers and I've found
> myself doing fast searching in mutt and using a recent email
> instead of using Contacts.org. No sync with my Google account
> means my phone now has an independent contact list again.
I also love mutt and lbdb. Since I started to maintain my contacts
in Org-mode and not in .mutt_aliases and lbdb can query my
contacts.org, I am pretty happy with this situation.
Loose contacts get into my system via lbdb and close contacts get
their Org-mode entry.
> I did see someone created a org-contacts.el based on the format, but
> their site is now offline.
>
> So after a three year experiment, I think I can say my org-mode
> contact management has failed.
This is it?
What about having the possibility to use references to contacts
within Org-mode? I use them all the time.
What about organizing contacts in a hierarchy like family trees. I
can not resemble any other contact manager where it is that easy as
in Org-mode.
What about the possibility to mix TODOs and events with
contact? I love the fact that I can add appointments with my dentist
below his contact-headline ... and add a TODO if I have to transfer
him money or something like that.
These are all features that lets me accept missing sync features and
so forth.
> Thus I pose the question: What is a valid contact manager for a
> console-mode user with sync, fast searching and update?
Anyway, I am curious what other options are out there :-)
--
Karl Voit
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-07-20 0:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 104+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-10-07 0:17 contact management in org-mode? Lindsay Todd
2009-10-07 2:21 ` Maurizio Vitale
2009-10-07 4:16 ` Bernt Hansen
2009-10-25 2:34 ` Russell Adams
2009-10-25 6:04 ` Charles Philip Chan
2009-10-25 13:51 ` Darlan Cavalcante Moreira
2009-10-25 14:14 ` Charles Philip Chan
2009-10-25 14:18 ` Richard Riley
2009-10-25 14:22 ` Russell Adams
2009-10-29 7:58 ` Eric S Fraga, Eric S Fraga
2009-10-29 15:46 ` Gregory J. Grubbs
2009-10-29 16:00 ` Richard Riley
2009-10-29 17:36 ` Russell Adams
2009-10-29 20:00 ` Alan E. Davis
2009-10-29 22:25 ` Eric S Fraga
2009-10-30 8:48 ` Uwe Jochum
2009-10-31 3:10 ` Russell Adams
2009-10-31 3:26 ` Russell Adams
2009-10-31 16:38 ` Gregory J. Grubbs
2009-11-20 14:32 ` Russell Adams
2012-07-19 11:10 ` [Orgmode] " Russell Adams
2012-07-20 0:57 ` Karl Voit [this message]
2012-08-08 12:04 ` Thomas Koch
2012-08-08 12:14 ` Bastien
2012-08-09 11:31 ` Jose E. Marchesi
2012-08-10 5:48 ` Russell Adams
2012-08-13 22:24 ` Semantics, Tagging, File systems, Tools, tagstore (was: [Orgmode] Re: contact management in org-mode?) Karl Voit
2012-08-09 12:04 ` [Orgmode] Re: contact management in org-mode? Sriram Karra
2009-11-02 10:37 ` Eric S Fraga, Eric S Fraga
2009-11-08 5:59 ` Ben Finney
2009-11-08 14:52 ` Matt Lundin
2009-11-08 22:22 ` Sebastian Rose
2009-11-11 13:19 ` Sebastian Rose
2009-11-09 6:41 ` Gour
2009-11-15 20:50 ` Sean Sieger
2009-10-31 21:54 ` Shelagh Manton
2009-10-08 17:13 ` Sean Sieger
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2012-11-21 21:15 Babel source blocks Russell Adams
2012-03-19 15:01 table spreadsheet problem Martin Halder
2012-03-19 15:32 ` Russell Adams
2012-03-19 15:45 ` Martin Halder
2012-03-19 15:48 ` Russell Adams
2012-03-15 17:45 Latex Listings & Floats Russell Adams
2012-03-15 20:33 ` Sebastien Vauban
2011-07-24 8:00 Table formula to convert hex to dec Russell Adams
2011-07-24 9:52 ` Michael Brand
2011-07-24 16:39 ` Michael Brand
2011-02-27 1:36 Startup page Matthew Sauer
2011-02-27 2:57 ` Dan Davison
2011-02-28 20:35 ` Eric S Fraga
2011-02-27 10:15 ` Bastien
2011-02-27 14:03 ` Christian Mandel
2011-02-28 11:51 ` Konrad Hinsen
2011-03-11 5:59 ` Ido Magal
2011-03-11 7:56 ` Rainer M Krug
[not found] ` <improv.philosophy@gmail.com>
2011-03-06 2:49 ` Bug: Org-Contacts.el [7.4] U-SWEETSAUERPORT\Matthew Sauer
2011-03-06 4:47 ` Nick Dokos
2011-03-06 19:50 ` Matthew Sauer
2011-03-06 20:02 ` Matthew Sauer
2011-03-06 23:20 ` Bastien
2011-03-07 1:26 ` Matthew Sauer
2011-03-07 17:32 ` Achim Gratz
2011-03-16 16:19 ` Re: [Orgmode] Startup page Matthew Sauer
2011-03-16 16:45 ` Nick Dokos
2011-03-17 10:34 ` Matthew Sauer
2011-03-17 10:52 ` Filippo A. Salustri
2011-03-17 22:17 ` Matthew Sauer
2011-03-17 22:48 ` Nick Dokos
2011-03-18 0:03 ` Filippo A. Salustri
2011-03-18 0:08 ` Bastien
2011-03-18 0:22 ` Matthew Sauer
2009-10-29 23:29 [OT] lisp func to write timestamp to buffer Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
2009-10-30 0:47 ` Russell Adams
2009-10-30 2:44 ` Nick Dokos
2009-10-30 2:53 ` Russell Adams
2009-09-08 20:41 Correct Way to Customize LaTeX Export? Peter Jones
2009-09-08 20:49 ` Russell Adams
[not found] ` <RLAdams@AdamsInfoServ.Com>
2009-09-08 21:11 ` Nick Dokos
2009-10-30 3:17 ` [OT] lisp func to write timestamp to buffer Nick Dokos
2011-07-24 15:58 ` Table formula to convert hex to dec Nick Dokos
2012-01-25 17:34 ` ICS import? Russell Adams
2012-01-25 17:50 ` Nick Dokos
[not found] ` <CALRk1sZc5JL_zY8Xnt+XDZfgqMmtQb4XXia4UmrP4f4sdOopCw@mail.gmail.com>
[not found] ` <3023.1327520270@alphaville>
[not found] ` <CALRk1sZ9YC9ftvB4wK84i4-68FF3kYPwhuYm9n=iwvsKerRMRQ@mail.gmail.com>
[not found] ` <4180.1327526628@alphaville>
2012-01-25 22:26 ` Matthew Sauer
2012-01-25 23:51 ` Russell Adams
2012-01-26 0:03 ` Arun Persaud
2012-01-26 0:21 ` Nick Dokos
2012-01-26 0:58 ` Russell Adams
2012-03-15 19:56 ` Latex Listings & Floats Nick Dokos
2012-03-19 15:56 ` table spreadsheet problem Nick Dokos
2012-03-19 16:05 ` Russell Adams
2012-03-19 16:25 ` Martin Halder
2012-03-19 17:42 ` Nick Dokos
2012-03-19 17:54 ` Russell Adams
2012-03-19 18:01 ` Nick Dokos
2012-03-19 18:21 ` Russell Adams
2012-05-15 2:57 ` ICS import? Nick Dokos
2012-05-15 3:03 ` Nick Dokos
2012-08-10 6:41 ` [Orgmode] Re: contact management in org-mode? Nick Dokos
2012-08-10 11:40 ` Sriram Karra
2012-08-10 14:03 ` Nick Dokos
2012-11-21 22:06 ` Babel source blocks Nick Dokos
2012-11-21 22:15 ` Russell Adams
2012-11-21 22:44 ` Nick Dokos
2012-11-21 22:53 ` Russell Adams
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