From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ian Barton Subject: Re: Tips on maintaining a knowledge-base ? Date: Sat, 09 Jan 2010 14:56:09 +0000 Message-ID: <4B489909.4060405@manor-farm.org> References: <000e0ce0d5d8ec0c7a047cbbd544@google.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NTcjv-0003fD-Pz for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Jan 2010 09:56:31 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NTcju-0003dc-VE for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Jan 2010 09:56:31 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=50813 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NTcju-0003dL-Ox for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Jan 2010 09:56:30 -0500 Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]:6593) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NTcju-0004sK-CA for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Jan 2010 09:56:30 -0500 Received: from li143-44.members.linode.com ([109.74.196.44] helo=li40-130.members.linode.com) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NTcjm-0001lS-1E for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Jan 2010 09:56:22 -0500 In-Reply-To: <000e0ce0d5d8ec0c7a047cbbd544@google.com> 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: d.sturb@gmail.com Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org d.sturb@gmail.com wrote: > I've been using org-mode for a little while, I've kept it really simple > for now, with only two files : > - one to act as an inbox, with remember-mode > - another where I stick just about anything that's been processed from > the inbox > > This is great for managing somewhat 'actionable' items, fitting a > projects/tasks paradigm, but I keep adding things of a more general > nature, that I won't be needing on a day-to-day basis. > i.e. outlines describing a general topic, some sysadmin how-tos, reading > notes etc > I see these notes more as an archive of knowledge nuggets on selected > topics, rather than something I'd need to show up in my agenda view. > Ideally they would be heavily interlinked in a wiki fashon for easy > navigation when referring to it int he future, but I haven't put much > effort into that yet (well it's all in one file for now...). > > I was wondering if anyone uses org-mode for this kind of use, and would > really be interested in reading how you maintain such a system. > I'm especially interested in methods that relate to structuring and > 'querying' the knowledge base, since it's of no use if information can't > be found easily. > I have a notes.org, which is a first stage dumping ground for a remember template. I use org refile to place my note into its correct file. I find that using tags and sub headings makes things easy to find. If all else fails there is always grep. For example in my computer.org I have: * Tips and Tricks. ** ssh *** Force password authentication *** Tunne Firefox over ssh Ian.