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From: Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl>
To: Sacha Chua <sacha@sachachua.com>
Cc: Adam Porter <adam@alphapapa.net>, emacs list <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: An Org-based productivity tool
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 10:17:47 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87efc95czv.fsf@mbork.pl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJGZZeLcsYHrZyO9uLqM-6BqPyYwPu1kvk0uw2W9gyQ4CzQG7Q@mail.gmail.com>


On 2018-10-16, at 23:43, Sacha Chua <sacha@sachachua.com> wrote:

> Thanks for bringing me into the conversation! :) I'm sooooo far from that
> sort of thing right now. Rough activity tracking by buttons and voice
> shortcuts on my phone is all I can manage with a toddler around.

I can imagine, I have a 2-year-old son.  Working near to him is next to
impossible (though if my wife or his 8-year-old sister is around, it
might be accomplished).  This project is meant for when I'm at work,
I don't even try (nor want) to use it at home.

> Marcin, I wonder if you might like to adapt some code from
> sachachua.com/dotemacs for clocking into a task by taking advantage of the
> org refiling system, and the idea of setting up a hydra or other shortcuts
> for common tasks. The code might need to be updated, not sure. If you're

Well, I think I have something even better -
https://github.com/akirak/counsel-org-clock (I find Counsel/Ivy
interface much superior to the default refiling one).  I have my
org-clock-history-length set to 144, and I populate it on Emacs start
with org-mru-clock.  Also, I have a 10-head hydra for Org-related stuff
(8 heads are related to clocking).

> using Org and another time tracking system that might have better reports,
> you might like to set up something like what I have, where I can use a
> single key to clock into both Org and Quantified Awesome with a pre-defined
> or prompted category.

For the purposes of my work, I have written a simple Toggl integration.
I also think about writing some stuff to generate nice reports within
Emacs.

> I find time analysis useful for things like calibrating my estimates and
> expectations, learning about my revealed preferences and trends over time,
> and feeling more satisfied about my days/weeks/months. I liked using the
> data to build on my strengths and work around my limits instead of giving
> in to the temptation to use it as a harsh taskmaster. :) I wonder if
> something similar might be helpful for you.

Definitely!  As of now, the main use is to make sure I don't get
distracted too much at work so that I can actually make ends meet (I'm
paid by an hour), so this is a crucial part of my work infrastructure.
Also, this means it /must/ be a harsh taskmaster (at least for some
time).

Doing some QS-y stuff would be nice, but this is not the priority now.

> Have fun!

I do, thanks!

Best,

--
Marcin Borkowski
http://mbork.pl

  parent reply	other threads:[~2018-10-29  9:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-10-10 16:15 An Org-based productivity tool Marcin Borkowski
2018-10-10 16:50 ` William Denton
2018-10-10 20:10   ` Marcin Borkowski
2018-10-10 20:45     ` Samuel Wales
2018-10-11 13:16       ` Roland Everaert
2018-10-11 13:25         ` Ihor Radchenko
2018-10-11 13:44           ` Roland Everaert
2018-10-11 13:56             ` Ihor Radchenko
2018-10-11 20:05         ` Samuel Wales
2018-10-11 20:05           ` Samuel Wales
2018-10-14  8:08       ` Marcin Borkowski
2018-10-16 21:04         ` Samuel Wales
2018-10-29  9:05           ` Marcin Borkowski
2018-10-11  8:58 ` Ihor Radchenko
2018-10-14  8:22   ` Marcin Borkowski
2018-10-11 14:03 ` Bingo
2018-10-11 14:57   ` Peter Neilson
2018-10-11 15:08     ` Ihor Radchenko
2018-10-14  8:19       ` Marcin Borkowski
2018-10-14  8:19     ` Marcin Borkowski
2018-10-27  7:38     ` stardiviner
2018-10-28  1:24       ` Samuel Wales
2018-10-29  9:19         ` Marcin Borkowski
2018-10-29 21:03           ` Samuel Wales
2018-10-14  8:15   ` Marcin Borkowski
2018-10-16 20:39 ` Adam Porter
2018-10-16 21:43   ` Sacha Chua
2018-10-27  7:41     ` stardiviner
2018-10-29  9:17     ` Marcin Borkowski [this message]
2018-10-29 12:31       ` Sacha Chua
2018-10-29 17:17         ` Marcin Borkowski
2018-10-25  9:45 ` Ihor Radchenko
2018-10-29  9:08   ` Marcin Borkowski

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