From: Eric S Fraga <ucecesf@ucl.ac.uk>
To: Torsten Wagner <torsten.wagner@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How to combine the analogue (Moleskine) world with digital (org-mode) world ?
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:03:59 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87sk9u8prk.wl%ucecesf@ucl.ac.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4edb2bbc1001240609w2339774am56466f50cf9605d8@mail.gmail.com>
At Sun, 24 Jan 2010 23:09:27 +0900,
Torsten Wagner wrote:
> However, not all my work is just in front of a computer. And the world
[...]
> My question is now. What would be the best way to combine the
> moleskine and org-mode ? Does someone have experience with a paper
[...]
> Any ideas and experience would be welcome.
In the "olden days" (as my son says), I used to run a mixed system
(well beore org-mode days, mind you). The best working scenario for
me was the following:
- every Sunday, I would go through my paper diary, a Filofax (tm), and
transfer any new/changed items to my electronic version.
- I would then print off the next month's calendar in "week per two
pages" form compatible my Filofax.
- during the week, I would tend to work only on paper if I wasn't at
my desk but, even at the desk, I would update both paper and
computer simultaneously with new/changed entries. Any such entries
would be "ticked" on the paper so that I knew that I had already
incorporated them into the computer version.
Eventually, I gave up and bought a Psion 3 (the original incarnation,
then a 3a and finally a 3mx) which I carried with me all the time! My
3mx died early this century and I have been struggling ever since.
The Psion was absolutely fantastic, an example of engineering (both
hardware and software) at its best!
I now have org-mode which is fantastic in terms of the software end
(and in many ways is reminiscent of the Psion) but the hardware end is
lagging [1]. I now use a combination of systems: desktop PCs at work
and home, netbook (Asus EEE) on the move with a Nokia internet tablet
(N810) for those times when the netbook is too inconvenient
(e.g. impromptu lunchtime meetings). Everything is synchronised using
git.
This all works well enough but I still would like a single pocketable
computer that I could use in all scenarios. The Nokia's keyboard and
screen are just a little too small, especially the keyboard. I am
hopeful that a more usable system will come out this year as many
mobile internet devices [MID] and ultra-mobile PCs (UMPC) were
announced last year. The UMID &co. look promising. Maybe the
Pandora! Possibly one of the Android phones but probably not.
I won't get an iPhone as I don't like the proprietary nature of the
software [2]. I want Linux or equivalent with org-mode!
HTH,
eric
Footnotes:
[1] and this is *not* Carsten's fault ;-)
[2] yes, the Psion ran proprietary software as well but, partly
because of being orphaned by them, I no longer am willing to end
up beholden to a single company's system!
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-01-25 10:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-01-24 14:09 How to combine the analogue (Moleskine) world with digital (org-mode) world ? Torsten Wagner
2010-01-24 14:45 ` Leo
2010-01-25 7:01 ` Torsten Wagner
2010-01-24 15:16 ` Manish
2010-01-24 15:20 ` Greg Newman
2010-01-24 21:18 ` Raimund Kohl-Füchsle
2010-01-25 6:49 ` Torsten Wagner
2010-01-25 13:55 ` Christian Egli
2010-01-25 3:35 ` Charles Cave
2010-01-25 7:11 ` Torsten Wagner
2010-01-25 7:41 ` Ben Finney
2010-01-25 9:06 ` Ian Barton
2010-01-25 10:03 ` Eric S Fraga [this message]
2010-01-26 22:26 ` Daniel Martins
2010-01-25 16:34 ` Jonathan Arkell
2010-01-25 18:39 ` Austin Frank
2010-01-25 21:32 ` Alan E. Davis
2010-01-27 22:54 ` Jason Dunsmore
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