From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric S Fraga Subject: Re: How to combine the analogue (Moleskine) world with digital (org-mode) world ? Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:03:59 +0000 Message-ID: <87sk9u8prk.wl%ucecesf@ucl.ac.uk> References: <4edb2bbc1001240609w2339774am56466f50cf9605d8@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.14.6 - "Maruoka") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NZMBE-0002Fc-D9 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:28:24 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NZMB9-0002Bk-9r for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:28:23 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=35081 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NZMB9-0002BY-3Z for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:28:19 -0500 Received: from vscane-b.ucl.ac.uk ([144.82.108.141]:49101) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NZMB8-0004Ie-PN for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:28:18 -0500 In-Reply-To: <4edb2bbc1001240609w2339774am56466f50cf9605d8@mail.gmail.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: Torsten Wagner Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org 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!