From: Manish <mailtomanish.sharma@gmail.com>
To: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Re: Bastien is going to become the maintainer of Org mode in January
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 11:37:14 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTikeAgXXkWPq0jOYP9savs+adQ5PLWS_8rjkwxvN@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=XquyNS8YyZRQw5g8Vyzwh_S-oZTGwbG-V66Zv@mail.gmail.com>
On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 5:21 PM, Alan E. Davis wrote:
> I am a keen user of org-mode, whose uses for which seem never to
> become well defined: as soon as I think I understand it, it
> morphs, or the horizons of my understanding recede from view. No
> amount of praise can adequately pay tribute to the massively
> ingenious organic entity that is org-mode. This has been the work
> conceived of a rare intellect with unusually broad and creative
> vision, and well executed. One such as myself, who dabbles
> unafraid in the world of minds far better schooled and far more
> brilliant than my own, finds the use for such tools as this an
> expedient, towards his own purposes, as he tries almost hopelessly
> to fathom its mysteries--and Carsten Dominick, seemingly a man of
> uncommon intellectual clarity and humanity, the renaissance man,
> perhaps has from time to time led me both willingly and patiently
> through it's brambles and tangles and lighted the way. How you
> have done this remains a humbling mystery.
>
> For both the personal advice and assistance, and the broad vision
> that has nurtured this system, I would offer my humble thanks. I
> for one felt relieved that you intend to stay involved.
>
You expressed pretty much all I wanted to say, Alan.
I tried learning Emacs for over a decade but always dropped it due to
its zillion of commands and crazy key combination. And when I found and
started using Org, courtesy John Wiegley's tutorial (a planner refugee
in 2008) those key chords started sinking into my muscle memory; and Org
became a doorway to a richer and broader Emacs world.
Carsten, you have been an inspiration to me personally with your
extraordinary competence, dedication and human understanding. I wish I
could emulate even a fraction of that.
Org has been a mirror which showed me how truly messy and
procrastinating I was. Sometimes I avoid it for the bitter truth it
tells; but the alternatives are mediocre and mediocrity. So I keep
coming back improving a little every time in this love-hate
relationship.
I couldn't be more thankful for your gift and I am proud to be (a
little) part of this great community you have built.
> And to Bastien, who has also on a number of occasions patiently
> offered his insights, I also offer a "thank you," and a kind hope
> for your stewardship of this project.
>
> Would that I could offer some more substantial to org-mode that
> mostly a spectator's praise and appreciation. Perhaps in time.
Bastien, thanks for creating Worg and stepping up to this large role. I
feel safe having my life management system in your hands.
--
Manish
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Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-11-15 11:51 Bastien is going to become the maintainer of Org mode in January Carsten Dominik
2010-11-15 12:35 ` Russell Adams
2010-11-15 15:26 ` Christopher Allan Webber
2010-11-15 12:59 ` Ulf Stegemann
2010-11-15 13:02 ` Bernt Hansen
2010-11-15 18:42 ` Eric S Fraga
2010-11-16 22:16 ` Eric S Fraga
2010-11-15 14:17 ` A. Ryan Reynolds
2010-11-15 15:35 ` Nathan Neff
2010-11-15 16:11 ` Noorul Islam
2010-11-15 18:08 ` Manuel Hermenegildo
2010-11-15 21:10 ` Detlef Steuer
2010-11-15 21:50 ` Christian Moe
2010-11-15 22:16 ` Samuel Wales
2010-11-16 1:26 ` Matt Lundin
2010-11-16 8:26 ` Sebastien Vauban
2010-11-16 2:08 ` Sivaram Neelakantan
2010-11-16 5:07 ` suvayu ali
2010-11-16 8:08 ` Stefan Vollmar
2010-11-16 8:20 ` Tassilo Horn
2010-11-16 10:10 ` Jambunathan K
2010-11-16 12:52 ` Eden Cardim
2010-11-16 17:07 ` peter.frings
2010-11-16 18:18 ` Puneeth
2010-11-16 18:37 ` Carsten Dominik
2010-11-16 18:57 ` Amit Sethi
2010-11-17 0:45 ` Scott Randby
2010-11-17 4:04 ` Nick Dokos
2010-11-17 9:20 ` Achim Gratz
2010-11-17 17:15 ` Matt Price
2010-11-17 14:36 ` Bastien
2010-11-17 16:39 ` Bernt Hansen
2010-11-17 23:36 ` e20100633
2010-11-18 11:51 ` Alan E. Davis
2010-11-18 13:02 ` Scot Becker
2010-11-19 6:07 ` Manish [this message]
2010-11-20 18:38 ` Michael Brand
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