From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Charles Philip Chan Subject: Re: New user, my use case, request basic advice Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 15:24:02 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87y5k8h3oh.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:41571) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TDguC-0004yh-L6 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Sep 2012 15:22:53 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TDguB-0004Bp-HR for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Sep 2012 15:22:52 -0400 Received: from blu0-omc1-s18.blu0.hotmail.com ([65.55.116.29]:3822) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TDguB-0004BT-Dg for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Sep 2012 15:22:51 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87y5k8h3oh.fsf@gmail.com> (David Rogers's message of "Mon, 17 Sep 2012 12:03:58 -0700") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Org-mode David Rogers writes: Hi David: > My main goals: > > 1. I need audible alerts from my phone for appointments & reminders > when I'm away from home. I don't really mind how those are > accomplished, but I have to hear a sound of some kind at the > appropriate times. I can't be counted on to check my phone > periodically - I need the phone to "check" me instead, or I'll forget > a lot of things. For example, I'm very attracted to 0rg-notify, but > have no clue how to transfer that functionality onto the phone. (SSH > the phone onto the server and run emacs on there? But I don't even > know if that would give audible alerts.) > > 2. I need a way (any reasonable way) of keeping the home computer's > appointments & reminders, and the phone's appointments & reminders, > in sync. Automatic sync is nice but definitely not a requirement - I > can sync manually if needed. (MobileOrg the obvious choice? or > something else?) Since you use Android, the solution is: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.matburt.mobileorg&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDMsImNvbS5tYXRidXJ0Lm1vYmlsZW9yZyJd in conjunction with org-mobile.el, which is part of org-mode. Please read the manual: http://orgmode.org/manual/MobileOrg.html Cheers, Charles -- How do I type "for i in *.dvi do xdvi i done" in a GUI? (Discussion in comp.os.linux.misc on the intuitiveness of interfaces.)