From: "David Neu" <david@davidneu.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Re: Any iPhone devellopers here
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:02:37 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e0b44a890810221102i3313069k9d0a71d7e5d5ab4b@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e0b44a890810130745l2d60af5exd4ec95ab1d6b38fe@mail.gmail.com>
Hi,
Just thought I'd see if there were any reactions, positive or
negative, to this idea.
Cheers,
David
On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 10:45 AM, David Neu <david@davidneu.com> wrote:
> Hi Carsten,
>
> I'm new to orgmode, and must say that I've found it be an incredibly
> intuitive and powerful emacs mode!
>
> When I saw this thread it resonated with my search for a strategy for
> doing GTD while using a list app that isn't "mobile". That is, if you
> don't have your list manager with you in different contexts (e.g.
> @errands, @phone), it seems "challenging" to work from your lists.
> The only context in which I seem to have my lists available is
> @computer. I guess I could print out my lists, check off completed
> items or add new items, but this seems suboptimal.
>
> I am a developer, but not an iPhone developer, and had the following
> idea. Suppose you restrict your goal to: have orgmode actions and
> appointments available on your mobile device (i.e. iPhone), and have
> these items truly synchronized between orgmode and the iPhone; changes
> in orgmode would be reflected on the iPhone and vice versa.
>
> Now, if you use the Calendar Store as the mechanism for exchange (see
> http://developer.apple.com/leopard/overview/calendarstore.html), then
> in view of
>
>> 1. We do now have a system to assign unique IDs to entries, so the
>> cross-identification could be made to work.
>
> it seems that the goal can be accomplished.
>
> The strategy is based on not trying to get an orgmode app going on a
> mobile device, but getting your actions and appoinments synchronized
> between orgmode and iCal, and if you have an iPhone, Apple handles the
> synchronization between your Mac and your iPhone for you. Therefore,
> if implemented, the functionality could even be used by orgmode Mac
> users without an iPhone.
>
> I hope this reply is on topic, and would be interested in your thoughts.
>
> Thanks for orgmode!
>
> Cheers,
> David
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-10-22 18:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-10-13 14:45 Re: Any iPhone devellopers here David Neu
2008-10-22 18:02 ` David Neu [this message]
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2008-10-05 5:24 Carsten Dominik
2008-10-06 22:19 ` Peter Jones
2008-10-06 22:43 ` Jeff Mickey
2008-10-10 21:13 ` Carsten Dominik
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