From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Manish Subject: Re: Workflow Ideas/questions Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 02:48:04 +0530 Message-ID: References: <278452667f8c27630c57917c33690e13.squirrel@mail.thedarktrumpet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LmaUU-0003Kw-R5 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:18:26 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LmaUQ-0003JB-RN for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:18:26 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=41608 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LmaUQ-0003J4-MH for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:18:22 -0400 Received: from ti-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.142.187]:35851) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LmaUP-0007Ad-Tc for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:18:22 -0400 Received: by ti-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id y8so99384tia.10 for ; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:18:19 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <278452667f8c27630c57917c33690e13.squirrel@mail.thedarktrumpet.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: David Thole Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 2:21 AM, David Thole wrote: > Hey all, > > I was thinking a bit about my workflow with org-mode, and I'm thinking > that I should change up a bit of how I'm doing stuff. Basically what I do > now is use org-mode for my GTD stuff (that is, ticket management, notes > about tickets, etc), and then use muse mode for other stuff. > > Right now my structure is: > ris.org = my tickets specific to work > work.org = my work tasks that aren't tickets > home.org = my home tasks > > The problem I have now is that I use muse-mode for project notes, which > can be on multiple machines sometimes. So the agenda itself loads those > three org files to display the ris/work/home tasks, and I use follow mode > and add a few notes here and there to the tickets, (ris.org files that > is). I am sorry but I did not understand your problem. May be you would be better off keeping your notes in org mode as well (unless there is a more compelling reason to the contrary.) > > > So really my curious workflow questions are: > * Ticket information - SQL statement, code, etc..that can get pretty > verbose. Is a drawer OK for that? How do others handle that information I would prefer folding it using a list item or may be a sub-heading. > > * Meeting notes - would another org file be useful for that? If I > want to publish the file into something that could have a TOC and > all that...I don't know how to explain this better, I kinda want > something to be able to view this through a browser > sometimes. *shrug* some ideas on this would be helpful How about selecting and publishing only the region? > * Organization - Could I organize things more efficiently? Thinking > of maybe using properties drawer a bit more. I would suggest noticing where you have to spend most of your attention and key strokes etc. and may be then optimize that. Try using tags more; they are almost magical with fast filtering. Regards -- Manish