From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rene Subject: Is OrgMode really GTD compliant? Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 20:51:19 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49308) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WeW34-0004eb-UX for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Apr 2014 16:51:50 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WeW2u-0002vg-DN for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Apr 2014 16:51:42 -0400 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:36779) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WeW2u-0002vZ-6R for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Apr 2014 16:51:32 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WeW2s-0006Ei-Nx for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Apr 2014 22:51:30 +0200 Received: from LLagny-156-34-52-217.w80-13.abo.wanadoo.fr ([80.13.159.217]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 27 Apr 2014 22:51:30 +0200 Received: from jlr_0 by LLagny-156-34-52-217.w80-13.abo.wanadoo.fr with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 27 Apr 2014 22:51:30 +0200 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: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org According to David Allen, whenever you define an action you need to assign three pieces of information that you will later use as criteria to decide what to do (in order of precedence): 1. Context: Where should I be (@home, @work, etc.) and/or which tools should I have at my disposal (@computer, @internet, etc.) to do this action? 2. Time needed: Which amount of time available must I have to do this action? 3. Energy needed: How wasted/fresh can I be to do this action? Then, when you're up for executing an action, you use "context", "time available", and "energy available" as a sieve to sift out what can be done. Only after you've looked at these three can you determine what is the priority for right now, the present moment. >From the Getting Things Done perspective you don’t want to assign “priority” to action items on the front end because as soon as the situation changes and a couple of variables shift, as they are guaranteed to do, it will alter the array of possibilities. So lots of the action items you have rated at given priority levels are going to change. And when they do, then you’re busy re-prioritizing all those items. This is why David Allen, states that "The `ABC' priority codes don’t work." GTD suggests that priority makes a lot more sense to assess when you know the complete "context+time available+energy available" of the given moment. Orgmode helps you capture - the context: by means of tags, - the time needed: by means of an "effort" property, - the ABC priorities: by means of cookies. One notices: 1) Orgmode offers a default implementation for priorities although this fourth criteria should not formally be dealt with according to GTD. 2) The "energy" criteria is absent 3) The word "effort" is misnamed as it reminds more of an energy measure than a duration. Has anyone tried to customize orgmode so as to make it really GTD compliant?