From: Matthew Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org>
To: Varnit Suri <vsuri@Brocade.COM>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: GTD question - how to create Reference and Ticker files
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 07:32:46 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m24owmm9ap.fsf@fastmail.fm> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <57AC2FA1761300418C7AB8F3EA493C9702D238C3@HQ-EXCH-5.corp.brocade.com> (Varnit Suri's message of "Fri\, 17 Apr 2009 09\:23\:01 -0700")
Hi Varnit,
"Varnit Suri" <vsuri@Brocade.COM> writes:
> Hello,
>
> I 'm trying to implement the Getting Things Done approach using Org-mode
> (like many others!).
>
> I 've been thinking of the best way to implement GTD's Reference and
> Tickler folders in Org-mode. I have a few thoughts of my own, but wanted
> to check with the community, in case anyone else has a better solution.
>
> My solutions are pretty 'raw' - just a text file (with links, etc) for
> the Reference and a Someday list for the Tickler. Anyone else has more
> sophisticated solutions? Any comments are appreciated.
The wonderful thing about org-mode is that there are many ways to
accomplish the same thing. For instance, one could have a file for
active projects and another file for someday/maybe items. Or one could
use tags to indicate someday/maybe items.
I myself use an inactive todo keyword (SOMEDAY) to remove items from my
active todo list.
E.g.,
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(setq org-todo-keywords '((sequence "TODO(t)" "STARTED(s)" "|" "DONE(d)" "WAITING(w)" "SOMEDAY(s)")))
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
With this setup I do planning in multiple org files, each of which
corresponds to an area of responsibility (household, finances, work1,
work2, family, friends, etc.). Thus if I want to mark something as
someday/maybe, I simply switch the todo to SOMEDAY. As a bonus, org-mode
inserts an inactive timestamp that lets me know when the item became
inactive. During reviews, I use the agenda to look over the SOMEDAY list
and switch any important items to TODO (and vice versa).
I use the agenda view to as my tickler file. I use timestamps as
follows:
1. Active timestamps: For appointments or things that have to be done on
a particular day.
2. Scheduled timestamps: To postpone an item until a certain date -
i.e., make an item show up on my agenda on x date and every day
thereafter.
3. Deadline timestamps: To mark when an item is due. I can change the
amount of warning time with a negative interval indicator in the
timestamp. E.g., the following will start warning me about a deadline
ten days in advance:
,----
| * PROJECT Project due
| DEADLINE: <2009-06-01 Mon -10d>
`----
Hope this helps,
Matt
prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-04-18 12:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-04-17 16:23 GTD question - how to create Reference and Ticker files Varnit Suri
2009-04-18 5:01 ` Manish
2009-04-18 9:24 ` Friedrich Delgado Friedrichs
2009-04-19 0:05 ` Varnit Suri
2009-04-18 12:32 ` Matthew Lundin [this message]
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