my GTD setup

my GTD setup

[David O'Toole]

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Hello folks, 

I decided to finally sit down and read up on GTD and implement a
simple setup for Org. But instead of writing a big article about GTD
and org-mode, I have decided to add notes and paste my config.

Not very complicated, but I'm trying to keep my GTD setup simple so
that I will actually stick with it and get used to the process.

Enjoy!


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;;; org-gtd.el --- dto's org-mode configuration for GTD

;; Copyright (C) 2007  David O'Toole

;; Author: David O'Toole(require 'org) <dto@gnu.org>
;; Keywords: tools

;; This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
;; any later version.

;; This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
;; GNU General Public License for more details.

;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
;; the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
;; Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.

;;; Commentary:

;; There are several articles about using GTD (GettingThingsDone) with
;; OrgMode. I'm publishing mine as an Emacs Lisp source
;; file. 

;; This is a very basic example org-and-gtd setup. It's also my real
;; configuration, so you can load it yourself or just take a few
;; pieces.

;;; Code:

(require 'org)
(require 'remember)

;; I have a nice Wacom tablet, so I like to use the mouse. Org-mouse
;; adds various clickable menus to org-mode constructs.

(require 'org-mouse)

;; I want files with the extension ".org" to open in org-mode.

(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.org$" . org-mode))

;; I keep almost everything in one big org file.

(defvar org-gtd-file "~/gtd.org")

;; I open my gtd file when I hit C-c g

(defun gtd ()
  "Open the GTD file."
  (interactive)
  (find-file org-gtd-file))

;; Some basic keybindings.

(global-set-key "\C-cl" 'org-store-link)
(global-set-key "\C-ca" 'org-agenda)
(global-set-key "\C-cr" 'org-remember)
(global-set-key "\C-cg" 'gtd)

;; This seems like a good basic set of keywords to start out with:

(setq org-todo-keywords '((type "TODO" "NEXT" "WAITING" "DONE")))

;; Some projects need their own org files, but I still want them to
;; show up in my agenda.

(defvar org-gtd-other-files)

(setf org-gtd-other-files (list "~/eon/eon.org"))

(setf org-agenda-files (cons org-gtd-file org-gtd-other-files))

;; When I'm using org to track issues in a project, I use these
;; keywords on a file-local basis: 

;; #+SEQ_TODO: TODO | DONE
;; #+SEQ_TODO: REPORT BUG KNOWNCAUSE | FIXED 
;; #+SEQ_TODO: | CANCELLED

;; The lisp version is:

;; (setq org-todo-keywords '((sequence "TODO" | "DONE")
;;   			  (sequence "REPORT" "BUG" "KNOWNCAUSE" | "FIXED")
;; 			  (sequence | "CANCELLED")))

;; Easy basic searches. Get a quick view of nextactions, etc

(setq org-agenda-custom-commands
      '(("w" todo "WAITING" nil)
	("n" todo "NEXT" nil)
	("d" "Agenda + Next Actions" ((agenda) (todo "NEXT")))))

;; I use org's tag feature to implement contexts.

(setq org-tag-alist '(("STUDIO" . ?s)
		      ("COMPUTER" . ?c)
		      ("MAIL" . ?m)
		      ("HOME" . ?h)
		      ("FIELD" . ?f) 
		      ("READING" . ?r)
		      ("DVD" . ?d)))

;; I like to color-code task types.

(setf org-todo-keyword-faces '(("NEXT" . (:foreground "yellow" :background "red" :bold t :weight bold))
			       ("TODO" . (:foreground "cyan" :background "steelblue" :bold t :weight bold))
			       ("WAITING" . (:foreground "yellow" :background "magenta2" :bold t :weight bold))
			       ("DONE" . (:foreground "gray50" :background "gray30"))))

;; I put the archive in a separate file, because the gtd file will
;; probably already get pretty big just with current tasks.

(setq org-archive-location "%s_archive::")

;; Remember support. This creates several files:
;;
;;   ~/todo.org      Where remembered TODO's are stored.
;;   ~/journal.org   Timestamped journal entries.
;;   ~/remember.org  All other notes

;; and a keybinding of "C-c r" for making quick notes from any buffer.

;; These bits of Remembered information must eventually be reviewed
;; and filed somewhere (perhaps in gtd.org, or in a project-specific
;; org file.) The out-of-sight, out-of-mind rule applies here---if I
;; don't review these auxiliary org-files, I'll probably forget what's
;; in them.

(require 'remember)
(setq org-reverse-note-order t)  ;; note at beginning of file by default.
(setq org-default-notes-file "~/remember.org")
(setq remember-annotation-functions '(org-remember-annotation))
(setq remember-handler-functions '(org-remember-handler))
(add-hook 'remember-mode-hook 'org-remember-apply-template)

(setq org-remember-templates
      '((?t "* TODO %?\n  %i\n  %a" "~/todo.org")
        (?j "* %U %?\n\n  %i\n  %a" "~/journal.org")
        (?i "* %^{Title}\n  %i\n  %a" "~/remember.org" "New Ideas")))

(global-set-key "\C-cr" 'org-remember)
(global-set-key [(f12)] 'org-remember)

;; My preferences. These are less related to GTD, and more to my
;; particular setup. They are included here for completeness, and so
;; that new org users can see a complete example org-gtd
;; configuration.

(setq org-return-follows-link t)
(setq org-hide-leading-stars t) 
(setf org-tags-column -65)
(setf org-special-ctrl-a/e t)

(setq org-log-done t)
(setq org-deadline-warning-days 14)
(setq org-fontify-emphasized-text t)
(setq org-fontify-done-headline t)
(setq org-agenda-include-all-todo nil)
(setq org-directory "~/")
(setq org-export-html-style "<link rel=stylesheet href=\"../e/freeshell2.css\" type=\"text/css\">")
(setq org-export-with-section-numbers nil)
(setq org-export-with-toc nil)
(setq org-adapt-indentation nil)

;; widen category field a little
(setq org-agenda-prefix-format "  %-17:c%?-12t% s") 

;; fix new keybinding that clobbers mine
(add-hook 'org-mode-hook (lambda ()
			   (local-set-key [(control tab)] 'other-window)))

(provide 'org-gtd)
;;; org-gtd.el ends here


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Re: my GTD setup

[Ivan Kanis]

David O'Toole <dto@gnu.org> writes:

> ;; This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> ;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
> by ;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your
> option) ;; any later version.

Hi David, thanks for sharing your setup. Could you, please, fix mew so
that it does not wrap your lisp? I find it unreadable.

> I decided to finally sit down and read up on GTD and implement
> simple setup for Org.

Do you know there is a book called "Getting Things Done" ? I suggest you
buy it ;)

I have not finished it, but I don't think reading stuff on the 'net is
a substitute to reading the original book. My two cents.

Kind regards,
-- 
Ivan
http://kanis.fr

  "At Group L, Stoffel oversees six first-rate programmers, a
managerial challenge roughly comparable to herding cats."
    -- Anonymous , 1985-06-09 , The Washington Post

Re: Re: my GTD setup

[William Henney]

Hi Ivan

On Dec 23, 2007 5:20 AM, Ivan Kanis <expire-by-2007-12-29@kanis.fr> wrote:
> David O'Toole <dto@gnu.org> writes:
>
> > ;; This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> > ;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
> > by ;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your
> > option) ;; any later version.
>
> Hi David, thanks for sharing your setup. Could you, please, fix mew so
> that it does not wrap your lisp? I find it unreadable.
>

I think the problem must be with your mail/news reader. The lisp in
David's message is not wrapped. At least, it looks fine when I do
"Show original" in gmail.

Cheers

Will


-- 

  Dr William Henney, Centro de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica,
  Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Campus Morelia

Re: my GTD setup

[Ivan Kanis]

"William Henney" <whenney@gmail.com> writes:
> On Dec 23, 2007 5:20 AM, Ivan Kanis <expire-by-2007-12-29@kanis.fr> wrote:
>> David O'Toole <dto@gnu.org> writes:
>>
>> > ;; This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
>> > ;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
>> > by ;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your
>> > option) ;; any later version.
>>
>> Hi David, thanks for sharing your setup. Could you, please, fix mew so
>> that it does not wrap your lisp? I find it unreadable.
>>
>
> I think the problem must be with your mail/news reader. The lisp in
> David's message is not wrapped. At least, it looks fine when I do
> "Show original" in gmail.

Argh the embarassment... 

I have fixed my news reader. Apologies for the noise.
-- 
Ivan
http://kanis.fr

  "Only the wise possess ideas; the greater part of mankind are
possessed by them."
    -- Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Re: Re: my GTD setup

[Rustom Mody]

On Dec 23, 2007 4:50 PM, Ivan Kanis <expire-by-2007-12-29@kanis.fr> wrote:
> David O'Toole <dto@gnu.org> writes:
>
> Hi David, thanks for sharing your setup. Could you, please, fix mew so
> that it does not wrap your lisp? I find it unreadable.
>
> > I decided to finally sit down and read up on GTD and implement
> > simple setup for Org.
>
> Do you know there is a book called "Getting Things Done" ? I suggest you
> buy it ;)
>
> I have not finished it, but I don't think reading stuff on the 'net is
> a substitute to reading the original book. My two cents.
>
> Kind regards,
> --
> Ivan

Well... This saw cuts both ways.  My own position is the opposite of David's.
Ive read the book (and the next one: Ready for Anything) and I keep
reading this list in the hope that GTD will magically happen to me.

But not quite there yet :-(

In addition to setting up my emacs for org usage Ive even made made
myself a hipster pda. Whats not quite clear is how to sync it with my
stuff under org.

[In case its not quite obvious, this is quite OT]

Re: Re: my GTD setup

[Pete Phillips]

>>>>> "Rustom" == Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> writes:

    Rustom> Well... This saw cuts both ways.  My own position is the
    Rustom> opposite of David's.  Ive read the book (and the next one:
    Rustom> Ready for Anything) and I keep reading this list in the hope
    Rustom> that GTD will magically happen to me.

Hmmm.  I can *almost* guarantee it won't happen magically.  :-)

Let's make one thing clear - GTD is not difficult to understand.  GTD is
really a combination of techniques and habits to make sure you write
everything down, review it regularly, and make sure you have the
appropriate lists with you when you can actually do something on them,
and then DO THEM.

Let me repeat that last bit - 

    you must, at some stage, DO THE ACTIONS!

If you don't, GTD and org-mode and everything else just becomes an
exercise in moving things from one list to another, and frankly there
are better and more entertaining ways to waste your time.

GTD it is a technique for doing your thinking in advance (at the weekly
review), so that when you actually get into work you can just
concentrate on 'cranking out the widgets'.  David Allen uses the analogy
that a widget cranker doesn't go into work and procrastinate or worry
about what to do - he just has widgets to crank. Therefore the idea of
GTD is that once a week you do your thinking and planning, and the rest
of the week, you look at your list and crank widgets. (a bit of an
over-simplification of course as you have emails, letters etc coming in
constantly which may change your priorities).

In my experience, implementing GTD is an initially rapid change in the
way you work (implementing your main lists, sorting out a capture
system, buying a labeller, setting up your 48 folders, trying to
remember to do a weekly review) followed by much slower incremental
improvements to the system as you 'get' GTD. And I certainly think that
you won't do it without reading the book. Everything you need to
understand the principles are in the book.  Yes, some of the mailing
lists are interesting (the GTD one on yahoo is pretty good), but frankly
the book is all you need. Very difficult to implement GTD by looking at
websites IMHO.

(One reason people try out GTD is because they want to get more work
done, because they feel they are drowning in a sea of information,
emails, projects etc, and want to get it all under control.  It is
therefore an exquisite irony that some of these people then spend half
their time surfing the net to try to find out how to do GTD better!)

Now, implementing GTD in your tool of choice (mine is org-mode) is a
different matter - there is more than one way to skin a cat, and
org-mode gives you a huge choice in how you de-fur your particular
feline.  

So, don't confuse *understanding* what GTD is all about with the
specifics of *implementing* it in org-mode, Outlook, HPDA or whatever.
The mailing lists are great for the implementation phase, but until you
grasp GTD it probably won't happen for you.

The book is very readable. You can read it over a few days. In my
opinion, it also bears re-reading.  I also bought the set of CD's (which
is a recording of David Allen giving his GTD seminar over 2 days) and I
listen to those once a year or so just to refresh things in my mind
whilst travelling on the train. I pick up new insights and tricks
every time I read the book or listen to the CDs.

I haven't found the second book to be very helpful. Interesting, yes.

    Rustom> But not quite there yet :-(

Use the book, Luke.....

    Rustom> In addition to setting up my emacs for org usage Ive even
    Rustom> made made myself a hipster pda. Whats not quite clear is how
    Rustom> to sync it with my stuff under org.

I use a HPDA - I tend to sit down every Sunday and add stuff from the
HPDA to my org-mode file, then chuck the cards away. I also have 14
'diary' cards - 1 card per day for the next 2 weeks, with my
appointments on them, and anything I *have* to do that day (eg: deadline
for sending off a report) on them.   I use this Sunday morning time over
a cup of coffee to add such deadlines to the cards, and then review the
next 2-4 weeks to see what projects I need to make progress on.
I then use org-mode to 'schedule' some of these NEXT actions which are,
at the time, important.

I used to print out HPDA cards with my different contexts on them
(Shopping, Phone, Home, etc) but I found i rarely read them - I am more
likely to scan my lists under org-mode as I have a laptop available all
the time at home and in work, with emacs open. 

My advice would be to keep trying new ways to manage your lists. If you
find syncing between HPDA and org-mode is too much hassle, you just
won't bother, and you will eventually get cheesed off with it as it
becomes unmaintainable. If it's not working for you, try another method.

For me, HPDA is great as a capture tool and diary tool. plenty of people
on GTD-Analog on yahoo use HPDA as their only tool.  Horses for courses.

Overall, I find I use the HPDA less and less, and rely on having
org-mode available on my laptop most of the time. Org-mode is what has
really enabled me to get GTD working for me better than any other tool.

Pete

Re: Re: my GTD setup

[Adam Spiers]

On Sun, Dec 23, 2007 at 10:38:50PM +0000, Pete Phillips wrote:
> >>>>> "Rustom" == Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>     Rustom> Well... This saw cuts both ways.  My own position is the
>     Rustom> opposite of David's.  Ive read the book (and the next one:
>     Rustom> Ready for Anything) and I keep reading this list in the hope
>     Rustom> that GTD will magically happen to me.
> 
> Hmmm.  I can *almost* guarantee it won't happen magically.  :-)
> 
> Let's make one thing clear - GTD is not difficult to understand.  GTD is
> really a combination of techniques and habits to make sure you write
> everything down, review it regularly, and make sure you have the
> appropriate lists with you when you can actually do something on them,
> and then DO THEM.

[snipped]

Really fantastic advice Pete, thanks for sharing.

> In my experience, implementing GTD is an initially rapid change in the
> way you work (implementing your main lists, sorting out a capture
> system, buying a labeller, setting up your 48 folders, trying to
> remember to do a weekly review) followed by much slower incremental
> improvements to the system as you 'get' GTD.

That's exactly what I found too.  I've "got" the habit of processing
and organising; my next step is internalising the habit of regular
reviews, and this was my main motivation for getting a Nokia N810 with
emacs running on it - because I frequently find myself away from the
computer with a few minutes of dead time here or there (travelling
etc.) which I could use for reviewing.  Once I get this step, I am
pretty sure I'll experience a quantum leap forwards in productivity,
since currently I've done all the hard work required to have my tasks
mapped pretty well with all the right metadata, but I'm not reaping
the rewards by regularly reviewing and scheduling based on different
views of the data.

> And I certainly think that
> you won't do it without reading the book. Everything you need to
> understand the principles are in the book.  Yes, some of the mailing
> lists are interesting (the GTD one on yahoo is pretty good), but frankly
> the book is all you need. Very difficult to implement GTD by looking at
> websites IMHO.

The book was enough for me, although there are some fantastic sites
which complement it well, e.g. http://zenhabits.net

> (One reason people try out GTD is because they want to get more work
> done, because they feel they are drowning in a sea of information,
> emails, projects etc, and want to get it all under control.  It is
> therefore an exquisite irony that some of these people then spend half
> their time surfing the net to try to find out how to do GTD better!)

So true.  I justify org.el hacking on the grounds that it's a
life-long investment (emacs will be here forever, right? :-) and it's
also fun.  Plus being involved in a community which has discussions
like this one is really worthwhile in terms of raising my
self-awareness and understanding of how I run my life.

> Now, implementing GTD in your tool of choice (mine is org-mode) is a
> different matter - there is more than one way to skin a cat, and
> org-mode gives you a huge choice in how you de-fur your particular
> feline.  
> 
> So, don't confuse *understanding* what GTD is all about with the
> specifics of *implementing* it in org-mode, Outlook, HPDA or whatever.
> The mailing lists are great for the implementation phase, but until you
> grasp GTD it probably won't happen for you.

Absolutely.  That's one of the great things about GTD, that it's so
relaxed about the specifics, encouraging everyone to find the solution
which is best for them.  The flip side of this of course is that there
is no silver bullet, but as I think Kafka said, "paths are made by
walking".

> The book is very readable. You can read it over a few days. In my
> opinion, it also bears re-reading.  I also bought the set of CD's (which
> is a recording of David Allen giving his GTD seminar over 2 days) and I
> listen to those once a year or so just to refresh things in my mind
> whilst travelling on the train. I pick up new insights and tricks
> every time I read the book or listen to the CDs.

Sounds good, I might buy the CDs.

>     Rustom> In addition to setting up my emacs for org usage Ive even
>     Rustom> made made myself a hipster pda. Whats not quite clear is how
>     Rustom> to sync it with my stuff under org.
> 
> I use a HPDA - I tend to sit down every Sunday and add stuff from the
> HPDA to my org-mode file, then chuck the cards away. I also have 14
> 'diary' cards - 1 card per day for the next 2 weeks, with my
> appointments on them, and anything I *have* to do that day (eg: deadline
> for sending off a report) on them.   I use this Sunday morning time over
> a cup of coffee to add such deadlines to the cards, and then review the
> next 2-4 weeks to see what projects I need to make progress on.
> I then use org-mode to 'schedule' some of these NEXT actions which are,
> at the time, important.
> 
> I used to print out HPDA cards with my different contexts on them
> (Shopping, Phone, Home, etc) but I found i rarely read them - I am more
> likely to scan my lists under org-mode as I have a laptop available all
> the time at home and in work, with emacs open. 
> 
> My advice would be to keep trying new ways to manage your lists. If you
> find syncing between HPDA and org-mode is too much hassle, you just
> won't bother, and you will eventually get cheesed off with it as it
> becomes unmaintainable. If it's not working for you, try another method.
> 
> For me, HPDA is great as a capture tool and diary tool. plenty of people
> on GTD-Analog on yahoo use HPDA as their only tool.  Horses for courses.
> 
> Overall, I find I use the HPDA less and less, and rely on having
> org-mode available on my laptop most of the time. Org-mode is what has
> really enabled me to get GTD working for me better than any other tool.

Being so electronically oriented, I gave up on the idea of
implementing GTD using paper even before I'd tried it (this is
probably going directly against Allen's advice, but I just knew paper
would infuriate me), so I'm somewhat encouraged to hear how well
org-mode is working for you.  Clearly this is another great reason for
having org.el working on a portable device.  (Just spent 3 hours on
the train struggling with the maemo 4.x SDK - will hopefully make some
significant progress with this soon!)

Solutions for making org-files portable [was: my GTD setup]

[Sven Bretfeld]

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Hi Adam

Adam Spiers <orgmode@adamspiers.org> writes:

> this was my main motivation for getting a Nokia N810 with
> emacs running on it - because I frequently find myself away from the
> computer with a few minutes of dead time here or there (travelling
> etc.) which I could use for reviewing.

That's an old dream of mine. Having a portable Emacs with me, mainly
to use org-mode, bbdb, Gnus etc. Is it easy and save to install Emacs
on the N810? In that case I will consider spending the money. How
about CVS and ssh? (I keep my org-files controlled by CVS to
synchronize between different machines.)

I would be interested what other people do to have their org-based
data available when they are not in front of a computer. Do you use
paper? Or a PDA with a compatible application? What else?

Greetings,

Sven

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Re: Solutions for making org-files portable [was: my GTD setup]

[Adam Spiers]

On Sun, Dec 30, 2007 at 05:26:11PM +0100, Sven Bretfeld wrote:
> Adam Spiers <orgmode@adamspiers.org> writes:
> > this was my main motivation for getting a Nokia N810 with
> > emacs running on it - because I frequently find myself away from the
> > computer with a few minutes of dead time here or there (travelling
> > etc.) which I could use for reviewing.
> 
> That's an old dream of mine. Having a portable Emacs with me, mainly
> to use org-mode, bbdb, Gnus etc. Is it easy and save to install Emacs
> on the N810?

I suspect so, but can't say for sure until I have it up and running.
Watch this space!

> In that case I will consider spending the money. How
> about CVS and ssh? (I keep my org-files controlled by CVS to
> synchronize between different machines.)

I already installed ssh and rsync on my N810 so I don't think that
would be a problem either.

Re: Solutions for making org-files portable [was: my GTD setup]

[Charles Cave]

Sven Bretfeld wrote:

> I would be interested what other people do to have their org-based
> data available when they are not in front of a computer. Do you use
> paper? Or a PDA with a compatible application? What else?

I export data (scheduled items and tagged TODO items) to a flat file
(by running a batched agenda file) then load the CSV file into
ListPro (running on Windows) which I then HotSync with a Palm M515.

I have a Perl script which then updates todo items with DONE
and a date in the .org file


Charles

Re: Re: my GTD setup

[Rustom Mody]

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Thanks Pete for a long and detailed post. Its going into my enlarging list
of printouts which are there in the hope that one day I will become a
virtuoso org-gtd-er.

Reminds me [this is OT-squared] that as a young boy, I wanted to become a
pianist. I would spend my time trying to play but even more time listening
wide-eyed to the great masters and wondering if they had a couple of extra
pairs of hands.

Well who knows... I never became much of a pianist but I'll become a
virtuoso Org-Gtder and write a book so that other disorganized linux geeks
can follow a gentler learning curve towards org-anized heaven.

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Re: Re: my GTD setup

[Adam Spiers]

Rustom Mody (rustompmody@gmail.com) wrote:
> Thanks Pete for a long and detailed post. Its going into my enlarging list
> of printouts which are there in the hope that one day I will become a
> virtuoso org-gtd-er.
> 
> Reminds me [this is OT-squared] that as a young boy, I wanted to become a
> pianist. I would spend my time trying to play but even more time listening
> wide-eyed to the great masters and wondering if they had a couple of extra
> pairs of hands.
> 
> Well who knows... I never became much of a pianist but I'll become a
> virtuoso Org-Gtder and write a book so that other disorganized linux geeks
> can follow a gentler learning curve towards org-anized heaven.

As a Linux geek and part-time musician (and even more occasional
pianist), I can safely say that in both cases mastery requires a
life-long quest, but the fun is in the journey ;-)

Season's greetings to you all,
Adam

Re: Re: my GTD setup

[Pete Phillips]

>>>>> "Adam" == Adam Spiers <orgmode@adamspiers.org> writes:

    Rustom>> Reminds me [this is OT-squared] that as a young boy, I wanted to
    Rustom>> become a pianist. I would spend my time trying to play but even
    Rustom>> more time listening wide-eyed to the great masters and wondering
    Rustom>> if they had a couple of extra pairs of hands.
    >> 
    Rustom>> Well who knows... I never became much of a pianist but I'll
    Rustom>> become a virtuoso Org-Gtder and write a book so that other
    Rustom>> disorganized linux geeks can follow a gentler learning curve
    Rustom>> towards org-anized heaven.

    Adam> As a Linux geek and part-time musician (and even more
    Adam> occasional pianist), I can safely say that in both cases
    Adam> mastery requires a life-long quest, but the fun is in the
    Adam> journey ;-)

    :-)

Weird stuff this, but perhaps linux/emacs/gtd does attract a certain
sort of person (geek musicians ?) ?  I'm also a musician (mainly jazz
pianist these days). You can listen to some of our stuff here:

       http://www.detox-jazz.co.uk/

in the LHS "Tracks to download" bar, or on myspace:
  
	http://www.myspace.com/detoxjazz

(Noisy venue I'm afraid.)

Anyway, can I wish you all a great Christmas as well, and say a big
thank you to Carsten for the enormous effort and dedication he puts into
org-mode.  Also, to others like Bastien for picking up some of the
org-mode development and running with it. Fantastic stuff. 

Enjoy your holidays. I'm off to play some carols in the local pub.

Pete

[OT] org-musicians :-)

[David O'Toole]

> Weird stuff this, but perhaps linux/emacs/gtd does attract a certain
> sort of person (geek musicians ?) ?  I'm also a musician (mainly jazz
> pianist these days). 

Heh, I am also one of those linux/emacs/gtd music geeks :-)

Here is a song from our band: http://dto.twu.net/thedivinepersonality.ogg

> Anyway, can I wish you all a great Christmas as well, and say a big
> thank you to Carsten for the enormous effort and dedication he puts into
> org-mode.  Also, to others like Bastien for picking up some of the
> org-mode development and running with it. Fantastic stuff. 

Happy Holidays, orgmoders!

Re: [OT] org-musicians :-)

[cezar]

On Mon, 24 Dec 2007 12:23:15 -0500, David O'Toole wrote:

>> Weird stuff this, but perhaps linux/emacs/gtd does attract a certain
>> sort of person (geek musicians ?) ?  I'm also a musician (mainly jazz
>> pianist these days).
> 
> Heh, I am also one of those linux/emacs/gtd music geeks :-)
> 

Lol ! Me too :)

http://www.mixandgo.ro/mp3/Ego-CadLacrimiDinCer.mp3

Happy Holidays !

Re: Re: my GTD setup

[Bastien]

"Rustom Mody" <rustompmody@gmail.com> writes:

> Well who knows... I never became much of a pianist but I'll become a
> virtuoso Org-Gtder and write a book so that other disorganized linux
> geeks can follow a gentler learning curve towards org-anized heaven.

Let's all write a book! 

  "Psych-org-analysis: fiddling with time"

-- 
Bastien

Re: my GTD setup

[Gour]

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On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 22:11:27 +0530
"Rustom Mody" <rustompmody@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi!

> In addition to setting up my emacs for org usage Ive even made made
> myself a hipster pda. Whats not quite clear is how to sync it with my
> stuff under org.

Same here...I plan to copy from my hipster pda to org file and print
from org file to my hipster A7 cards.

I got few replies (see "GTD & LaTeX export" thread), but didn't have
time to try/reply yet 'cause I had to finish some video project with
cinelerra.


Sincerely,
Gour


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Re: Re: my GTD setup

[David O'Toole]

Hi Ivan,

> Hi David, thanks for sharing your setup. Could you, please, fix mew so
> that it does not wrap your lisp? I find it unreadable.

Certainly! I just got started with Mew so I am still configuring.

> Do you know there is a book called "Getting Things Done" ? I suggest you
> buy it ;)
> 
> I have not finished it, but I don't think reading stuff on the 'net is
> a substitute to reading the original book. My two cents.

I think my mom has a copy, I will try to borrow hers...

Re: my GTD setup

[Kirill A. Korinskiy]

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David O'Toole -> emacs-orgmode@gnu.org  @ Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:02:43 -0500 (EST):

 DO> I decided to finally sit down and read up on GTD and implement a
 DO> simple setup for Org. But instead of writing a big article about GTD
 DO> and org-mode, I have decided to add notes and paste my config.

 DO> Not very complicated, but I'm trying to keep my GTD setup simple so
 DO> that I will actually stick with it and get used to the process.

Ok, veri nice.

But i can't find gtd function :(

And i have one idea for you (i'm using this in my org-config.el ;) ):
Have special folder for gtd org's files and using this files as group or top
level (for me is normal have 8-9-10 levels in subtree).

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