From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rick Moynihan Subject: Re: community writing? Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:21:38 +0100 Message-ID: <466965F2.2020404@calicojack.co.uk> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HwfLw-0001nc-G6 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jun 2007 10:22:12 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HwfLs-0001nM-0C for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jun 2007 10:22:11 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HwfLr-0001nJ-Rn for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jun 2007 10:22:07 -0400 In-Reply-To: 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 O'Toole Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org I think this is a great idea. My use of org-mode is improving, but I'm not yet 100% comfortable with it. I recently refactored how I have been using org-mode; and I'm not there yet. There's no question that org-mode is a fantastic tool for organising yourself. Its power comes from it not imposing a structure or workflow on you. Unfortunately; this means that it takes commitment and time before you become proficient. When you have a small system going in org-mode you can get away with mistakes, unfortunately as you add more information it gets harder if the structures you've defined don't scale. The various org-mode guides out there are a great start, but I like you think we need something more. I'd also be interested in seeing the pro's and con's to the various org-mode tools, e.g. KEYWORDS, TAGS, OUTLINES, and patterns suited to their usage etc... David O'Toole wrote: > I notice the planner world has some pages where they discuss the > various ways people use planner. I think it would be cool for us to > collectively post some org-mode usage strategies, perhaps on an > emacswiki page. > > Or, people could prepare a small .org file and send it to me, and I > could paste it into a page of my site. it could be a collaboratively > written "Org-Mode Strategy and Tactics" > > If anyone enjoys this, I'll get started by writing my own entry. > -- Rick Moynihan Software Engineer Calico Jack LTD http://www.calicojack.co.uk/