From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Darlan Cavalcante Moreira Subject: Re: org-mode as an accountability system? Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2012 08:44:30 -0300 Message-ID: <4f54a722.2015640a.2f22.ffffb341@mx.google.com> References: <87k430ii62.fsf@mean.albasani.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.14.6 - "Maruoka") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:47999) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S4WLO-0007Gl-8w for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Mar 2012 06:45:10 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S4WLG-00031M-Gm for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Mar 2012 06:44:45 -0500 Received: from mail-gy0-f169.google.com ([209.85.160.169]:58187) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S4WLG-0002ys-9r for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Mar 2012 06:44:38 -0500 Received: by ghrr18 with SMTP id r18so1838525ghr.0 for ; Mon, 05 Mar 2012 03:44:35 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87k430ii62.fsf@mean.albasani.net> 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: Memnon Anon Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Also, if you have anything in your agenda that you don't want to send to him you can use tags to restrict what is shown in the agenda before you copy/export it. -- Darlan At Sun, 4 Mar 2012 14:08:40 +0000 (UTC), Memnon Anon wrote: > > Hi Peter, > > Peter Salazar writes: > > > My committed actions for a day consist of:  > >     > > a) TODOs for the projects I'm working on > > b) random errands that need to be done that day > > c) daily habits (e.g. meditating, exercising) > > > > I don't believe org-agenda can support me in doing this, because I > > require:  > > > > a) a way to quickly enter the random tasks for that day (without > > having to "schedule" each one for today) > > b) more importantly: a way to record, store, and e-mail my list of > > which tasks I've done and not done at the end of the night > > I am not sure why you don't use the agenda, there really should be no > need to compile this data manually. > > Flow: > - Enter your task with capture. This *is* a quick way, and you should be > able to setup a binding that schedules the new task to today by > default. Put the tasks wherever they should live in your org cosmos. > - At the beginning of the day, start your agenda for today. > Copy and paste it, export it to html, whatever. Send it to your > college. > - Work through your tasks. If you can't finish a task, don't mark it > didnotdo, but simple reschedule it for tomorrow; the change will be > reflected in your log drawer. > - At the end of the day, or early next day, start the agenda and use > org-agenda-log-mode, probably with C-u. > - `C-u l' should show you all there is, given it is properly configured: > Task you finished, tasks you did not finish and hence rescheduled for > later, even your sections (teaching, habits, random tasks) can be > reflected with categories. Just copy and paste it in your email and > you are done. > > > Macro question: Is there a better way to manage my accountability > > system, rather than doing it manually? Again, I don't see a way to do > > it using agenda. > > > hth > > Memnon > >