Project Planning Tutorial Using Org-Mode

Project Planning Tutorial Using Org-Mode

[Peter Jones]

(shameless-self-promotion-mode t)

I just wrote a tutorial on how to use org-mode to plan and estimate a
project.

http://pmade.com/articles/2008/project-planning

Feedback is encouraged.  If you use org-mode for stuff like this,
please post a comment on how you do things differently.

Thanks.

-- 
Peter Jones, http://pmade.com
pmade inc.  Louisville, CO US

Re: Project Planning Tutorial Using Org-Mode

[Russell Adams]

On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 02:59:14PM -0600, Peter Jones wrote:
> (shameless-self-promotion-mode t)
> 
> I just wrote a tutorial on how to use org-mode to plan and estimate a
> project.
> 
> http://pmade.com/articles/2008/project-planning
> 
> Feedback is encouraged.  If you use org-mode for stuff like this,
> please post a comment on how you do things differently.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> -- 
> Peter Jones, http://pmade.com
> pmade inc.  Louisville, CO US

Regarding a similar topic, is anyone tracking expenses or mileage in Org?

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Re: Project Planning Tutorial Using Org-Mode

[Richard G Riley]

Peter Jones <mlists@pmade.com> writes:

> (shameless-self-promotion-mode t)
>
> I just wrote a tutorial on how to use org-mode to plan and estimate a
> project.
>
> http://pmade.com/articles/2008/project-planning
>
> Feedback is encouraged.  If you use org-mode for stuff like this,
> please post a comment on how you do things differently.
>
> Thanks.

Looks nice. I would suggest that you list the function names in place
rather using a footer and just the hot key though. In addition it might
be nice to link to the relevant org-manual section whenever you describe
a new piece of functionality like assigning time estimates and tags for
filtering. 

The other thing which would be nice would be to use org-mode
itself to publish your tutorial. org-mode really is a great tool!

Re: Project Planning Tutorial Using Org-Mode

[Manish]

On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 2:29 AM, Peter Jones wrote:
> (shameless-self-promotion-mode t)
>
> I just wrote a tutorial on how to use org-mode to plan and estimate a
> project.
>
> http://pmade.com/articles/2008/project-planning

It's titillating.  I mean it piques interest but it does not talk of
specifics (setup, functions, key bindings).  A good starter to using
Org for planning/estimation nonetheless.

Thanks for writing.

-- Manish

Re: Project Planning Tutorial Using Org-Mode

[Peter Jones]

Richard G Riley <rileyrgdev@googlemail.com> writes:
> The other thing which would be nice would be to use org-mode
> itself to publish your tutorial. org-mode really is a great tool!

I actually use Emacs Muse for my site.  I love org-mode, and spend at
least 90% of my workday in org files, but I think muse is a bit more
appropriate for publishing.

Thanks for all the great feedback so far!  I'm definitely going to
incorporate it into my next article.

-- 
Peter Jones, http://pmade.com
pmade inc.  Louisville, CO US

Re: Project Planning Tutorial Using Org-Mode

[Peter Jones]

Manish <mailtomanish.sharma@gmail.com> writes:
> It's titillating.  I mean it piques interest but it does not talk of
> specifics (setup, functions, key bindings).  A good starter to using
> Org for planning/estimation nonetheless.

Thanks Manish.

As I was editing the article I worried that it didn't have enough
detail.  In the end, I felt it was already getting too lengthy, and
adding more specific information would make it discouragingly long.

I'm hoping to find a better balance between length and detail in my
next article.

-- 
Peter Jones, http://pmade.com
pmade inc.  Louisville, CO US

Re: Project Planning Tutorial Using Org-Mode

[Cezar Halmagean]

Peter Jones <mlists@pmade.com> writes:

> Manish <mailtomanish.sharma@gmail.com> writes:
>> It's titillating.  I mean it piques interest but it does not talk of
>> specifics (setup, functions, key bindings).  A good starter to using
>> Org for planning/estimation nonetheless.
>
> Thanks Manish.
>
> As I was editing the article I worried that it didn't have enough
> detail.  In the end, I felt it was already getting too lengthy, and
> adding more specific information would make it discouragingly long.
>
> I'm hoping to find a better balance between length and detail in my
> next article.

What Emacs version and color theme are you using ? That looks really
good. Also can you share your rails/muse integration cause it looks like
it's working pretty nice for ya.

Cezar

Re: Project Planning Tutorial Using Org-Mode

[Carsten Dominik]

Hi Peter,

looks great!

I can see why you do it the way you do, you are showing your work  
flow, and not the details of the setup.  And I can see why you want to  
keep the details out, I actually do think it makes the article better.

Still, I believe that some people will be interested in more details  
of your setup.  So why not making an appendix to the document that  
shows at least the column view format you are using and some more  
technical details.  Would be a good compromise....

- Carsten

On Jul 24, 2008, at 1:59 PM, Peter Jones wrote:

> (shameless-self-promotion-mode t)
>
> I just wrote a tutorial on how to use org-mode to plan and estimate a
> project.
>
> http://pmade.com/articles/2008/project-planning
>
> Feedback is encouraged.  If you use org-mode for stuff like this,
> please post a comment on how you do things differently.
>
> Thanks.
>
> -- 
> Peter Jones, http://pmade.com
> pmade inc.  Louisville, CO US
>
>
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Re: Project Planning Tutorial Using Org-Mode

[Peter Jones]

Cezar Halmagean <cezar@mixandgo.com> writes:
> What Emacs version and color theme are you using ? That looks really
> good. Also can you share your rails/muse integration cause it looks like
> it's working pretty nice for ya.

I'm using Emacs 22.2.1, with a home-brewed color theme.

If you're really interested in my color theme, you can get it via git:

  git clone git://pmade.com/rc

The file you want is:

  emacs/emacs.d/pmade-org.el

As far as Rails and Muse, it's a bit silly.  I wrote my own CMS in
Ruby, using Rails, with the sole goal of using Emacs Muse to interface
with it.

I therefore also wrote a Muse publishing style that works with my CMS.
Basically, I write my page using Muse inside Emacs, C-c C-t, and the
page is translated to HTML and uploaded to my site.

If you're interested in the CMS and Muse publishing style, it's
currently available as a Rails Engine (plugin):

  git clone git://pmade.com/barecms

-- 
Peter Jones, http://pmade.com
pmade inc.  Louisville, CO US

Re: Project Planning Tutorial Using Org-Mode

[Peter Jones]

Carsten Dominik <dominik@uva.nl> writes:
> Still, I believe that some people will be interested in more details
> of your setup.  So why not making an appendix to the document that
> shows at least the column view format you are using and some more
> technical details.  Would be a good compromise....

For the time being, I did make the entire org file available:

  http://pmade.com/static/artifacts/articles/2008/project-planning/project-planning.org

It has some of the technical details people might be looking for,
e.g. the column view format.

-- 
Peter Jones, http://pmade.com
pmade inc.  Louisville, CO US

Re: Re: Project Planning Tutorial Using Org-Mode

[Carsten Dominik]

Great, thanks.

- Carsten

On Jul 24, 2008, at 5:20 PM, Peter Jones wrote:

> Carsten Dominik <dominik@uva.nl> writes:
>> Still, I believe that some people will be interested in more details
>> of your setup.  So why not making an appendix to the document that
>> shows at least the column view format you are using and some more
>> technical details.  Would be a good compromise....
>
> For the time being, I did make the entire org file available:
>
>  http://pmade.com/static/artifacts/articles/2008/project-planning/project-planning.org
>
> It has some of the technical details people might be looking for,
> e.g. the column view format.
>
> -- 
> Peter Jones, http://pmade.com
> pmade inc.  Louisville, CO US
>
>
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Re: Project Planning Tutorial Using Org-Mode

[rolf]

Hallo Peter!

[snip]
>   git clone git://pmade.com/rc
>
> The file you want is:
>
>   emacs/emacs.d/pmade-org.el
>
What a clean and concise rc-setup! 

And,  thx for sharing!

--
rolf

Re: Re: Project Planning Tutorial Using Org-Mode

[Erik Colson]

On 25 Jul 2008, at 10:33, rolf wrote:

> Hallo Peter!
>
> [snip]
>> git clone git://pmade.com/rc
>>
>> The file you want is:
>>
>> emacs/emacs.d/pmade-org.el
>>
> What a clean and concise rc-setup!
>

it clearly is a nice setup. Having all configuration items separated  
keeps you from having a 600+ lines .emacs ;)
I basically do the same, except I place my specific rc for emacs-org  
in the org directory.
the org-dir is maintained by git and that way, on each system I do use  
emacs-org, the same setup is always there.

Peter,
why do you specify all .org files by name in your setup ?
as I'm creating new files for each new project I do use this line to  
be sure all files are treated :

    (setq org-agenda-files (file-expand-wildcards "~/org/*.org"))

Regards,

-- 
erik

Re: Project Planning Tutorial Using Org-Mode

[Peter Jones]

Peter Jones <mlists@pmade.com> writes:
> The file you want is:
>
>   emacs/emacs.d/pmade-org.el

Of course, I meant to say:

  emacs/emacs.d/pmade-colors.el

For my home-brewed color theme.

Sorry about that.

-- 
Peter Jones, http://pmade.com
pmade inc.  Louisville, CO US

Re: Project Planning Tutorial Using Org-Mode

[Peter Jones]

rolf <rff.news@gmail.com> writes:
> What a clean and concise rc-setup! 
>
> And,  thx for sharing!

Thanks.

-- 
Peter Jones, http://pmade.com
pmade inc.  Louisville, CO US

Re: Project Planning Tutorial Using Org-Mode

[Peter Jones]

Carsten Dominik <dominik@uva.nl> writes:
> looks great!

My workflow would completely suck if it weren't for Org-Mode.  Thanks
Carsten!

-- 
Peter Jones, http://pmade.com
pmade inc.  Louisville, CO US

Re: Re: Project Planning Tutorial Using Org-Mode

[Manish]

  On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 8:16 PM, Peter Jones wrote:
  > Peter Jones <mlists@pmade.com> writes:
  >> The file you want is:
  >>
  >>   emacs/emacs.d/pmade-org.el
  >
  > Of course, I meant to say:
  >
  >  emacs/emacs.d/pmade-colors.el
  >
  > For my home-brewed color theme.

Wow!  Very neat and eye-pleasing.

Thanks a lot.

-- Manish

Re: Project Planning Tutorial Using Org-Mode

[Cezar Halmagean]

Peter Jones <mlists@pmade.com> writes:

> Peter Jones <mlists@pmade.com> writes:
>> The file you want is:
>>
>>   emacs/emacs.d/pmade-org.el
>
> Of course, I meant to say:
>
>   emacs/emacs.d/pmade-colors.el
>
> For my home-brewed color theme.
>
> Sorry about that.

Thank you very much ! Is that Emacs on OS X ? And if so, which one ?
Carbon Emacs ?

Cezar

Re: Project Planning Tutorial Using Org-Mode

[Peter Jones]

Cezar Halmagean <cezar@mixandgo.com> writes:
> Thank you very much ! Is that Emacs on OS X ? And if so, which one ?
> Carbon Emacs ?

Yes, Carbon Emacs (22.2.1) built from macports.  I really like the
Cocoa version Emacs but didn't like being on the bleeding edge.

Aquamacs is too non-standard for my tastes.

-- 
Peter Jones, http://pmade.com
pmade inc.  Louisville, CO US