Filippo A. Salustri <salus...@ryerson.ca> wrote: > Maybe I'm just being a little compulsive, but all my states are 1 > character long cuz that's all I really need to distinguish states > (plus a little colour), and it frees up more of a line for the actual > task.
OK - thanks. To each his/her own, I guess. I use long, mnemonic keywords because I hate going back after six months and having to dig out the meaning of some obscure reference out of the rubble of my memory[fn:1]. org is one way to extend my memory so that by spending a few seconds now, I don't have to waste frustrating minutes or hours in the future. I also use big screens (256 columns or even bigger sometimes), so screen real estate is not a consideration for me. Nick PS. One habit that I cannot break is writing down a telephone number (particularly when listening to voice mail) without a name. Finding the scrap of paper again after a few days is frustrating and yet I seem to be unable to wean myself from the habit - calling the number to find out who's on the other end has always seemed crass so I avoid it :-) Footnotes: [fn:1] Nowadays, the "six months" are more like "six weeks" or "six days" and the older I get, the worse it gets...
