Re: [O] An Org-based productivity tool

2018-10-29 Thread Samuel Wales
On 10/29/18, Marcin Borkowski wrote: > On 2018-10-28, at 02:24, Samuel Wales wrote: > >> i am still confused why timers can't poll every few minutes and clock >> to the dominating task that has a clock drawer. > > As I hinted in my previous message, this is easy to do and possible, but > /only/ u

Re: [O] An Org-based productivity tool

2018-10-29 Thread Marcin Borkowski
On 2018-10-29, at 13:31, Sacha Chua wrote: > On Mon, Oct 29, 2018, 05:19 Marcin Borkowski, wrote: > >> >> Well, I think I have something even better - >> https://github.com/akirak/counsel-org-clock (I find Counsel/Ivy >> interface much superior to the default refiling one). I have my > > Oh,

Re: [O] An Org-based productivity tool

2018-10-29 Thread Sacha Chua
On Mon, Oct 29, 2018, 05:19 Marcin Borkowski, wrote: > > Well, I think I have something even better - > https://github.com/akirak/counsel-org-clock (I find Counsel/Ivy > interface much superior to the default refiling one). I have my > Oh, I should switch to that! Thanks for the recommendation.

Re: [O] An Org-based productivity tool

2018-10-29 Thread Marcin Borkowski
On 2018-10-28, at 02:24, Samuel Wales wrote: > i am still confused why timers can't poll every few minutes and clock > to the dominating task that has a clock drawer. As I hinted in my previous message, this is easy to do and possible, but /only/ under the assumption that you do the majority o

Re: [O] An Org-based productivity tool

2018-10-29 Thread Marcin Borkowski
On 2018-10-16, at 23:43, Sacha Chua wrote: > Thanks for bringing me into the conversation! :) I'm so far from that > sort of thing right now. Rough activity tracking by buttons and voice > shortcuts on my phone is all I can manage with a toddler around. I can imagine, I have a 2-year-old s

Re: [O] An Org-based productivity tool

2018-10-29 Thread Marcin Borkowski
On 2018-10-25, at 11:45, Ihor Radchenko wrote: > FYI > > "Note taker and org-clock-in enforcer" > https://github.com/roman/clocker.el Thanks! Interesting, solving a similar problem and /very/ specific (almost to the point of "useless for anyone but the author", I guess). I guess almost the s

Re: [O] An Org-based productivity tool

2018-10-29 Thread Marcin Borkowski
On 2018-10-16, at 23:04, Samuel Wales wrote: > On 10/14/18, Marcin Borkowski wrote: >> But I decided it's not worth it. Very complicated and unreliable (I >> might have two or more clocking tasks related to the same file, for >> example). > > hm, it doesn't seem so to me. what do you mean by

Re: [O] An Org-based productivity tool

2018-10-27 Thread Samuel Wales
i am still confused why timers can't poll every few minutes and clock to the dominating task that has a clock drawer. On 10/27/18, stardiviner wrote: > > Peter Neilson writes: > >> Maybe I need a brain-wave detector, connecting through emacs-lisp AI code >> to a huge >> Pomodoro-style graphic d

Re: [O] An Org-based productivity tool

2018-10-27 Thread stardiviner
Sacha Chua writes: > I find time analysis useful for things like calibrating my estimates and > expectations, > learning about my revealed preferences and trends over time, and feeling more > satisfied > about my days/weeks/months. I liked using the data to build on my strengths > and work >

Re: [O] An Org-based productivity tool

2018-10-27 Thread stardiviner
Peter Neilson writes: > Maybe I need a brain-wave detector, connecting through emacs-lisp AI code to > a huge > Pomodoro-style graphic display, that will alert me when I am goofing off, > falling asleep, > or practicing mental evasion. This is what I want too. I'd like to see one day this is

Re: [O] An Org-based productivity tool

2018-10-25 Thread Ihor Radchenko
FYI "Note taker and org-clock-in enforcer" https://github.com/roman/clocker.el Best, Ihor Marcin Borkowski writes: > Hi Orgers, > > I am making an Org-mode-based tool to help boost my productivity. > > I am constantly fighting a losing battle with distractions. I figured > out that showing me

Re: [O] An Org-based productivity tool

2018-10-16 Thread Sacha Chua
Thanks for bringing me into the conversation! :) I'm so far from that sort of thing right now. Rough activity tracking by buttons and voice shortcuts on my phone is all I can manage with a toddler around. Marcin, I wonder if you might like to adapt some code from sachachua.com/dotemacs for clo

Re: [O] An Org-based productivity tool

2018-10-16 Thread Samuel Wales
On 10/14/18, Marcin Borkowski wrote: > But I decided it's not worth it. Very complicated and unreliable (I > might have two or more clocking tasks related to the same file, for > example). hm, it doesn't seem so to me. what do you mean by 2 or more related to the same file? a file can have any

Re: [O] An Org-based productivity tool

2018-10-16 Thread Adam Porter
Hi Marcin, That sounds very geekily interesting. :) I imagine Sacha Chua might be interested as well, although she already has a sophisticated system for her Quantified Life stuff. I'd be interested in looking at your code. For several years I've used a "pomodoro"-like shell script to help sta

Re: [O] An Org-based productivity tool

2018-10-14 Thread Marcin Borkowski
On 2018-10-11, at 10:58, Ihor Radchenko wrote: > Hi, > > One suggestion would be to distinguish between different types of work. > For example, you may value more an important project you need to work > on, but do not like, in comparison with another project you really like > doing. > This can

Re: [O] An Org-based productivity tool

2018-10-14 Thread Marcin Borkowski
On 2018-10-11, at 17:08, Ihor Radchenko wrote: > Well, you could associate a reward to that kind of tasks. > For example, you can allow yourself to work half a day. > > Alternatively, you can make a task you would like to do (say, watch a > new movie) to be blocked until the unwanted task is do

Re: [O] An Org-based productivity tool

2018-10-14 Thread Marcin Borkowski
On 2018-10-11, at 16:57, Peter Neilson wrote: > On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 10:03:15 -0400, Bingo wrote: > >> Le 10 octobre 2018 21:45:53 GMT+05:30, Marcin Borkowski >> a écrit : >> >>> >>> - a warning when my efficiency is lower than a set value, and info >>> about >>> how much work I need to do to

Re: [O] An Org-based productivity tool

2018-10-14 Thread Marcin Borkowski
On 2018-10-11, at 16:03, Bingo wrote: > Le 10 octobre 2018 21:45:53 GMT+05:30, Marcin Borkowski a > écrit : > >> >>- a warning when my efficiency is lower than a set value, and info >>about >> how much work I need to do to bump it up to that value. >> > > Nice, but it has an anti-feature. F

Re: [O] An Org-based productivity tool

2018-10-14 Thread Marcin Borkowski
On 2018-10-10, at 22:45, Samuel Wales wrote: > auto-clocking might be interesting. > > there would be a concept of a dominating clocking entry similar to > dominating file. i.e. if where you are is not a clocking entry, go up > until you find one that is. if you find none at top level, you cr

Re: [O] An Org-based productivity tool

2018-10-11 Thread Samuel Wales
On 10/11/18, Samuel Wales wrote: > huge fan of that document though. :) norang, that is.

Re: [O] An Org-based productivity tool

2018-10-11 Thread Samuel Wales
On 10/11/18, Roland Everaert wrote: > Regarding auto-clocking, you should look at what norang did. > > http://doc.norang.ca/org-mode.html that does not seem like my proposal. it seems manual and complex. i'd never be able to use it. for a similar reason, i'd never be able to use gtd. huge fan

Re: [O] An Org-based productivity tool

2018-10-11 Thread Ihor Radchenko
Well, you could associate a reward to that kind of tasks. For example, you can allow yourself to work half a day. Alternatively, you can make a task you would like to do (say, watch a new movie) to be blocked until the unwanted task is done. "Peter Neilson" writes: > On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 10:03:1

Re: [O] An Org-based productivity tool

2018-10-11 Thread Peter Neilson
On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 10:03:15 -0400, Bingo wrote: Le 10 octobre 2018 21:45:53 GMT+05:30, Marcin Borkowski a écrit : - a warning when my efficiency is lower than a set value, and info about how much work I need to do to bump it up to that value. Nice, but it has an anti-feature. For pr

Re: [O] An Org-based productivity tool

2018-10-11 Thread Bingo
Le 10 octobre 2018 21:45:53 GMT+05:30, Marcin Borkowski a écrit : > >- a warning when my efficiency is lower than a set value, and info >about > how much work I need to do to bump it up to that value. > Nice, but it has an anti-feature. For procrastinators, warnings frequently have negative

Re: [O] An Org-based productivity tool

2018-10-11 Thread Ihor Radchenko
I mean something like what we have for calendar sync. The data can be stored/edited both in the service and in relevant org files. Roland Everaert writes: > Ihor Radchenko writes: > >>> To motivate people focusing on there work, something like the link below >>> could be >>> an idea, especia

Re: [O] An Org-based productivity tool

2018-10-11 Thread Roland Everaert
Ihor Radchenko writes: >> To motivate people focusing on there work, something like the link below >> could be >> an idea, especially for gamers ;) >> >> https://habitica.com/static/home > > It would be great to integrate it with Org. What do you mean, create an interface to the service or dup

Re: [O] An Org-based productivity tool

2018-10-11 Thread Ihor Radchenko
> To motivate people focusing on there work, something like the link below > could be > an idea, especially for gamers ;) > > https://habitica.com/static/home It would be great to integrate it with Org. Roland Everaert writes: > Regarding auto-clocking, you should look at what norang did. > >

Re: [O] An Org-based productivity tool

2018-10-11 Thread Roland Everaert
Regarding auto-clocking, you should look at what norang did. http://doc.norang.ca/org-mode.html To motivate people focusing on there work, something like the link below could be an idea, especially for gamers ;) https://habitica.com/static/home Samuel Wales writes: > auto-clocking might be in

Re: [O] An Org-based productivity tool

2018-10-11 Thread Ihor Radchenko
Hi, One suggestion would be to distinguish between different types of work. For example, you may value more an important project you need to work on, but do not like, in comparison with another project you really like doing. This can be done, for example, by weighting the time spent on different t

Re: [O] An Org-based productivity tool

2018-10-10 Thread Samuel Wales
auto-clocking might be interesting. there would be a concept of a dominating clocking entry similar to dominating file. i.e. if where you are is not a clocking entry, go up until you find one that is. if you find none at top level, you create a clock entry in the logbook there. if you switch bu

Re: [O] An Org-based productivity tool

2018-10-10 Thread Marcin Borkowski
On 2018-10-10, at 18:50, William Denton wrote: > On 10 October 2018, Marcin Borkowski wrote: > >> I am making an Org-mode-based tool to help boost my productivity. >> ... >> - is anyone interested in something like this? > > I am---I'd love to see what you come up with. I'm doing something > s

Re: [O] An Org-based productivity tool

2018-10-10 Thread William Denton
On 10 October 2018, Marcin Borkowski wrote: I am making an Org-mode-based tool to help boost my productivity. ... - is anyone interested in something like this? I am---I'd love to see what you come up with. I'm doing something similar, but much less fancy, with clock tables and some R: htt

[O] An Org-based productivity tool

2018-10-10 Thread Marcin Borkowski
Hi Orgers, I am making an Org-mode-based tool to help boost my productivity. I am constantly fighting a losing battle with distractions. I figured out that showing me how much time I spent goofing around would help me stay on track (being a math geek and a gamer, my "let's break my yesterday's s