Re: [O] Overall organization/setup for org mode: Projects and Tasks

2011-09-18 Thread Alan E. Davis
Max: This is an awesome, thought provoking "infodump." Full of ideas that I can use. Thank you, Alan On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 12:32 PM, Max Mikhanosha wrote: > Below is infodump on how I use org-mode personally.. You are welcome > to poach ideas. Generally I'm pretty happy with my setup, an

Re: [O] Overall organization/setup for org mode: Projects and Tasks

2011-09-17 Thread David Rogers
"Alan E. Davis" writes: --0016364d213773a53a04acea4da9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I've been using org-mode for a few years. My agenda is cluttered with tasks that are weeks and even months past due. I am "this close" to declaring "orgmode bankruptcy" and starting from s

Re: [O] Overall organization/setup for org mode: Projects and Tasks

2011-09-17 Thread Max Mikhanosha
Below is infodump on how I use org-mode personally.. You are welcome to poach ideas. Generally I'm pretty happy with my setup, and do not plan to do any radical changes to it. Wall of text warning. 1. Org file per project, with single top level heading.. Each file has a #+TAGS cookie that assig

Re: [O] Overall organization/setup for org mode: Projects and Tasks

2011-09-14 Thread Russell Adams
> (Off topic) I never thanked you for your (video) talk at HLUG, which > essentially introduced me to org-mode proper (despite having already > generated 'outline mode' formatted output to benefit from the > outlining). Your talk blew me away, since I had literally no idea of > the power of org-mo

Re: [O] Overall organization/setup for org mode: Projects and Tasks

2011-09-14 Thread Darlan Cavalcante Moreira
I'm in the same situation and (lack of) consistence is my main problem. One thing that helps me is to define in my custom agenda commands one command that only returns the STARTED tasks (Bernt Hansen's website has more info about this). In this way I can quickly go back to a task that I started b

Re: [O] Overall organization/setup for org mode: Projects and Tasks

2011-09-14 Thread Christian Moe
I realize that other people's mileage may and does differ, but personally, I have long found the amazing functionality, customizability and hackability of Org-mode an astonishingly effective tool for PTO (Putting Things Off). :-) Christian On 9/14/11 8:59 PM, Olaf Dietsche wrote: Hi Alan,

Re: [O] Overall organization/setup for org mode: Projects and Tasks

2011-09-14 Thread Martyn Jago
Hi Russell Russell Adams writes: [...] > > I hope that helps. > > Thanks. > > -- > Russell Adamsrlad...@adamsinfoserv.com > > PGP Key ID: 0x1160DCB3 http://www.adamsinfoserv.com/ > > Finger

Re: [O] Overall organization/setup for org mode: Projects and Tasks

2011-09-14 Thread Olaf Dietsche
Hi Alan, "Alan E. Davis" writes: > I've been using org-mode for a few years. My agenda is cluttered with tasks > that are weeks and even months past due. I am "this close" to declaring > "orgmode bankruptcy" and starting from scratch, except my current setup > works so well for other things.

Re: [O] Overall organization/setup for org mode: Projects and Tasks

2011-09-14 Thread Russell Adams
On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 10:43:28AM -0700, Alan E. Davis wrote: > I've been using org-mode for a few years. My agenda is cluttered with tasks > that are weeks and even months past due. I am "this close" to declaring > "orgmode bankruptcy" and starting from scratch, except my current setup > works

Re: [O] Overall organization/setup for org mode: Projects and Tasks

2011-09-14 Thread Thomas S. Dye
Aloha Alan, I found myself in a similar situation a while back and it helped me to do a weekly review. I base mine on Bernt Hansen's experience: http://doc.norang.ca/org-mode.html#sec-11-1 Every Monday a task pops up reminding me to complete the weekly review. Clicking on the task takes me to a

[O] Overall organization/setup for org mode: Projects and Tasks

2011-09-14 Thread Alan E. Davis
I've been using org-mode for a few years. My agenda is cluttered with tasks that are weeks and even months past due. I am "this close" to declaring "orgmode bankruptcy" and starting from scratch, except my current setup works so well for other things. Might still do that, but I want to ask for