I had a set of scripts cron'd to like 4am that would run emacs, output a daily agenda export, and email that to me, which I would sometimes print. It was super handy.
Of course, they stopped working a while ago but I keep meaning to fix that. On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 6:22 PM, Peter Neilson <neil...@windstream.net>wrote: > On Thu, 27 Feb 2014 20:23:26 -0500, Peter Salazar <cycleofs...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I keep meeting people who say they started getting more things done more >> efficiently once they started printing out their tasks lists, so they can >> have the experience of seeing the list on paper and, more importantly, the >> satisfaction of crossing an item off on the page. >> >> Does anyone have a workflow they're happy with that involves printing out >> their org-mode todo lists? >> > > Exactly. My to-do items are mostly physical activities related to taking > care of farm animals, rather than things I'm doing on my computer. It makes > little sense to try to follow a list on a laptop or smartphone when walking > back and forth in mud, or when picking up items at the farm-supply store. I > update my to-do items occasionally in emacs, but as much as I've loved > using emacs for nearly 40 years, it's not my constant companion outdoors in > the weather, or when handling horses or shearing sheep. A printed piece of > paper in my pocket is much easier to use, and little harm is done if it > falls into the stock tank or gets trampled by livestock. > >
