Re: [Orgmode] GTD question - how to create Reference and Ticker files
Manish schrieb: On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 9:53 PM, Varnit Suri wrote: My solutions are pretty 'raw' - just a text file (with links, etc) for the Reference and a Someday list for the Tickler. Anyone else has more sophisticated solutions? Any comments are appreciated. ---Zitatende--- Not really more sophisticated, but somewhat tried and true: I have a few SomedayMaybe*.org files. Items in those files have the tag Maybe or Someday (or both) and should have no schedules. I review those files in my weekly review and make sure I regularly move items back and forth from these files. *Any* item with a Someday or Maybe tag should be in one of those files. And if I want to be reminded of something on a certain date, I just put an active timestamp into the item (with C-c .), so it will show up on my agenda. This is already completely sufficient to implement the 43-folders technique outlined in David Allen's Book, if you regularly review your agenda. You just set the Date to the first of the month, if the item would go into one of the month folders, and on the first, you reconsider the item and decide for a particular date (or to delete it, mark as done, whatever). Just make sure you look at your *past* agenda every day to catch those reminders, as they won't be moved forward automatically (in contrast to scheduled items). HTH Friedel -- Friedrich Delgado Friedrichs frie...@nomaden.org TauPan on Ircnet and Freenode ;) signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
Re: [Orgmode] GTD question - how to create Reference and Ticker files
Hi Varnit, Varnit Suri vs...@brocade.com writes: Hello, I 'm trying to implement the Getting Things Done approach using Org-mode (like many others!). I 've been thinking of the best way to implement GTD's Reference and Tickler folders in Org-mode. I have a few thoughts of my own, but wanted to check with the community, in case anyone else has a better solution. My solutions are pretty 'raw' - just a text file (with links, etc) for the Reference and a Someday list for the Tickler. Anyone else has more sophisticated solutions? Any comments are appreciated. The wonderful thing about org-mode is that there are many ways to accomplish the same thing. For instance, one could have a file for active projects and another file for someday/maybe items. Or one could use tags to indicate someday/maybe items. I myself use an inactive todo keyword (SOMEDAY) to remove items from my active todo list. E.g., --8---cut here---start-8--- (setq org-todo-keywords '((sequence TODO(t) STARTED(s) | DONE(d) WAITING(w) SOMEDAY(s --8---cut here---end---8--- With this setup I do planning in multiple org files, each of which corresponds to an area of responsibility (household, finances, work1, work2, family, friends, etc.). Thus if I want to mark something as someday/maybe, I simply switch the todo to SOMEDAY. As a bonus, org-mode inserts an inactive timestamp that lets me know when the item became inactive. During reviews, I use the agenda to look over the SOMEDAY list and switch any important items to TODO (and vice versa). I use the agenda view to as my tickler file. I use timestamps as follows: 1. Active timestamps: For appointments or things that have to be done on a particular day. 2. Scheduled timestamps: To postpone an item until a certain date - i.e., make an item show up on my agenda on x date and every day thereafter. 3. Deadline timestamps: To mark when an item is due. I can change the amount of warning time with a negative interval indicator in the timestamp. E.g., the following will start warning me about a deadline ten days in advance: , | * PROJECT Project due | DEADLINE: 2009-06-01 Mon -10d ` Hope this helps, Matt ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
RE: [Orgmode] GTD question - how to create Reference and Ticker files
Thanks Manish and Matt. I read Charles' recently updated article too: http://members.optusnet.com.au/~charles57/GTD/gtd_workflow.html I think category and task tags suffice as far as creating a Tickler list is concerned. The only implementation for the Reference that I could think of was to do something similar: have a separate file with category and context tags, and just log all info there (links, etc). I agree - some info may be project specific and so you could have project-specific reference files too, though searching them may become a problem. Any other ideas? V. -Original Message- From: Manish [mailto:mailtomanish.sha...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 10:02 PM To: Varnit Suri Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Subject: Re: [Orgmode] GTD question - how to create Reference and Ticker files On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 9:53 PM, Varnit Suri wrote: Hello, I 'm trying to implement the Getting Things Done approach using Org-mode (like many others!). I 've been thinking of the best way to implement GTD's Reference and Tickler folders in Org-mode. I have a few thoughts of my own, but wanted to check with the community, in case anyone else has a better solution. My solutions are pretty 'raw' - just a text file (with links, etc) for the Reference and a Someday list for the Tickler. Anyone else has more sophisticated solutions? Any comments are appreciated. I also looked around for the best way for a long time but I guess what fits one's mind may not fit others'. With that said, Charles Cave published an excellent article on the subject recently.. please check out the Worg. There's been discussions on the very subject in the past.. please check out the list archives as well. IMHO, you do not need a separate tickler file since your agenda/project files can contain timestamped tasks and deadlines and that's your tickler. Someday file can also be implemented by either using a SOMEDAY todo keyword or a SOMEDAY tag. I keep project specfic references within the project subtree and general purpose references in a notes.org file with NOTES and WEBLINKS headings. Org has excellent search facilities as well to scan through these. HTH -- Manish ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
Re: [Orgmode] GTD question - how to create Reference and Ticker files
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 9:53 PM, Varnit Suri wrote: Hello, I 'm trying to implement the Getting Things Done approach using Org-mode (like many others!). I 've been thinking of the best way to implement GTD's Reference and Tickler folders in Org-mode. I have a few thoughts of my own, but wanted to check with the community, in case anyone else has a better solution. My solutions are pretty 'raw' - just a text file (with links, etc) for the Reference and a Someday list for the Tickler. Anyone else has more sophisticated solutions? Any comments are appreciated. I also looked around for the best way for a long time but I guess what fits one's mind may not fit others'. With that said, Charles Cave published an excellent article on the subject recently.. please check out the Worg. There's been discussions on the very subject in the past.. please check out the list archives as well. IMHO, you do not need a separate tickler file since your agenda/project files can contain timestamped tasks and deadlines and that's your tickler. Someday file can also be implemented by either using a SOMEDAY todo keyword or a SOMEDAY tag. I keep project specfic references within the project subtree and general purpose references in a notes.org file with NOTES and WEBLINKS headings. Org has excellent search facilities as well to scan through these. HTH -- Manish ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
