I have been following a lot of the discussions about how people use
Org-mode to implement GTD. I am currently using a system that isn't
that different from it, but I am trying to figure out the "best" way
to use Org-mode for GTD.
Let us say that your primary use for your GTD org file is the lists,
Hi Alex,
> I am currently using a system that isn't
that different from it, but I am trying to figure out the "best" way
to use Org-mode for GTD.
I don't think there is any "best" way to use GTD system or org-mode
for that matter. One of the core principles of GTD is creating
lists of next ac
to use Org-mode for GTD.
; self-documenting org-mode gtd-outline
* @today
** TODO [#A] next action items I have to do today (hard landscape)
** TODO [#B] actions I want to do today (to plan ahead gives my day some
flow, since I work at home alone
** TODO [#B] I do: org-agenda-include-diary t
*
Charles, Uwe, Christopher,
thank you very much for your surprisingly diverse replies! It seems
everybody is coming up with a slightly different model and I am
starting to think that using a computer rather than the folders David
Allen proposes maybe gives you *too much* flexibility ;-)
Charles un
On Sep 30, 2006, at 7:25, Alex Bochannek wrote:
Work: NEXT Do software thing :COMPUTER:Software:
Work: WAITING Delivery of software :Software:
Home: SOMEDAY Books to Read
Home: NEXT: Buy Stamps :ERRANDS:
Or something along those lines. I am not really sure what to do with
the meta tags
Hi,
Org-mode is a major part of my GTD scheme, however, there are some
tasks for which I think it's not ideal. One example are lists of
"lightweight" items; items that are not critical and nothing seriously
bad would happen if they are forgotten. Interesting webpages to read
or papers to read/p
Alex Bochannek wrote:
Charles unintentionally gave a great example of what I have discovered
bothers me a bit about the different lists in GTD:
The items tagged PHONE, ERRANDS, OFFICE are pretty much obvious,
[as contexts for lists]
although the "Server Install" should probably be on a PRO
Here are some places I use for maintaining lists: org-mode files,
browser bookmarks, amazon basket, amazon wishlist, amazon recommended
books, watchthatpage, google alerts, delicious, movielens, citeulike.
Each of them is different, has its strengths and weaknesses, and it
would be very difficult
I really like this discussion started by Alex.
It has triggered for me a lot of
thinking and clarity about how to use Org-mode for a GTD system. High
time, because my current system basically is "do whatever the closest
person pointing a gun to your head is asking". Has kept me alive, if
stress
Hi,
In relation to Carsten's email, I'd like to ask about possible
integration of headings and plain lists. I remember that such
integration was difficult because of the implementation of
outline-mode, but I don't know the details. In case this is possible,
here are a few reasons why I'd like i
Carsten Dominik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[A summary of the main options for implementing GTD in Org-mode.]
I'd just like to follow this up by saying that Option 2 (TODO keywords
are TODO NEXT WAITING SOMEDAY DONE; contexts and people are tags) is
basically the practise I've evolved for doing G
Carsten Dominik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Sep 30, 2006, at 7:25, Alex Bochannek wrote:
>
>>
>> Work: NEXT Do software thing :COMPUTER:Software:
>> Work: WAITING Delivery of software :Software:
>> Home: SOMEDAY Books to Read
>> Home: NEXT: Buy Stamps :ERRANDS:
>>
>> Or something alon
Charles Cave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I think it is best to structure the org-mode file to keep the
> agenda items for each person separate from the tags.
> So, if I want to make a list of things to talk about with Andrew,
> I will have a section for Andrew, and similarly for items to discuss
Hi Piotr,
thanks for sticking my head into that dark hole again :-)
Yes, the issues of headlines and plain list items have been bugging me
for a long time, and am I glad to share my thoughts here - if only to
grab this chance to organize them again. Maybe some kind of solution
will present i
- A lot of the code handling TODOs was written early when there were
no plain lists. That code often explicitly assumes that TODO is preceded
by the beginning of a line and a few stars. Several regular expressions
that are used all over the place implicitly make this assumption.
In out
On 10/21/06, Christopher Kuettner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Aside from that...
What is the basic design model for org-mode? What is org supposed to
be? Where it is headed? I thought I got an outliner with
dates-capabilities. No it's almost a full fledged publishing platform...
I think you
Chris> Aside from that...
Chris> What is the basic design model for org-mode? What is org
Chris> supposed to be? Where it is headed? I thought I got an
Chris> outliner with dates-capabilities. No it's almost a full
Chris> fledged publishing platform...
Someone mentioned th
On Oct 22, 2006, at 2:39, Eddward DeVilla wrote:
... but I don't know one aspect of Org that I hope is maintained.
It's really flexible. Kind of like perl. It has a lot of little
nifty features that you can use to manage and organize information (to
tasks, or whatever) and use can use any sub
Carsten Dominik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Oct 22, 2006, at 2:39, Eddward DeVilla wrote:
>
>> ... but I don't know one aspect of Org that I hope is maintained.
>> It's really flexible. Kind of like perl. It has a lot of little
>> nifty features that you can use to manage and organize infor
On Oct 23, 2006, at 9:21, Xiao-Yong Jin wrote:
I'm wondering if you could absorb all the nifty features from
emacs-muse or planner, etc. Especially various export formats and
more text markups?
In this generality: no.
The focus of muse is publishing, and that is not the focus of org-mode.
On 10/23/06, Carsten Dominik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Oct 22, 2006, at 2:39, Eddward DeVilla wrote:
> ... but I don't know one aspect of Org that I hope is maintained.
> It's really flexible. Kind of like perl. It has a lot of little
wow. Can you tell I was sleep deprived. I *do* kno
Carsten Dominik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Oct 23, 2006, at 9:21, Xiao-Yong Jin wrote:
>
>> I'm wondering if you could absorb all the nifty features from
>> emacs-muse or planner, etc. Especially various export formats and
>> more text markups?
>
> In this generality: no.
>
> The focus of m
Pete,
I'm sure you meant to reply to the list instead of just me,
so I am taking the liberty of forwarding you response to the list.
Your response makes a lot of sense .. keeping the contexts and
agendas as a set of tags allowing full taking of action items
and discussion points in the one proje
I've been in my new "simple GTD" system for about a week, and it feels
very comfortable. Thanks again to Carsten and to the org-mode
community.
Now I see what was wrong with my previous uses of org-mode. I never
used any keywords other than TODO and DONE. This didn't give enough
information, so i
David O'Toole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Without any indication which book the chapters are from. Can I fix
> this with properties or tags or categories or something?
,
| * Books
| ** TODO Read "Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus"
| :PROPERTIES:
| :CATEGORY: TLP
| :END:
|
| *** DONE Fi
David O'Toole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> This gives in the agenda:
>
> dto: Scheduled: NEXT Chapter 5
> dto: Scheduled: NEXT Chapter 1
>
> Without any indication which book the chapters are from. Can I fix
> this with properties or tags or categories or something?
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