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For those who use Emacs, org-capture is probably the way to go: https://orgmode.org/manual/Capture.html#Capture https://orgmode.org/manual/Capture.html#Capture

dmortin 8y ago
Org caputre is great. Also, helm-org-rifle is an excellent way to quickly find something in your notes: https://github.com/alphapapa/helm-org-rifle https://github.com/alphapapa/helm-org-rifle You can give mulitple search terms to search for them in any order with instant results when typing.
robertkrahn01 8y ago
Plus org-clocking, easy time keeping and also offers easy aggregation for reviews. It is really interesting to see after a while how much time was spend at various activities... https://orgmode.org/manual/Clocking-commands.html https://orgmode.org/manual/Clocking-commands.html
- philsnow 8y ago
  here's an example of the kind of summary information you can generate over time: https://snap.philsnow.io/2018-07-16T11-15-11.9p5nrv1j2ohavi6zv0bv.png https://snap.philsnow.io/2018-07-16T11-15-11.9p5nrv1j2ohavi6... I once was really good about keeping notes like this, but I stopped when I couldn't integrate it very well with the flavor-of-the-day bug tracker my team used.
na85 8y ago
Honestly even without using org-capture, org mode is perfect for a "did.org" file.
- posixplz 8y ago
  Yep. I'm amazed by how many different hacks, tools, and one-offs get proposed in threads like this when an amazing plain-text note/organization/GTD/life management ecosystem already exists and is supported by endless configurability. Of course, we're talking about org-mode. (Religious org-mode user for approximately four years.)
  - na85 8y ago
    I'm perpetually saddened because I work in aerospace where the IT policies are quite restrictive due to security clearances and whatnot, so I'm stuck on windows and can't install emacs :( Every few months I toy with the idea of implementing a poor man's org-mode in VBA.
    - posixplz 8y ago
      That's tough, especially because emacs + org-mode is most usable when combined with a few melpa packages. Even if you could get emacs installed, you'd (probably) want melpa packages to make it more usable.
    - gmfawcett 8y ago
      Emacs doesn't have to be installed on Windows, strictly speaking... you can run it out of a subdirectory without using an installer. IIRC the Windows installer just sets up some registry keys that make life a bit more convenient, but they aren't blockers to actually running the application.
  - theptrk 8y ago
    Is there a great intro to org mode that isn’t the docs? (Never used emacs but tempted because all I’ve heard of org mode)
zeveb 8y ago
And for those who don't use emacs, starting to use emacs & then adopting org-capture is probably the best way to go! I mean, you can tortuously gin up some plaintext format by hand, or you can use Org mode; you can tortuously gin up a skin over git by hand, or you can use Magit; you can tortuously gin up a skin over wget/curl by hand, or you can just use eww.
- theptrk 8y ago
  hadn’t heard of these emacs addons. Commenting to save this.
alexeiz 8y ago
You can combine org-mode with deft for quick note organization and lookup. https://jblevins.org/projects/deft/ https://jblevins.org/projects/deft/

dmortin 8y ago

Org caputre is great. Also, helm-org-rifle is an excellent way to quickly find something in your notes: https://github.com/alphapapa/helm-org-rifle https://github.com/alphapapa/helm-org-rifle You can give mulitple search terms to search for them in any order with instant results when typing.

robertkrahn01 8y ago

Plus org-clocking, easy time keeping and also offers easy aggregation for reviews. It is really interesting to see after a while how much time was spend at various activities... https://orgmode.org/manual/Clocking-commands.html https://orgmode.org/manual/Clocking-commands.html

philsnow 8y ago
here's an example of the kind of summary information you can generate over time: https://snap.philsnow.io/2018-07-16T11-15-11.9p5nrv1j2ohavi6zv0bv.png https://snap.philsnow.io/2018-07-16T11-15-11.9p5nrv1j2ohavi6... I once was really good about keeping notes like this, but I stopped when I couldn't integrate it very well with the flavor-of-the-day bug tracker my team used.

na85 8y ago

Honestly even without using org-capture, org mode is perfect for a "did.org" file.

posixplz 8y ago
Yep. I'm amazed by how many different hacks, tools, and one-offs get proposed in threads like this when an amazing plain-text note/organization/GTD/life management ecosystem already exists and is supported by endless configurability. Of course, we're talking about org-mode. (Religious org-mode user for approximately four years.)
- na85 8y ago
  I'm perpetually saddened because I work in aerospace where the IT policies are quite restrictive due to security clearances and whatnot, so I'm stuck on windows and can't install emacs :( Every few months I toy with the idea of implementing a poor man's org-mode in VBA.
  - posixplz 8y ago
    That's tough, especially because emacs + org-mode is most usable when combined with a few melpa packages. Even if you could get emacs installed, you'd (probably) want melpa packages to make it more usable.
  - gmfawcett 8y ago
    Emacs doesn't have to be installed on Windows, strictly speaking... you can run it out of a subdirectory without using an installer. IIRC the Windows installer just sets up some registry keys that make life a bit more convenient, but they aren't blockers to actually running the application.
- theptrk 8y ago
  Is there a great intro to org mode that isn’t the docs? (Never used emacs but tempted because all I’ve heard of org mode)

zeveb 8y ago

And for those who don't use emacs, starting to use emacs & then adopting org-capture is probably the best way to go! I mean, you can tortuously gin up some plaintext format by hand, or you can use Org mode; you can tortuously gin up a skin over git by hand, or you can use Magit; you can tortuously gin up a skin over wget/curl by hand, or you can just use eww.

theptrk 8y ago
hadn’t heard of these emacs addons. Commenting to save this.

alexeiz 8y ago

You can combine org-mode with deft for quick note organization and lookup. https://jblevins.org/projects/deft/ https://jblevins.org/projects/deft/