From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Piotr Zielinski" Subject: Re: Another GTD question. Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2006 16:41:31 +0200 Message-ID: <3c12eb8d0610010741i1cfc847l534e3d885aa33da4@mail.gmail.com> References: <451A70EB.2000003@optusnet.com.au> <52ee3ff55860d92eae095ec9b18bc4cd@science.uva.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GU2Vb-0003id-Gy for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Oct 2006 10:41:35 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GU2VZ-0003hI-MC for Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Oct 2006 10:41:34 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GU2VZ-0003h7-F6 for Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Oct 2006 10:41:33 -0400 Received: from [64.233.166.181] (helo=py-out-1112.google.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GU2bL-0004lq-FQ for Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Oct 2006 10:47:31 -0400 Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id d42so1641301pyd for ; Sun, 01 Oct 2006 07:41:32 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <52ee3ff55860d92eae095ec9b18bc4cd@science.uva.nl> Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Carsten Dominik Cc: Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org 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/print are good examples. FORGETTABLE LISTS The following requirements describe the problem: 1. Adding new items must be as easy as possible, preferably just a single click of the browser button "Mark this page for future reading". This is the most important requirement, which is not currently met by org-mode. 2. The list works like a stack: adding is possible only on the top. This keeps the items on the list in the approximate order of decreasing relevance to my current interests. 3. Only the say 10 most recent items are of any relevance. If any earlier items haven't been acted upon, they are not relevant enough: I have at least 10 more interesting things to do. I don't want to see such items; if they become relevant in the future I can always add them again. MY LISTS 1. "To Read" for webpages/papers I want to read 2. "To Print" for pdfs to print when I'm in the office 3. "To Use" interesting internet services to try 4. "To Buy" for gadgets I might be interested in buying 5. "To Supermemo" for concepts to memorize with supermemo [1] 6. "Books to Read" 7. "Movies to Watch" IMPLEMENTATION Currently, I use del.icio.us to maintain them. I have a menu in the Toolbar menu that contains bookmarklets like "Add To Read" with the following URL (one line) javascript: function loadScript(scriptURL) { var scriptElem = document.createElement('iframe'); scriptElem.setAttribute('src', scriptURL); document.body.appendChild(scriptElem);} loadScript('https://api.del.icio.us/v1/posts/add?tags=to-read&url='+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+'&description='+encodeURIComponent(document.title)) and also Live Bookmarks that point to the RSS of the relevant lists, and display the first 10 or so items on each list. METALISTS 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 to integrate them into a single system. My solution at the moment, is just to have a metalist: a list in my org file containing URLs of all my lists. Piotr [1] http://www.supermemo.net.pl/index.net