From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marcelo de Moraes Serpa Subject: My reference data management approach with org and emacs Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 00:32:42 -0500 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============1155235573==" Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NzkMC-0005wP-Vk for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Apr 2010 01:32:49 -0400 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=54774 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NzkMA-0005vB-DM for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Apr 2010 01:32:47 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NzkM8-00007r-OT for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Apr 2010 01:32:46 -0400 Received: from mail-iw0-f176.google.com ([209.85.223.176]:63786) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NzkM8-00007j-Kj for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Apr 2010 01:32:44 -0400 Received: by iwn6 with SMTP id 6so1135045iwn.26 for ; Wed, 07 Apr 2010 22:32:43 -0700 (PDT) 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: Org Mode --===============1155235573== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0050450163d503804e0483b302b2 --0050450163d503804e0483b302b2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hello list, I would like to share how I'm keeping my reference data. This includes articles I write, blog post drafts, braintorms and anything else that we could fit in the reference category (gtd-wide). I don't like categories too much. Actually, I find them too strict and limited. Putting things into folders just makes you loose ]time thinking about structure. I'm adept of tags, though. I love them. So, my basic idea was to have a folder (which I right now call wiki/) with a compendium of all my reference data. Whenever I need to create a new entry, I press s-r and it triggers dired with this directory as context. So, I can just type something .org and press to create it. Then, at the bottom, I create a * tags item. I tag it with relevant tags and save. *I don't add it to the agenda list* -- I have a custom rgrep function to seach over wiki/, which is binded to s-o. When I want to find something from my reference data, I just press s-o and type a string, and rgrep does the rest. It's pretty simple, and, as you could note, doesn't use much of org's functionalities. Using agenda would be overkill, as I have dozens of files in the directory, and it would be probably overkill for org-agenda. Anyways, just thought I'd share. It works great, is very organic, flexible and simple. The goal was to have a simple storage system which was easy to search and that wouldn't get on my way, but be easy to access/use when I needed it. As a knowledge worker, I find that it works quite well to quickly brainstorm, draft blog posts or anything else that I want to keep as reference. How do you manage reference information? It'd be nice to know :) Cheers, Marcelo. --0050450163d503804e0483b302b2 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello list,

I would like to share how I'm keeping my reference d= ata. This includes articles I write, blog post drafts, braintorms and anyth= ing else that we could fit in the reference category (gtd-wide).

I don't like categories too much. Actually, I find them too strict and = limited. Putting things into folders just makes you loose ]time thinking ab= out structure. I'm adept of tags, though. I love them. So, my basic ide= a was to have a folder (which I right now call wiki/) with a compendium of = all my reference data.

Whenever I need to create a new entry, I press s-r and it triggers dire= d with this directory as context. So, I can just type something .org and pr= ess <enter> to create it. Then, at the bottom, I create a * tags item= . I tag it with relevant tags and save. *I don't add it to the agenda l= ist* -- I have a custom rgrep function to seach over wiki/, which is binded= to s-o. When I want to find something from my reference data, I just press= s-o and type a string, and rgrep does the rest.

It's pretty simple, and, as you could note, doesn't use much of= org's functionalities. Using agenda would be overkill, as I have dozen= s of files in the directory, and it would be probably overkill for org-agen= da.

Anyways, just thought I'd share. It works great, is very organic, f= lexible and simple. The goal was to have a simple storage system which was = easy to search and that wouldn't get on my way, but be easy to access/u= se when I needed it.

As a knowledge worker, I find that it works quite well to quickly brain= storm, draft blog posts or anything else that I want to keep as reference.<= br>
How do you manage reference information? It'd be nice to know :)=

Cheers,

Marcelo.





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