Org-mode

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    Org-mode
Basics
Emacs
Welcome!

Your editor of choice since 1976
Fun facts

  GNU Emacs by Richard Stallmann, 1984
  First Copyleft license, later to become GNU General Public License
  Written in Elisp. Emacs IS Elisp.
  Highly customizable, self-documenting
  Not an editor. A tool to build tools.
  Environment for the programming of specialized text editors.

Org-mode


  Started in 2003, ships with Emacs since 2006.
  Some tools/primitives to organize yourself, manage projects and do scientific research.
  It provides a lot of features, but you choose if/how they are used.

Plain Text Files
Outline

  You can create headings
  You can nest them
  You can fold them

Content
Simple text
Similar to markdown, but more coherent.

  Code Appearance
  *bold* bold
  ~code~ code
  /italic/ italic
  +strike through+ strike through
  _underlined_ underlined
  ==verbatim== verbatim

Lists

  One
  Two
  Three

Checklists

  [ ] One
  [ ] Two
  [ ] Three
  [ ] Show cookie stats!

Links
Link to this presentation in the browser
Notes
Code
JavaScript
var x = 1;
var y = 2;
return x + y;
HTTP
GET https://www.potterapi.com/v1/sortingHat


Shell
curl -s https://www.potterapi.com/v1/sortingHat
Tables

  Favorite Beverages Health Joy
  Water 8 3
  Ice Tea 0 10
  Peppermint Tea 8 8
  Chococchino 1 10

Attachments

  New Attachment
  Attach file

Encryption
Theming
You can change anything.
Emacs Powertools

  Projectile
  Helm
  Ripgrep

Tasks
It’s really just a heading
States
Watch my state getting changed
Categories/Tags
See to the right ->
  Useful for filtering!
Priority
No TODO list without it…
Times
You can schedule tasks, set deadlines or just generic dates.
Capturing
Capturing in Emacs
Templates
Agenda Views
Predefined views
Reason: You can have as many org files as you like.
Agenda views work like dashboards that give you an outlook over your tasks.
Custom views
My Workflow
Task Attributes

  Title
  Content, lots of links attached
  Most have a scheduled time
  Routines as repeating tasks

Task States
skinparam monochrome true
scale 1.5

node task [
  Task States
]
node state1 [
  TODO
]
node state2 [
  WAIT
]
node state3 [
 NEXT
]
node state4 [
  CANCELLED
]
node state5 [
  DONE
]
task .. state1
task .. state2
task .. state3
task -- state4
task -- state5

File Setup and Workflow
scale 1.5

package "Capture" {
  [Drafts App]
  [Org Capture]
}

package "Org Files" {
  frame "Long Term" {
    [Archive]
    [Notes]
  }
  frame "Agenda" #Orange {
    [Inbox]
    [Tasks]
  }
}

[Org Capture] .[#Green]> [Inbox] : Add
[Drafts App] .[#Green]> [Inbox] : Add
[Inbox] .> [Tasks] : Refile
[Tasks] .> [Tasks] : Work
[Tasks] .> [Archive] : Archive

Capture Templates
Agenda
Refile
Archiving
Git Versioning
Mobile Org-Mode

  beorg for iOS
  Orgzly for Android
  Drafts as alternative? (yay, plain text!)

Is there even more?

  Note Keeping
  Task Management
  In combination with an Emacs mail client
  Sync it with calendars or Trello
  Use it with time ranges, repeating events, reminders
  For clocking tasks and generate invoices
  Literate programming
  Repeatable Research
  Really, anything!

Is Org-Mode for you?
Pro

  Part of mighty Emacs
  Highly customizable
  Battle-proven, open source, free
  Endless publications of other productivity freaks
  Full control over data, strong encryption

Contra

  Steep learning curve
  You also need to learn Emacs
  Mobile is an effort
  Emacs Stockholm Syndrome

Wrap up
Org-mode is crazy cool! It can do almost everything.
But it takes some effort to learn it.
However, it is easier to get started
  than you might think.
Just pick a couple of primitives and give it a try,
  enhance/expand later.
Going further

  Spacemacs!
  Other Communities: Todoist, Omnifocus
  My Productivity Boosters Blog Post
  Talk by Alex next week!

Questions?