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(DIR) Post #AZ4WDWVKCg5xFfPTUW by fox@emacs.ch
2023-08-24T17:58:15Z
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Watching the excellent video from System Crafters about Org-Roam:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyhPmypHDEwMaybe it's time to give another try for a knowledge management system.#OrgRoam#OrgMode #Emacs
(DIR) Post #AZ4YPox9dXCLqxQ11U by nickanderson@fosstodon.org
2023-08-24T21:45:19Z
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@fox I like org-roam. I don't find it particularly heavy or complex. Yes it uses sqlite to store metadata, but if you have a large corpus of notes, it sure seems a reasonable path. I really like how it's capture templates can initialize a file and isn't limited to initializing the outline path like regular capture.
(DIR) Post #AZ4YPpoKRpjUVsITuC by fox@emacs.ch
2023-08-24T23:53:38Z
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@nickanderson The reason why I didn't used Org-Roam is the same as for any other notes and tasks management systems: I forgot to use it.And it's the same problem with every solution I tested.I can spend a lot of time testing, customizing a long list of softwares. But at the end, when I start do to work, it may take months before I realise: "Ah yes, I forgot to take notes, write tasks and read them."
(DIR) Post #AZ4YPqhH9XgXGI0MYC by nickanderson@fosstodon.org
2023-08-25T00:00:51Z
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@fox my notes are my primary workspace. I have a daily worklog that I create new entries in for whatever I'm working on, and often I do much of the work right there with babel. Having it be my central hub means I rarely forget to take notes. Tasks on the other hand, I don't have an overall system for. Someday agenda will take hold. Next time I dive in I'll probably be looking to use org-roam-db-query to derive the files containing todo entries as the list of agenda files.
(DIR) Post #AZ4YPrYnwWVFwJ36zA by fox@emacs.ch
2023-08-25T00:20:29Z
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@nickanderson I also tried this.But generally, when I woke up, my brain is: "Their is this important thing to do, otherwise it could turn bad. So, no distraction and start doing it" And so, I start to do this thing, without thinking to anything else.And when I have no task with bad consequences if I miss, I'm so tired that my brain is: "Today, nothing urgent to do, so let rest, no need to read or take notes or tasks".And I know it's a lot because of habits I took at bad jobs. I can still hear "stop writing stuff, if you are a good employee you can remember". Doing like this was a survival habit during some times, so my brain work automatically on it.It's not the only one bad habits I got. In a few jobs, bosses tells me "Write code now, I don't pay you to do nothing" while I was just thinking about the logic of the software, or why I have this bug, etc. And, to keep my job, I had to write code without thinking first. It took me a while to stop this habit. When my brain is on something, it go back to habit.
(DIR) Post #AZ4YPsOuomBeXvQjD6 by nickanderson@fosstodon.org
2023-08-25T00:30:45Z
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@fox yeah, it's a muscle that takes some time and practice to develop. If your writing code in Emacs too, org-rich-yank is really useful for grabbing code snippets into your notes with link back to the source, making it easy to return.
(DIR) Post #AZ4Z0ObGZzIOpqcYme by fox@emacs.ch
2023-08-25T00:37:23Z
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@nickanderson Thank you for your org-rich-yank, I will take a look.Do you have a blog post, or a video, about your workflow and how you take and organise your notes and tasks ?
(DIR) Post #AZ4ZIscHiZ2l8ruYTY by nickanderson@fosstodon.org
2023-08-25T00:40:43Z
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@fox I've been nudging this post about how I'm using org-mode along. It's sort of a mess, but a few people have told me they found it useful.https://cmdln.org/2023/03/25/how-i-org-in-2023/I'll keep nudging it along and plan to fork it next year.#emacs #orgmode #pkm
(DIR) Post #AZ4ZXzgFjhxzOVySFU by fox@emacs.ch
2023-08-25T00:43:27Z
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@nickanderson Thank you very much. :blobcathearthug:
(DIR) Post #AZ4aJVMbkyiLGhRMdU by fox@emacs.ch
2023-08-25T00:52:02Z
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@nickanderson Could you tell me more about org-web-tools ?Is it great to take notes on web pages ?
(DIR) Post #AZ4aiuaD82Qsiyuy0G by nickanderson@fosstodon.org
2023-08-25T00:56:34Z
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@fox yeah, you can find it here https://github.com/alphapapa/org-web-toolsI don't know about using it to take notes on webpages. I use it to convert webpages into org-mode for historical reference with org-web-tools-insert-web-page-as-entry. It has an archive feature org-web-tools-archive-attach to store the rendered version, but I don't use it, I think last I tried it wasn't working for me.But you certainly could take notes and archive the webpage as an attachment.