Hi, Just thought I'd see if there were any reactions, positive or negative, to this idea.
Cheers, David On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 10:45 AM, David Neu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Carsten, > > I'm new to orgmode, and must say that I've found it be an incredibly > intuitive and powerful emacs mode! > > When I saw this thread it resonated with my search for a strategy for > doing GTD while using a list app that isn't "mobile". That is, if you > don't have your list manager with you in different contexts (e.g. > @errands, @phone), it seems "challenging" to work from your lists. > The only context in which I seem to have my lists available is > @computer. I guess I could print out my lists, check off completed > items or add new items, but this seems suboptimal. > > I am a developer, but not an iPhone developer, and had the following > idea. Suppose you restrict your goal to: have orgmode actions and > appointments available on your mobile device (i.e. iPhone), and have > these items truly synchronized between orgmode and the iPhone; changes > in orgmode would be reflected on the iPhone and vice versa. > > Now, if you use the Calendar Store as the mechanism for exchange (see > http://developer.apple.com/leopard/overview/calendarstore.html), then > in view of > >> 1. We do now have a system to assign unique IDs to entries, so the >> cross-identification could be made to work. > > it seems that the goal can be accomplished. > > The strategy is based on not trying to get an orgmode app going on a > mobile device, but getting your actions and appoinments synchronized > between orgmode and iCal, and if you have an iPhone, Apple handles the > synchronization between your Mac and your iPhone for you. Therefore, > if implemented, the functionality could even be used by orgmode Mac > users without an iPhone. > > I hope this reply is on topic, and would be interested in your thoughts. > > Thanks for orgmode! > > Cheers, > David > _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
