Aloha Suvayu, I like this, too, except that I miss the capabilities of the export framework. How about?:
a programmable and dynamic plain-text note taking platform and markup language All the best, Tom Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+li...@gmail.com> writes: > Hi, > > On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 07:29:26PM -0500, John Hendy wrote: >> On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 6:29 PM, Thomas S. Dye <t...@tsdye.com> wrote: >> > >> > In this vein, I think it would be useful to have a brief statement about >> > Org-mode that gives the interested reader from any background a good >> > feel for the scope of Org-mode and how it presents itself to the user. >> > I don't think the current statements about what Org-mode "is" do this >> > very effectively, though they might have done so in the past. >> > >> >> Absolutely love that, and this puts some of your earlier comments in >> perspective -- you're looking for the 30sec elevator pitch for >> Org-mode, and saying "this outline-y task manager" is not cutting it. > > To me the best way to describe Org is: a programmable and dynamic > plain-text note taking platform. All its features are essentially built > on this ability: planning & task management, authoring or publishing, > literate programming, and what not. On top of this, it can interact > with external applications for tasks like referencing (links, citation, > etc). Of course trying to faithfully outline this in a few words is a > herculean task. -- Thomas S. Dye http://www.tsdye.com