Greg Novak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * Sacha Chua wrote: >>> Specifically, I'd like pages like 2005.August, 2005.September.Week1, >>> 2005.Year, etc, to be treated just like day pages are treated now. >>> I'd like to be able to use planner-copy-or-move-task to reschedule a >> >> Hmm. Can you help think of a nice way to mix year, week, and day views >> so that you don't have to check three places for tasks? It would be >> great if we could get this to work. > > Hmm... well, this is substantially more complicated than what I want. > In fact, for this particular application I'd consider it an > _advantage_ to have to check multiple pages for tasks. The reason is > this: at the moment, I have _way_ _too_ _many_ bite-sized tasks--I'm > working on a PhD, and it's easy to think of a million future research > directions that might be interesting. Then people ask me to do > things, draw plots, etc. The result is that I'm completely swimming > in details and unable to keep track of the big picture. > > What I'm finding works better for me is to plan from the top down, > rather than the bottom up. That is, each month I choose the two or > three things that are my _highest_ large scale priorities for that > month. Those go on the "month" page, and _no_ other tasks, so that > it's not cluttered with details. At the beginning of each week, I > look at the month page and think about how those tasks break down into > smaller tasks. Then I choose my _highest_ two or three week-scale > priorities for the week. Finally, at the beginning of each day I check > the week page and plan my day, with my primary goals for the week in > mind.
I've also run into similar issues, and currently am trying a hybrid method of using Org-mode in conjunction with planner-mode. I've only been playing with this method for a few days, but it has been pretty effective in preserving my sanity. Basically, I'm using Org-mode's org-agenda to schedule planner PROJECTS in my calendar, and using planner-mode to manage the tasks within the scheduled PROJECT and clocking in/out of each sub tasks related to the PROJECT that is currently scheduled in the agenda as a block of time. I place priority in Org-mode for each planner project, place deadlines to projects, and schedule blocks of time to each project. I've also integrated Remember mode to use Org-mode instead of planner-mode, and treat these notes as references that I refer to when I get to the particular Project, and I create tasks for the Project once I fire up the planner project page when the scheduled time block comes by. I'm treating Org-mode as a scratch-pad for projects and notes, and planner-mode as more of official project information repository, task accounting, and note organizer. So far, it's working out great. I'll be accumulating collection of little hack/routines to help me make this integration easier/better, and will make it available once it becomes stabilized for those that may be interested. -Peter _______________________________________________ emacs-wiki-discuss mailing list emacs-wiki-discuss@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-wiki-discuss
