Terry,
I don't have your email, so please share with me if you don't mind.
So far, Don Dwiggins, Rob Keeney, Edward Ream, and I are confirmed. Jon
Nicoll may also join, from the UK.
Thursday 1/28 @ 2pm Pacific.
The logistics are...
Conference Call Dial-in Number: 605-475-4000
Participant Access Code: 443126#
… along with…
http://join.me (9 digit code to be provided at the start of the call)
… for screen sharing.
-Richard
On Monday, January 25, 2016 at 11:18:26 AM UTC-8, Richard Andersen wrote:
>
> [continuation of prior thread "Looking to engage a Leo expert in a paid
> project" with new thread subject]
>
> Thanks to Jake, Rob, Terry, Edward, Jon, and Don, for expressing interest
> in taking Leo further in the direction of being an optimum personal
> organizer. Several of you have used Ecco Pro regularly for years and like
> elements of it, such as...
>
> - outline centric interface
> - elegant node manipulation
> - rich context (parent nodes presented in certain views)
> - robust search
> - robust tag / metadata handling
> - integrated contact file
> - integrated calendar
>
>
> ... and struggle with some of the other aspects of a 23 year old program
> (history here --> http://eccopro.com/history/arabesque/) which still
> amazes most of us who have used it.
>
> - challenges exporting formatted outlines
> - challenges moving nodes around from file to file
> - lack of some modern capabilities (e.g. hoisting) without some additional
> code / config
> - difficulties handling node headers and bodies simultaneously (without
> some additional code / config)
>
>
> The goal of this project, as of now, is not to replace Ecco Pro per se,
> but rather to inform a direction for Leo in the area of personal organizer
> (a purpose for which, out of the box, Leo is very well-suited). Having
> spoken with a few of you, there is interest in getting together and
> discussing what can be done, and which ones of us could take on various
> sub-projects (design, dev, testing, doc, etc.). It appears that quite a bit
> could be done in a few weeks, so this doesn't need to be a massive,
> long-term project.
>
> I'd like to see how many can make a call this Wed or Thurs. I can set up a
> conf bridge. I'll also demo how I'm using nodetags.py + quicksearch.py with
> really good results. Perhaps others can share some of the techniques they
> use as well.
>
> Please let me know if you're interested in joining and how your calendar
> looks for those days or, alternatively, next week.
>
> -Richard
>
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