Re: [Orgmode] Re: Bastien is going to become the maintainer of Org mode in January
I am a keen user of org-mode, whose uses for which seem never to become well defined: as soon as I think I understand it, it morphs, or the horizons of my understanding recede from view. No amount of praise can adequately pay tribute to the massively ingenious organic entity that is org-mode. This has been the work conceived of a rare intellect with unusually broad and creative vision, and well executed. One such as myself, who dabbles unafraid in the world of minds far better schooled and far more brilliant than my own, finds the use for such tools as this an expedient, towards his own purposes, as he tries almost hopelessly to fathom its mysteries--and Carsten Dominick, seemingly a man of uncommon intellectual clarity and humanity, the renaissance man, perhaps has from time to time led me both willingly and patiently through it's brambles and tangles and lighted the way. How you have done this remains a humbling mystery. For both the personal advice and assistance, and the broad vision that has nurtured this system, I would offer my humble thanks. I for one felt relieved that you intend to stay involved. And to Bastien, who has also on a number of occasions patiently offered his insights, I also offer a thank you, and a kind hope for your stewardship of this project. Would that I could offer some more substantial to org-mode that mostly a spectator's praise and appreciation. Perhaps in time. Alan Davis ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
Re: [Orgmode] Re: Bastien is going to become the maintainer of Org mode in January
Org-mode is just a cool way to organize, to write, to collect and keep data. Many thanks to you, Carsten, for your imagination and hard work, and to you Bastien, for your willingness to carry this torch further. Scot ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
Re: [Orgmode] Re: Bastien is going to become the maintainer of Org mode in January
On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 5:21 PM, Alan E. Davis wrote: I am a keen user of org-mode, whose uses for which seem never to become well defined: as soon as I think I understand it, it morphs, or the horizons of my understanding recede from view. No amount of praise can adequately pay tribute to the massively ingenious organic entity that is org-mode. This has been the work conceived of a rare intellect with unusually broad and creative vision, and well executed. One such as myself, who dabbles unafraid in the world of minds far better schooled and far more brilliant than my own, finds the use for such tools as this an expedient, towards his own purposes, as he tries almost hopelessly to fathom its mysteries--and Carsten Dominick, seemingly a man of uncommon intellectual clarity and humanity, the renaissance man, perhaps has from time to time led me both willingly and patiently through it's brambles and tangles and lighted the way. How you have done this remains a humbling mystery. For both the personal advice and assistance, and the broad vision that has nurtured this system, I would offer my humble thanks. I for one felt relieved that you intend to stay involved. You expressed pretty much all I wanted to say, Alan. I tried learning Emacs for over a decade but always dropped it due to its zillion of commands and crazy key combination. And when I found and started using Org, courtesy John Wiegley's tutorial (a planner refugee in 2008) those key chords started sinking into my muscle memory; and Org became a doorway to a richer and broader Emacs world. Carsten, you have been an inspiration to me personally with your extraordinary competence, dedication and human understanding. I wish I could emulate even a fraction of that. Org has been a mirror which showed me how truly messy and procrastinating I was. Sometimes I avoid it for the bitter truth it tells; but the alternatives are mediocre and mediocrity. So I keep coming back improving a little every time in this love-hate relationship. I couldn't be more thankful for your gift and I am proud to be (a little) part of this great community you have built. And to Bastien, who has also on a number of occasions patiently offered his insights, I also offer a thank you, and a kind hope for your stewardship of this project. Would that I could offer some more substantial to org-mode that mostly a spectator's praise and appreciation. Perhaps in time. Bastien, thanks for creating Worg and stepping up to this large role. I feel safe having my life management system in your hands. -- Manish ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Re: Bastien is going to become the maintainer of Org mode in January
Carsten Dominik carsten.domi...@gmail.com writes: after 7 years of responsibility for Org-mode, it is time for me to let go and step down as the maintainer of Org-mode. Thanks for everything and may the text be with you! :-) I've always been impressed by how fast, yet smooth org-mode has developed in the past two or so years. I am very excited that I have found Bastien Guerry willing to take over. Congratualations, Bastien. While I'm at it, thank you (and all the contributors) for worg, that was what finally made me chose org-mode. Achim. -- +[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]+ Factory and User Sound Singles for Waldorf Blofeld: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#WaldorfSounds ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Re: Bastien is going to become the maintainer of Org mode in January
Bastien bastien.gue...@wikimedia.fr writes: First of all: *thanks* Carsten for Org! Moreover thanks for your patience while building this software and this community over the years. There is a true spirit of mutual respect and mutual learning in this list -- we wouldn't have grown so fast and so far without your constant dedication to such values. Needless to say I'm thrilled to step up as a maintainer, so thank for your trust. I don't have other plans than to keep Org as good as it is and as people want it to be, both regarding the code and the documentation. Also thanks everyone for the nice words and the good luck :) PS: As a child, my hero was Bastian from the The neverending story... let's hope Org will be such a neverending story! Hi Bastien, Congratulations! and *thanks* for stepping up as the new org-mode maintainer. I'm sure you'll do a great job as the new maintainer of this project. I'm looking forward to using and learning new org-mode-features ... for the rest of my life :) Somehow I don't think I'll cover everything org-mode can do in that time frame but I'll use the best parts that work for me and ignore the rest -- that seems to work well so far. Congrats again! Best regards, Bernt ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
Re: [Orgmode] Re: Bastien is going to become the maintainer of Org mode in January
Just adding my voice to the chorus -- Carsten, org has made emacs work for me, finally, and also made my faster, more organized, and better-integrated with the web. I've been so inspired watching you respond with lightning speed t othe multitude of feature requests and bug reports o nthe web, I've wondered how you have time for everything else. congratulations to you, and of course to Bastien as well. I'm sure lots of other people feel as I do, that we'll be trying hard to do what litle we can to make it easier o nBastien as he steps into this even more active role. Definitely a moment to pause, reflect, and celebrate the accomplishments of hte last 7 years! great work! Matt ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Re: Bastien is going to become the maintainer of Org mode in January
Hello, Carsten Dominik carsten.domi...@gmail.com writes: Dear all, after 7 years of responsibility for Org-mode, it is time for me to let go and step down as the maintainer of Org-mode. [snip (52 lines)] I, as a simple org-mode user, just want to thank you, for all of the work you've done. It makes mine easier every day. Let me wish you all the best for the future. I'd like too to congratz Bastien, good luck in your new involvment. Org is dead! Long live Org! Best regards, -- e20100...@inbox.lv ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Re: Bastien is going to become the maintainer of Org mode in January
Hi Carsten, thanks a lot for Org and the incredible job you've been doing! It was a pleasure to participate in this great community, and I'm sure it'll be a pleasure with Bastien taking the lead, too. Bye, Tassilo ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Re: Bastien is going to become the maintainer of Org mode in January
Hi Carsten, Carsten Dominik carsten.domi...@gmail.com writes: after 7 years of responsibility for Org-mode, it is time for me to let go and step down as the maintainer of Org-mode. Thank you so much for the immense goodwill and generosity you have daily demonstrated in your work on Org-mode and here on this mailing list! I can't say thanks enough for all the time you've taken to answer our questions, code our requests, and create such a stupendously useful piece of software. I can't say more than what others already said: just a big thanks for your amazing piece of software, and all the time you devoted to it, coding or fixing our questions in a matter of minutes (almost as quick as Lucky Luke). We will miss your endless commitment into it. I am very excited that I have found Bastien Guerry willing to take over. Bastien has been involved with this project almost from the beginning and I believe he knows more about both the spirit and the technicalities of Org-mode than anybody else. Congratulations Bastien! What a huge responsability, to replace the irreplaceable... I wish you the best, Bastien, in this new role. Best regards, Seb -- Sebastien Vauban ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Re: Bastien is going to become the maintainer of Org mode in January
Carsten Thanks for Orgmode. Get some well deserved sleep :-). Bastien I hope, under your maintainership, Orgmode will continue to assimilate the good things that are in the wild and make it all it's own. I find Worg much better than Emacswiki. I am sure you will find more innovative means to take forward Carsten's legacy while retaining much of the underlying spirit that made Orgmode a success it is today. Jambunathan K. ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
Re: [Orgmode] Re: Bastien is going to become the maintainer of Org mode in January
Eric S Fraga ucec...@ucl.ac.uk writes: [...] Yes, Carsten, that you ever so much for such a life changing piece of arggh. should be thank even org doesn't help me type the right words... ;-) -- photos: www.flickr.com/photos/ballfresno ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Re: Bastien is going to become the maintainer of Org mode in January
Thank you, Carsten, thank you, thank you, thank you for creating this project and putting so much excellent work into it. Also, thanks to all Carsten clones; I'm still not convinced there's only one Carsten ;) And of course a warm welcome to Bastien as new maintainer! Ulf ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Re: Bastien is going to become the maintainer of Org mode in January
Carsten Dominik carsten.domi...@gmail.com writes: after 7 years of responsibility for Org-mode, it is time for me to let go and step down as the maintainer of Org-mode. This has not been an easy decision to make. Org-mode has been a very important part of my life during these years and given me as much energy as it has taken. I am proud of this creation and extremely grateful for the opportunity to work with the absolutely outstanding community around it. But the day-to-day responsibilities have worn me down, and I need to step back, move on, and focus on other things. Hi Carsten, Thank you _so_ much for starting this project and shepherding it into what it is today. This is by far the best Personal Information Manager I've ever used and it wouldn't have been possible without your constant devotion to this project. I completely understand how a project can grow into a monster that consumes all of your free time and energy (and then some). All the best in your new endeavours! Best regards, Bernt ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
Re: [Orgmode] Re: Bastien is going to become the maintainer of Org mode in January
Bernt Hansen be...@norang.ca writes: Carsten Dominik carsten.domi...@gmail.com writes: after 7 years of responsibility for Org-mode, it is time for me to let go and step down as the maintainer of Org-mode. [...] Hi Carsten, Thank you _so_ much for starting this project and shepherding it into what it is today. This is by far the best Personal Information Manager I've ever used and it wouldn't have been possible without your constant devotion to this project. Yes, Carsten, that you ever so much for such a life changing piece of software! The best measure of its success, for me, is that org is the *only* PIM I have used that not only lasted more than a few weeks (and I have tried many over the years) but actually expanded to include *all* of my activities (writing, code development, finances, emails, ...). The fact that my /smartphone/ is not what I would call /smart/ because it doesn't run emacs natively is all down to org! As you say, long live text based applications! Enjoy your life away from org. And all the best to Bastien. Very good hands to pass the torch onto. -- : Eric S Fraga (GnuPG: 0xC89193D8FFFCF67D) in Emacs 23.2.1 : using Org-mode version 7.3 (release_7.3.70.gd95c4) ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Re: Bastien is going to become the maintainer of Org mode in January
I'm using computers since, well, forever. I can remember just two moments when I really got completely exited over some piece of software. First, some times in the nineties, yes, deep in last century, when I found out about R, and then again only few years back, about orgmode. Such a cool piece of code! My first todo manager I used for more than 4 weeks. That says it all. Thank you very, very much, Carsten! And of course: The king is dead, long live the king! All the good luck to you, Bastien! Detlef On Mon, 15 Nov 2010 12:51:02 +0100 Carsten Dominik carsten.domi...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, after 7 years of responsibility for Org-mode, it is time for me to let go and step down as the maintainer of Org-mode. This has not been an easy decision to make. Org-mode has been a very important part of my life during these years and given me as much energy as it has taken. I am proud of this creation and extremely grateful for the opportunity to work with the absolutely outstanding community around it. But the day-to-day responsibilities have worn me down, and I need to step back, move on, and focus on other things. I am very excited that I have found Bastien Guerry willing to take over. Bastien has been involved with this project almost from the beginning and I believe he knows more about both the spirit and the technicalities of Org-mode than anybody else. I am sure he will do an excellent job. There is a core of very knowledgeable and great people who carry the project together. I hope very much that everyone will be helping out Bastien just like you have all helped me - then this will be a very smooth transition. As a formal date for the transition we have picked January 1st 2011. Until then, I will spend time to clean up where I can, and to document the maintainer tasks in the new README_maintainer file in the git repo. On January 1st I will also switch the Donate button on the web page to point to an account owned by Bastien, to help him offset any costs involved with his contribution of time and money (like the web server that he has been sponsoring so far). If you always wanted to throw a donation in my direction but have not found the right moment to do so - this is still possible until the end of December. I am not going to disappear from the project. I will still be on the mailing list, answering questions when I can, and contribute code and fixes when I find time to do so. Maybe, with the daily tasks taken off my hands, I will even be able to write bigger chunks of code. But all of this will be on a much less regular basis than the daily flush of emails I am sending out now. I hope very much that you will all continue to enjoy a life in plain text :) With kind regards - Carsten ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Re: Bastien is going to become the maintainer of Org mode in January
Carsten, Carsten Dominik carsten.domi...@gmail.com writes: after 7 years of responsibility for Org-mode, it is time for me to let go and step down as the maintainer of Org-mode. Thank you so much for the immense goodwill and generosity you have daily demonstrated in your work on Org-mode and here on this mailing list! I can't say thanks enough for all the time you've taken to answer our questions, code our requests, and create such a stupendously useful piece of software. I am very excited that I have found Bastien Guerry willing to take over. Bastien has been involved with this project almost from the beginning and I believe he knows more about both the spirit and the technicalities of Org-mode than anybody else. Congratulations Bastien! Best, Matt ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Re: Bastien is going to become the maintainer of Org mode in January
On Mon, Nov 15 2010,Carsten Dominik wrote: Dear all, after 7 years of responsibility for Org-mode, it is time for me to let go and step down as the maintainer of Org-mode. [snipped 38 lines] I hope very much that you will all continue to enjoy a life in plain text :) Thank you for creating a wonderful piece of software and best of luck in your future endeavours. sivaram -- ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
