Re: [O] org-mode for knowledge management

2014-10-13 Thread Brett Viren
Hi Louis, Louis lbml...@hethcote.com writes: I've been using org-mode for a variety of purposes for a few years. I find that it suffers from the same problem that other such tools do. The problem is me. I can't remember week to week how I may have classified some scrap of information. Did I

Re: [O] org-mode for knowledge management

2014-10-13 Thread Louis
On Thu, 9 Oct 2014, Thomas S. Dye wrote: Aloha Louis, Louis lbml...@hethcote.com writes: Hi all, I've been using org-mode for a variety of purposes for a few years. I find that it suffers from the same problem that other such tools do. The problem is me. I can't remember week to week how

Re: [O] org-mode for knowledge management

2014-10-13 Thread Thomas S. Dye
Louis lbml...@hethcote.com writes: On Thu, 9 Oct 2014, Thomas S. Dye wrote: Aloha Louis, Louis lbml...@hethcote.com writes: Hi all, I've been using org-mode for a variety of purposes for a few years. I find that it suffers from the same problem that other such tools do. The problem is

Re: [O] org-mode for knowledge management

2014-10-13 Thread Louis
On Mon, 13 Oct 2014, Thomas S. Dye wrote: Does the working example (http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-index.html#sec-5) work for you? No, actually it doesn't. The node: * A working example This node contains a simple setup, which can be used to explore org-index. Further

Re: [O] org-mode for knowledge management

2014-10-13 Thread Eric Abrahamsen
Daniel Clemente n142...@gmail.com writes: El Mon, 13 Oct 2014 10:42:28 +0800 Eric Abrahamsen va escriure: This is the bit I'm not sure about... * project_a ** experiment about blah :proj_name:theme: [2014-10-11] Did x, y, and z today. Will analyze results tomorrow.

Re: [O] org-mode for knowledge management

2014-10-13 Thread John Hendy
On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 2:48 AM, Daniel Clemente n142...@gmail.com wrote: […] uniformity, extruder/die temperature, cooling time, holding pressure, etc. I think this is awesome general knowledge. But I'm documenting our learning in an experimental report for export and upload to my company's

Re: [O] org-mode for knowledge management

2014-10-13 Thread Daniel Clemente
Thanks, that's a very simple way to search backlinks! I didn't know about org-search-view. El Sun, 12 Oct 2014 22:17:27 -0700 Samuel Wales va escriure: (defun alpha-org-what-links-here () Show all links that point to the current node. Also show the node itself. This makes id links

Re: [O] org-mode for knowledge management

2014-10-12 Thread Daniel Clemente
[…] uniformity, extruder/die temperature, cooling time, holding pressure, etc. I think this is awesome general knowledge. But I'm documenting our learning in an experimental report for export and upload to my company's internal technical report repo. I find it very different to write

Re: [O] org-mode for knowledge management

2014-10-12 Thread Eric Abrahamsen
John Hendy jw.he...@gmail.com writes: On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 9:53 PM, Eric Abrahamsen e...@ericabrahamsen.net wrote: John Hendy jw.he...@gmail.com writes: On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 10:46 AM, Daniel Clemente n142...@gmail.com wrote: I've been using org-mode for a variety of purposes for a

Re: [O] org-mode for knowledge management

2014-10-12 Thread Daniel Clemente
El Mon, 13 Oct 2014 10:42:28 +0800 Eric Abrahamsen va escriure: This is the bit I'm not sure about... * project_a ** experiment about blah :proj_name:theme: [2014-10-11] Did x, y, and z today. Will analyze results tomorrow. [2014-10-12] Wow. Interesting finding. This

Re: [O] org-mode for knowledge management

2014-10-12 Thread Samuel Wales
(defun alpha-org-what-links-here () Show all links that point to the current node. Also show the node itself. This makes id links quasi-bidirectional. (interactive) (let ((org-agenda-files (alpha-org-all-org-files :archive t

Re: [O] org-mode for knowledge management

2014-10-11 Thread Daniel Clemente
El Fri, 10 Oct 2014 16:48:39 -0500 John Hendy va escriure: On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 10:46 AM, Daniel Clemente n142...@gmail.com wrote: I've been using org-mode for a variety of purposes for a few years. I find that it suffers from the same problem that other such tools do. The

Re: [O] org-mode for knowledge management

2014-10-11 Thread Brady Trainor
Daniel Clemente n142...@gmail.com writes: About links: in org-mode they all look the same, but semantically there are many types, like: - *is-a*: „this is a concrete implementation of [[that generic knowledge]]“ - *related*: „related to this is: [[that]]“ - *same-as*: „this and [[that]]

Re: [O] org-mode for knowledge management

2014-10-11 Thread Daniel Clemente
El Sat, 11 Oct 2014 12:45:45 -0700 Brady Trainor va escriure: About links: in org-mode they all look the same, but semantically there are many types, like: […] - *same-as*: „this and [[that]] are exactly the same topic, so write only under that header, not here“ […] I don't

Re: [O] org-mode for knowledge management

2014-10-11 Thread John Hendy
On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 9:53 PM, Eric Abrahamsen e...@ericabrahamsen.net wrote: John Hendy jw.he...@gmail.com writes: On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 10:46 AM, Daniel Clemente n142...@gmail.com wrote: I've been using org-mode for a variety of purposes for a few years. I find that it suffers

Re: [O] org-mode for knowledge management

2014-10-11 Thread John Hendy
On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 6:36 AM, Daniel Clemente n142...@gmail.com wrote: El Fri, 10 Oct 2014 16:48:39 -0500 John Hendy va escriure: On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 10:46 AM, Daniel Clemente n142...@gmail.com wrote: I've been using org-mode for a variety of purposes for a few years. I find

Re: [O] org-mode for knowledge management

2014-10-10 Thread Daniel Clemente
I've been using org-mode for a variety of purposes for a few years. I find that it suffers from the same problem that other such tools do. The problem is me. I can't remember week to week how I may have classified some scrap of information. Did I drop it into notes/someproduct.org or

Re: [O] org-mode for knowledge management

2014-10-10 Thread mbork
On Fri, 10 Oct 2014 22:46:58 +0700, Daniel Clemente n142...@gmail.com wrote: 1. Every information should have a single location, not two. Mix sections fast if you detect repetitions. Use links extensively (C-c l) to connect one header with another, specially after you get lost once. Don't

Re: [O] org-mode for knowledge management

2014-10-10 Thread John Hendy
On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 10:46 AM, Daniel Clemente n142...@gmail.com wrote: I've been using org-mode for a variety of purposes for a few years. I find that it suffers from the same problem that other such tools do. The problem is me. I can't remember week to week how I may have classified

Re: [O] org-mode for knowledge management

2014-10-10 Thread Eric Abrahamsen
John Hendy jw.he...@gmail.com writes: On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 10:46 AM, Daniel Clemente n142...@gmail.com wrote: I've been using org-mode for a variety of purposes for a few years. I find that it suffers from the same problem that other such tools do. The problem is me. I can't remember

Re: [O] org-mode for knowledge management

2014-10-09 Thread Marcin Borkowski
On 2014-10-10, at 00:17, Louis wrote: Hi all, I've been using org-mode for a variety of purposes for a few years. I find that it suffers from the same problem that other such tools do. The problem is me. I can't remember week to week how I may have classified some scrap of information.

Re: [O] org-mode for knowledge management

2014-10-09 Thread Thomas S. Dye
Aloha Louis, Louis lbml...@hethcote.com writes: Hi all, I've been using org-mode for a variety of purposes for a few years. I find that it suffers from the same problem that other such tools do. The problem is me. I can't remember week to week how I may have classified some scrap of

Re: [O] org-mode for knowledge management

2014-10-09 Thread Louis
On Thu, 9 Oct 2014, Thomas S. Dye wrote: Aloha Louis, Your rapidly graying, Louis Perhaps org-index in contrib would help? http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-index.html Thanks for the idea, it sounded promising, but it appears that it is no longer in contrb.

Re: [O] org-mode for knowledge management

2014-10-09 Thread Louis
On Thu, 9 Oct 2014, Thomas S. Dye wrote: Aloha Louis, Louis lbml...@hethcote.com writes: Your rapidly graying, Louis Perhaps org-index in contrib would help? http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-index.html Never mind,