From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marcin Borkowski Subject: Re: Exploring data that is in org-mode format Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 10:25:27 +0200 Message-ID: <20130927102527.194bddea@aga-netbook> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39073) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VPTMp-000242-Ps for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Sep 2013 04:25:44 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VPTMk-00074v-NU for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Sep 2013 04:25:39 -0400 Received: from msg.wmi.amu.edu.pl ([2001:808:114:2::50]:52604) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VPTMk-00074f-Ff for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Sep 2013 04:25:34 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by msg.wmi.amu.edu.pl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F8C84AC44 for ; Fri, 27 Sep 2013 10:25:29 +0200 (CEST) Received: from msg.wmi.amu.edu.pl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (msg.wmi.amu.edu.pl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id diHB8WUPchdG for ; Fri, 27 Sep 2013 10:25:29 +0200 (CEST) Received: from aga-netbook (99-52.echostar.pl [213.156.99.52]) by msg.wmi.amu.edu.pl (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 088494AC43 for ; Fri, 27 Sep 2013 10:25:28 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Dnia 2013-09-27, o godz. 10:18:15 Alan Schmitt napisa=C5=82(a): > Hello, >=20 > This question is slightly off-topic, but it may be of interest to > people who have a lot of data entered in org-mode. >=20 > The short version: what tools are available to explore data, typically > stored in org-mode tables? >=20 > The long version: I've tried an interesting website > (https://tictrac.com/) whose goal is to gain some insight about > ourselves by exploring some data we collect (think quantified self). > I'm not happy with this site for three reasons: > - I need to send it the data; > - it focuses on health / activity data whereas there is much more that > interests me (I for instance have weekly records of natural gas use > in my gas-heated house and daily record of temperature average > outside which I would love to compare); > - it won't let you input arbitrary data (I asked about importing a CSV > of my daily coffee consumption, they answered they require an external > service to integrate the data). >=20 > So I collect all this data because it's something I enjoy doing, and I > would really like to explore it, from the comfortable position of my > own computer. All of this data is in org-mode tables (or can be easily > converted to org-mode table). Hence my questions: are there tools you > would recommend? I'm not afraid of programming (I suspect an answer > will be 'R'), but I would like pointers to tutorials to do these kind > of things. The kind of things I would like to do are: > - extract weekly or monthly tallies or estimation from data collected > at irregular intervals; > - compare data sources against each other; > - estimate future trends based on past data (how much will my gas > bill be?); > - display the result in some kind of dashboard. >=20 > Thanks a lot, Interesting question. And although it is probably of no use for me, I'd love to see an Emacs-based tool to do that... > Alan Best, --=20 Marcin Borkowski http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski Adam Mickiewicz University