* Re: Example of a project for you?
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@ 2009-08-12 13:32 ` Bernt Hansen
2009-08-14 13:23 ` Xavier Maillard
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From: Bernt Hansen @ 2009-08-12 13:32 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Xavier Maillard; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
[cced the org-mode mailing list since this might be useful for other people]
"Xavier Maillard" <xavier@maillard.im> writes:
> I read your org-mode tutorial which I found just great.
>
> Could you explain to me what you really call a project ? (and give an
> example of what it looks like in org-mode)
Hi Xavier,
Everything is a project. A project is just a task. All of my TODO
tasks start at level 2
* Miscellaneous
** TODO Some Project
*** TODO Step 1 :NEXT:
*** TODO Step 2
...
My stuck projects view complains about any level 2 task (or level 1
refile task) that does not have a :NEXT: task under it and is not
scheduled for a specific day.
i.e. If there was no :NEXT: task then the stuck projects view would say
that 'Some Project' was stuck and needs the next task defined.
If it's a simple task with a known scheduled/deadline date then I just
create the date and it keeps it off the stuck projects list. It will
show up in my agenda with an appropriate lead time.
If it's a simple task without a date I can just give it a :NEXT: task
** TODO Simple Task :NEXT:
and it's no longer stuck. I can work on it anytime when I pick stuff
off my NEXT task agenda view.
I don't want to explicitly say 'this thing is a project'. That's an
extra step I don't need. A project isn't special in any way for me -- I
group tasks into separate org files to keep them logically together. I
normally don't think about projects and tasks separately - everything is
a project and I create NEXT tags on tasks to make them all unstuck.
Does that help?
Regards,
Bernt
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* Re: Example of a project for you?
2009-08-12 13:32 ` Example of a project for you? Bernt Hansen
@ 2009-08-14 13:23 ` Xavier Maillard
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From: Xavier Maillard @ 2009-08-14 13:23 UTC (permalink / raw
To: emacs-orgmode
Bernt Hansen <bernt <at> norang.ca> writes:
> > Could you explain to me what you really call a project ? (and give an
> > example of what it looks like in org-mode)
>
> Everything is a project. A project is just a task. All of my TODO
> tasks start at level 2
> Does that help?
That's perfect. Thank you very much.
I have still to figure out how to effectively and quickly clock in/out.
Currently I am interrupted everytime and I do not take time to "clock" things
properly...
I hope that will change. First thing first: getting used to track my tasks (the
one I planned to do) and take time to accomodate with that organisation.
Regards
Xavier
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