org and Things.app - next actions and sorting items

org and Things.app - next actions and sorting items

[Marcelo de Moraes Serpa]

Hi list,

I've taken a break of org for two weeks and started using Things.app
on OSX. It is a great app, simple and effective. However, nothing
comes close to the simplicity and powerfulness of org, mainly for
someone used to emacs. I came back to org and felt at home.

With org, I have a gtd.org file, that lists projects (items tagged as
:PROJECT:) and actionable items (Any item with a TODO). I have other
several tags for the TODO items such as :CALL:, :HOME:, :PERSONAL:,
:WORK:, etc. I then use the agenda to slice and dice as I wish, the
global todo list being the one I use the most (and sometimes
restricting this same view by tags).

One thing that I miss though is the concept of a ubiquitous Next
Actions list. I know it is simply a list, and filtering in the agenda
for TODO items could be the equivalente of that, *except* that with
Things I can reorder as I will, so, I was constantly putting the very
next action list at the top and would eventually re-negotiate this
decision throughout the day. With org, though, re-ordering is clunkier
and takes more time. I could of course, just re-order directly on my
gtd.org file, but I have a bit of additional noise there that I don't
want (non-todo items, specifically items tagged as projects).

I wonder if it would be possible to re-order  directly on the agenda
buffer, move an item up or down?

Anyway, food for thought :)

Marcelo.

Re: org and Things.app - next actions and sorting items

[Łukasz Stelmach]

Marcelo de Moraes Serpa <celoserpa@gmail.com> writes:
[...]
> I wonder if it would be possible to re-order  directly on the agenda
> buffer, move an item up or down?
>
> Anyway, food for thought :)

First thought: properties. Second thought: many different agenda
views. Conclusion: not so easy *in general* but not impossible.

-- 
Miłego dnia,
Łukasz Stelmach

Re: Re: org and Things.app - next actions and sorting items

[Jeff Horn]

I agree with Lukasz. My first reaction was to use priorities, but use
them only for ordering. I can't find the variable in my .emacs file at
the moment, but I know the agenda can order tasks by priority. You
could set all your next actions to priority [#A] and they'll float to
the top of the agenda list on a refresh.

Jeff

2010/9/29 Łukasz Stelmach <lukasz.stelmach@iem.pw.edu.pl>:
> Marcelo de Moraes Serpa <celoserpa@gmail.com> writes:
> [...]
>> I wonder if it would be possible to re-order  directly on the agenda
>> buffer, move an item up or down?
>>
>> Anyway, food for thought :)
>
> First thought: properties. Second thought: many different agenda
> views. Conclusion: not so easy *in general* but not impossible.
>
> --
> Miłego dnia,
> Łukasz Stelmach
>
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Re: Re: org and Things.app - next actions and sorting items

[Marcelo de Moraes Serpa]

Yeah, I love the simplicity of orgmode, and since I spend a lot of
time in emacs, it is just natural to catpure and review stuff there,
and very fast too. However, sometimes I do miss the simplicity of flow
a more modern and polished GUI can offer.

Thanks for the tips,

Marcelo.

2010/9/29 Jeff Horn <jrhorn424@gmail.com>:
> I agree with Lukasz. My first reaction was to use priorities, but use
> them only for ordering. I can't find the variable in my .emacs file at
> the moment, but I know the agenda can order tasks by priority. You
> could set all your next actions to priority [#A] and they'll float to
> the top of the agenda list on a refresh.
>
> Jeff
>
> 2010/9/29 Łukasz Stelmach <lukasz.stelmach@iem.pw.edu.pl>:
>> Marcelo de Moraes Serpa <celoserpa@gmail.com> writes:
>> [...]
>>> I wonder if it would be possible to re-order  directly on the agenda
>>> buffer, move an item up or down?
>>>
>>> Anyway, food for thought :)
>>
>> First thought: properties. Second thought: many different agenda
>> views. Conclusion: not so easy *in general* but not impossible.
>>
>> --
>> Miłego dnia,
>> Łukasz Stelmach
>>
>>
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>
>
>
> --
> Jeffrey Horn
> Graduate Lecturer and PhD Student in Economics
> George Mason University
>
> (704) 271-4797
> jhorn@gmu.edu
> jrhorn424@gmail.com
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