From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Carsten Dominik" Subject: Re: secret of Carstens speed Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 21:58:52 +0100 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Iyvtu-0005SN-TR for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Dec 2007 15:58:54 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Iyvtu-0005S7-47 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Dec 2007 15:58:54 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Iyvtt-0005S4-VZ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Dec 2007 15:58:54 -0500 Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com ([209.85.146.178]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Iyvtt-0003uj-Nc for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Dec 2007 15:58:53 -0500 Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id k34so4624440wah for ; Sun, 02 Dec 2007 12:58:52 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Rustom Mody Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On 12/2/07, Rustom Mody wrote: > I know this is somewhat OT but... Gawd Carsten you are just too fast! > We newbies cant keep up with learning org mode with the speed with > which you produce it! I donwloaded one tgz yesterday (my 2nd download > in a month, 3rd if I count the 4.67c that comes with bundled with > etch) and theres a new one today! > > Can we have some tips on your productivity? Yeah sure you use emacs > and org-mode but there must be other things as well I guess. > What emacs modes do you (most) use. > What are the other aspects/steps of your toolchain for rolling out a > new release? > etc etc Hi Rustom, Well, a good friend of mine saw this question from you today, and she was kind enough to suggest to me: > maybe you should confess that you are working on org mode > whenever you want to avoid doing other more urgent things... Well, think it is definitely true that I am using Org-mode to procrastinate. On a bright note, I believe that you can easily be efficient at doing what you love to do. I get a big kick out of creating and maintaining this community, there a few things I enjoy more. To answer your question more seriously: Much of the development around Org-mode is organized around mail. All mails that com into emacs-orgmode I immediately sort into bugs, other ideas I'd like to at least think about, and stuff I don't need to do anything about (thanks to people like Bastien...) I do have a 1 hour train ride to work and another hour back, and I tend to spend at least one of these valuable, completely un-interrupted time slots working on Org-mode. Plus one of two evenings a week. I try very hard to not do anything on it at work except for an occasional email. I have set things up so that releasing and uploading a new version is as easy as make relup TAG=5.16 so it is easy to do. My computer setup: I do work mostly on a MacBook Pro, with x11 installed, using an X11 version of Emacs - I've spent too many years in that environment to give that up easily. I am not a touch typer, I use 6-8 Fingers and make lots of mistakes as all of you know who have tried to read and fix my documentation. So there is no secret at all, it is just the joy of doing it, the drive of feedback from you all, and a bit of addiction. Well, there are worse things one could be addicted to... - Carsten