Tag Archives: Org-mode

Perhaps because I’ve always worked for smaller organizations, I’ve never had to deal with Gantt charts. I’ve always considered them yet another management fad but that may be due to ignorant prejudice. In any event, lots of people use them … Continue reading →

Recently, James Gill tweeted about a collection of Emacs resources for writers that he’s curated into a GitHub repository. There are two parts to the collection: Tips and examples for writing with Emacs, and Writing a book with Emacs. As … Continue reading →

Karl Voit has an interesting post in which he explores ways of defining projects in Org-mode. Note that by “project” Voit doesn’t mean the type of object handled by an app such as Projectile, but a set of tasks meant … Continue reading →

I’m an inveterate data collector and recorder. I keep records of everything to the point that my wife was making fun of me last week when I used my phone to recall a piece of obscure information that I’d stored … Continue reading →

There an interesting thread on Emacs-Orgmode about the state of the art for using Org-mode to take minutes of meetings. That’s a need that many of us have so you may find it worthwhile taking a look at the thread. … Continue reading →

If you’re an Emacs user who has an iPhone or iPad, I’d be willing to bet that you’ve been yearning for an implementation of Emacs on iOS/iPadOS. I know I have. Sadly, I’ve haven’t seen any movement in that direction. … Continue reading →

Karl Voit has a revealing post in his UOMF series that explains how to generate a slide deck and supporting PDF from the same Org file. That has some obvious benefits, not least that it provides a single source of … Continue reading →

My post on Wednesday about Karl Voit’s explanation of Org-mode tags and categories is actually part of a series. Voit decided to to curate his posts on how he uses Org-mode into a series he calls “Using Org Mode Features” … Continue reading →

Karl Voit has a very nice post on Tags versus Categories in Org-mode. I’d completely forgotten about categories, even though I’ve written about them before, so I was glad to get a refresher. Categories, for those who don’t know, are … Continue reading →