Comment by zkry
3 years ago
I’ve tried so many productivity apps over and org-mode has been the only one that has stuck. I would say what sets it apart from other applications is its malleability. For example, I built a website blocker that only allows sites relevant to my current clocked in task. And the best part is that can be sure that I will be able to use org-mode for the rest of my career on the same terms.
> For example, I built a website blocker that only allows sites relevant to my current clocked in task.
This is screaming for a blog post entry. It's pretty cool.
I agree. I have a similar account where I:
- started using a pomodoro timer in emacs
- noticed I wasn't using getting up for breaks
- thought about how to fix it
- added `(switch-to-buffer "~/reminder.txt")` which read "HEY! go on a break" to the "org-clock-out" hook that was called by the pomodoro timer
In about 5-7 minutes I permantely fixed my issue thanks to the extensibility of emacs.
I think a lot of these things don't get shared or posted because to the initiated they seem trivial. Or it's hard to know what level of experience should be assumed.
I think "start with vanilla emacs and show how to do this one thing" might be a good place though.
That's really cool.
As for how to share in the blog post, I would not recommend starting with vanilla emacs - that would make for a really long blog post. Perhaps just vanilla org config (for people like me who don't use org clocking abilities). Simply post the problem you had and the code you wrote to fix it. Then post it to the Emacs Reddit and Mastodon (you'll get much more engagement from the latter if anyone on your instance/followers is an Emacs person).