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14 * Quotes about Org-mode from the mailing list and the web.
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20 I'm having the same feeling for org-mode that I did when I first
21 learned to really program and use emacs.
22 @<div align="right">@<i>Jeffery Travis on [[http://twitter.com/travisjeffery][Twitter]].@</i>@</div>
26 Org-mode is one of those tools that change the way you work and think
28 @<div align="right">@<i>Kaluza [[http://twitter.com/#!/kaluza/statuses/40810643061874688][Twitter]]@</i>@</div>
32 This handy system uses a fairly simple, single-file outlining
33 paradigm, upon which it overlays concepts like due dates and
34 priorities. I find its method both non-intrusive and easy to edit
35 by hand, which are absolute necessities for me.
36 @<div align="right">@<i>John Wiegley in 2007 in his [[http://www.newartisans.com/blog_files/org.mode.day.planner.php][blog post]].@</i>@</div>
40 I've passed 2500 tasks logged with Org-mode!
41 This has been, by far, the most consistently I've used any
42 organizational tool on any system, ever. :)
43 @<div align="right">@<i>John Wiegley in 2009 in an Email to the Org-mode author.@</i>@</div>
48 Someone mentioned that org-mode is a bit like perl. I agree. Way back,
49 someone described perl as "the Swiss army chainsaw of UNIX
50 programming". Over the last 12 months, I think org mode has evolved into
51 something akin to the "Swiss army JCB of organisational software" (to
52 stretch a metaphor until it screams for mercy!).
53 @<div align="right">@<i>Pete Phillips in a [[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/754][post on emacs-orgmode]].@</i>@</div>
57 I think a main reason for [Org-mode's] utility is that basic use
58 requires little thought. When I'm using it for brainstorming, it's
59 almost like I'm not aware that I'm using any program --- I'm just
61 @<div align="right">@<i>Someone, in Charles Cave's [[http://orgmode.org/survey.html#sec-11][survey of Org
66 I'm continually amazed by what org can do, and also by how intuitive
67 it is. It's not at all unusual that I find myself thinking that it
68 would be great if Org/Emacs did "x", trying what seems to me to be the
69 way that it would do "x" if it could, and discovering that it
70 functions just as I expect.
71 @<div align="right">@<i>Someone, in Charles Cave's [[http://orgmode.org/survey.html#sec-11][survey of Org users]]@</i>@</div>
75 I love Org's timeclocking support, and I think you will too. Because
76 it's integrated with your task list, you don't have to switch to
77 separate application or reenter data.
78 @<div align="right">@<i>Sacha Chua in a [[http://sachachua.com/wp/2007/12/30/clocking-time-with-emacs-org][blog post]].@</i>@</div>
82 I've been trying lots of different Web-based GTD task managers like
83 Remember the Milk, Toodledo, and GTDAgenda. I'm slowly coming to the
84 conclusion that there's nothing quite like Org for Emacs.
85 @<div align="right">@<i>Sacha Chua in a [[http://sachachua.com/wp/2009/04/06/nothing-quite-like-org-for-emacs/][blog post]].@</i>@</div>
89 *BG:* We’ve got a lot more books coming out in the pipeline. [...]
90 The one which is my favourite is the Emacs Org-Mode Reference
91 Manual. [...] Honestly, it’s the greatest Emacs mode in 20
93 *CW:* /Would you say Org-Mode is one of the more exciting projects in
94 the Free Software world at the moment?/ \\
95 *BG:* Definitely. Maybe it’s even /the/ most exciting. Certainly it’s
96 transformed the way that I organise my work, and I think it has for a
97 lot of other people as well, so it’s software that can revolutionise
98 your life, not just perform a function.
99 @<div align="right">@<i>Brian Gough of [[http://www.network-theory.co.uk/][Netork Theory Limited]] in an
100 interview by Chris Woolfrey, published in this [[http://blogs.fsfe.org/fellowship-interviews/?p%3D156][blog post]].@</i>@</div>
104 By far my favorite featureset in org-mode that muse lacks[fn:1] is the table
105 support, which piggybacks on calc to form more of a spreadsheet than
106 table support. Insanely cool.
107 @<div align="right">@<i>Patrick Hawkins in a [[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.wiki.general/5760][post on emacs-wiki-discuss]].@</i>@</div>
111 Org is a new working experience for me and there is nothing comparable
112 to working with emacs AND Org-mode.
113 @<div align="right">@<i>Sebastian Rose in his [[http://orgmode.org/worg/code/org-info-js/][org-info.js documentation]].@</i>@</div>
117 Org-mode definition:\\
118 Org-mode is an emacs mode for doing anything you dream of. If it
119 can't do it yet, post a message on the mailing list at night, go for
120 a sleep, and grab in the morning a fresh copy with your features
122 @<div align="right">@<i>Paul Rivier in an email message to the
123 Org-mode author.@</i>@</div>
127 [...] Org-mode [...] continues to amaze me with its power and
128 utility each and every day.
129 @<div align="right">@<i>Bernt Hansen in a [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/9213][post on emacs-orgmode]].@</i>@</div>
133 PT> Damn! Org is again a step ahead of me. :D\\
134 Nick> Yup - get used to it ;-)
135 @<div align="right">@<i>PT and Nick Dokos [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/17130/focus%3D17156][on emacs-orgmode]].@</i>@</div>
139 Org-mode has changed my life!
140 @<div align="right">@<i>Jonathan E. Magen in a [[http://yonkeltron.com/2008/11/10/org-mode-has-changed-my-life/][blog post]]@</i>@</div>
144 If humans could mate with software, I'd have org-mode's babies.
145 @<div align="right">@<i>Chris League on [[http://twitter.com/chrisleague][Twitter]].@</i>@</div>
149 If I hated everything about Emacs, I would still use it for
151 @<div align="right">@<i>Avdi on [[http://twitter.com/avdi][Twitter]]@</i>@</div>
155 [...] It's fascinating. I'm still dubious as to the mental sanity of the
156 developer, but intriguing. [...]
157 @<div align="right">@<i>Carlo Piana on [[http://twitter.com/#!/carlopiana/statuses/37160201652011009][Twitter]]@</i>@</div>
161 Org-mode is so awesome because everything is ultimately still plain
163 @<div align="right">@<i>Philip J. Hollenback on [[http://twitter.com/philiph/statuses/21019501383][Twitter]]@</i>@</div>
167 The sheer elaborated insanity of the org-mode spreadsheet is a
168 distilled microcosm of all that is wonderful and brain-damaged about
170 @<div align="right">@<i>Zenoli on [[http://twitter.com/zenoli][Twitter]].@</i>@</div>
174 If Emacs is an operating system, Org-mode is the office/productivity
176 @<div align="right">@<i>Eric Schulte in his [[http://orgmode.org/worg/images/screenshots/org-mode-publishing.jpg][screenshot]] on [[http://orgmode.org/worg/][Worg]]@</i>@</div>
180 #I think I understand the difference between /org-mode/ and /planner.el/
181 #now. The former is more like an outline with dates and hypertext and
182 #lots of other features, while the latter is more like a schedule with
183 #outlines and hypertext and lots of other features.\\
184 #@<div align="right">@<i>Samuel Wales in [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.planner.general/1279/focus%3D1283][a post on the planner mailing list]]@</i>@</div>
188 Org-mode seemed like a way to tame the text file beast and ride
189 it off into the sunset.\\
190 @<div align="right">@<i>Joey Doll in a [[http://www.guyslikedolls.com/set-phasers-to-org-mode][blog post]]@</i>@</div>
194 I have no idea how long [these files] are, probably 1000
195 lines each, but it doesn't matter. I can combine long winded notes
196 about my latest fabrication process with that thing that I have to do
197 on it next week, fold everything back up, and then keep easy tabs on
198 everything using the agenda view.
199 @<div align="right">@<i>Joey Doll in a [[http://www.guyslikedolls.com/set-phasers-to-org-mode][blog post]]@</i>@</div>
203 If you're like me, over the years you'll have had your todo lists
204 scattered over multiple programs and places. First a simple text file
205 with homebrewn format, then various Windows programs, then various
206 Linux GUI programs, then back to Notepad and joe/gedit/kate, then
207 various apps on cellphones, then pencil & paper (due to cellphones
208 keep getting lost/stolen), then some cloud apps, then todo.txt, then
209 finally org-mode. And if you're anything like me or many others,
210 you'll find that org-mode is *it*.
211 @<div align="right">@<i>Stephen Haryanto in a [[http://blogs.perl.org/users/steven_haryanto/2011/03/orgparser.html][blog post]]@</i>@</div>
215 Org-mode is a note taking tool unparalleled in it's simplicity and
217 @<div align="right">@<i>Shrutarshi Basu in a [[http://bytebaker.com/2009/06/23/too-many-formats/][blog post]]@</i>@</div>
221 Org-mode is like doubling the RAM in your brain.\\
222 @<div align="right">@<i>Casey Brant on [[http://twitter.com/BaseCase/statuses/10127206552][Twitter]]@</i>@</div>
226 Org-mode is like heroin. After the first hit. You're
227 addicted. Then, that's all you can think about.\\
228 @<div align="right">@<i>Sergio T. Ruiz on [[http://twitter.com/sergio_101/statuses/21851630268][Twitter]]@</i>@</div>
232 Org-mode; gestalt of The One True Editor. Sentience is close at hand.\\
233 @<div align="right">@<i>Richard Hoskins on [[http://twitter.com/RichardHoskins/statuses/25090314533][Twitter]]@</i>@</div>
237 Ceiling Cat, bestow your benevolent purring upon the authors of
238 Org-mode for #Emacs, as I'm not sure how I'd manage my life without
240 @<div align="right">@<i>Tom X. Tobin on [[http://twitter.com/tomxtobin/statuses/25381303142][Twitter]]@</i>@</div>
244 Emacs org-mode makes my geek heart flutter. [...]\\
245 @<div align="right">@<i>Sacha Chua on [[http://twitter.com/sachac/statuses/25553224867][Twitter]]@</i>@</div>
249 It looks like it's from 1983, and it feels like taking a course in 7D
250 geometry but org-mode is truly (and I use this word rarely) awesome.\\
251 @<div align="right">@<i>David Griffiths on [[http://twitter.com/dgriffiths/statuses/25812307488][Twitter]]@</i>@</div>
255 Org-Mode is without a doubt the most useful piece of software that I
256 have ever installed.\\
257 @<div align="right">@<i>Christopher Dolan on [[http://twitter.com/codingstream/statuses/26326566388][Twitter]]@</i>@</div>
261 While on-topic, just want to clear up misconceptions of org-mode. It
262 is different from all the software/website task managers mentioned
263 here. You can think of it as a meta-organization tool. A org software
264 factory if you will. You can customize it to exactly how you want your
265 thoughts, tasks, notes, etc organized. See
266 http://doc.norang.ca/org-mode.html for an idea of the sheer breadth of
267 options available to make it work exactly for you. This may sound
268 like a lot of work, but there are a lot of sensible defaults, which is
269 why most org-mode tutorials that scratch the surface make it seem like
270 a sibling to other task management software. [...]
271 If I may pilfer a quote, org-mode "outshines other [task management
272 solutions] in approximately the same way the noonday sun does the
273 stars." (Neal Stephenson on Emacs)\\
274 @<div align="right">@<i>Someone in a discussion on [[http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id%3D1230716][Hacker News]]@</i>@</div>
279 * Some 24/7 lectures about Org-mode
281 The famous 24/7 lectures are part of the ceremony for handing out the
282 [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ig_Nobel_Prize][Ig Nobel Prizes]]. All speakers have to give a 24/7 lecture on their
283 subject. This means, they have to give a /complete technical
284 description/ of their work in /24 words/ (may be totally cryptic), and
285 then a /7 word/ explanation that is more or less /understandable for
286 the public/, and it may be either tongue in cheek or serious. In
287 summer 2008, a few people tried to [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/7599][formulate]] such lectures about
290 ** Technical description in 24 words
292 These was only a single entry in the "24" category:
294 - Org-mode does outlining, note-taking, hyperlinks, spreadsheets,
295 TODO lists, project planning, GTD, HTML and LaTeX authoring, all
296 with plain text files in Emacs (/Carsten Dominik/)
299 ** Simple summary in 7 words
301 This is only a selection of the submitted entries. My loose
302 criterion was to use entries that are either a good description or
303 are funny - both valid approaches to the "7" part of 24/7 lectures.
304 I also left a few entries which are not exactly seven words,
305 because I liked them a lot.
307 - Organize and track everything in plain text (/Bernt Hansen/)
309 - Organize outlines, lists and table in text. (/Eddward DeVilla/)
311 - Emacs Org Mode: your life in text (/Matthew Parker/)
313 - Do work and play in plain text (/Kene Meniru/)
315 - Madness? This is org-mode! [[http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DUgrsNBu51nU][*Real Spartans use emacs!*]] (/Russell
318 - Plain text with frickin' lasers. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Evil][*pinky to lips*]] (/Russell Adams[fn:2]/)
320 - It is the text that binds us. [[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php%3Fterm%3Dshikaka][*Shekaka!*]] (/Russell Adams[fn:2]/)
323 - Org-mode --- lifehacker's orgy :-P (/Dmitry Dzhus/)
325 - Back to the future for plain text (/Carsten Dominik/)
329 [fn:1] Muse now understands the syntax of Org-mode tables, so you can use
330 Orgtbl-mode to get the same tables in Muse.
332 [fn:2] The linked text is from Adam, but the link itself has been added