On Tue, 8 Dec 2020 at 12:41, o1bigtenor via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
I tend to work on quite a number of different things if not at the same time then in quite short order. So far most projects will get some notes or phone call references or other information jotted down on paper. Over time this means that I all too often tend to redo things - - - sometimes to improvement but sometimes I don't know where the previous work is so I'm looking or I'm redoing.
So I'm looking at collecting things like contact information (and their value/area etc etc), project ideas, info sources, project planning, project design parameters, project components all of which hopefully results in some in the end.
Have been trying to use taskwarrior and its a decent reminder system but the storage of all the other 'stuff' isn't there. Been trying to just save things into a folder (that's not so useful when information is applicable to multiple projects).
Has anyone found a 'reasonable' system that would effect this less than simple 'idea'?
If you're a Vim user, I highly recommend vimwiki: https://github.com/vimwiki/vimwiki . I live and die by NeoVim, and spend every day with multiple sessions open across multiple machines. I store my vimwiki in git, which allows me to sync it across all those machines while managing potential data collisions. I use a number of Vim plugins, but vimwiki is probably the one I use the most ... unless you count gitgutter. :-) If you're not a Vim user, I imagine there's an equivalent for Emacs. If not Emacs, there are many, many personal wikis. I've used and liked the JavaScript-and-browser-based Tiddlywiki (although I haven't touched it in years, so not sure of its current status - https://tiddlywiki.com/ ). It had the interesting property of all being stored entirely in one file, but easily searchable and displaying in bite-sized chunks as if it were many wiki pages. Using a wiki and its associated mark-up language and commands takes some time to adjust to, but it sounds like a good way to address the problem you're outlining so it would probably be worth it? And while git is annoying, it's a great way to sync data across machines without data collisions. I hope this helps. -- Giles https://www.gilesorr.com/ gilesorr@gmail.com