Notes on an organization system
2011-10-07
I need some sort of global todo list that spans across my various projects. More like a clear statement of what project I'm focusing on and what's next.
If I created a Kanban, the categories would be:
- Published (Measuring)
- Polishing
- Unpolished
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2011-05-26
Notes on an organization system
I have several systems that I need to be able to use to organize my life properly.
Note-Taking
- Scratch pads when doing research
- Proposed Tag: notes + project
- Taking notes while on a phone call
- Proposed Tag: notes + project
Todo Lists
- Per-project todo lists
- Meta todo list for all Relevance stuff and such
- Daily todo lists?
Proposed Tag: todo + project
Daily todo lists should remain on paper in the notebook.
Long-Term Storage and Thoughts
- Ideas
- Quotations I like
- Bands/albums to check out
- Books to read
- Movies to watch
- Songs to learn
Proposed Tag: lists
Filetype of taskpaper and use that format?
Interfaces
I need access to notes on several Interfaces.
Desktop
- Need to be able to edit easily in VIM
- Search easily
- Have only one file open at a time for the sake of focus
Proposed Solution: VIM + Markdown + Taskpaper bundles
Mobile
- Enter stuff into the application on the road
- Access notes to read while out and about
- Check things off on the todo list
Proposed Solution: SimpleNote
Web
- For accessing notes while not on my own computer
Proposed Solution: SimpleNote web interface
Strategy
I need a strategy for staying on top of things.
Rules
- Todo lists should stay as empty as possible.
- Clean out @done todos at the end of the day
- Clean out todo lists for inactive projects
- Keep genearl todo list for META tasks
- Notes are ephemeral, but need to be processed
- Make a todo item to turn the note into something useful
- Notes that are intended to hang around longer are actually writings
- Lists are long-running notes that are constantly appended
- Things from a list can turn into a todo, but they are not todos
- Bullet points is probably the way to go
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2011-07-07
- Data processing is about:
- collection
- storage
- organization
- analysis
- sharing
Which am I focused on?
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2012-12-15
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Photos
- Write script to move items from Camera Uploads to Photos folder @done
- Get photos off of E's iPhone
- Move stuff from Dropbox to Google Drive
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Movies
- Delete films that aren't mine on TeraDrive @done
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Documents
- Organize Documents folder better
- Move as many docs as possible to Google Drive
- Move Spreadsheets -> Google Docs?
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Passwords (1password)
- Buy 1password for iPad/iPhone? @done
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Contacts
- Move all contacts to Google?
- Cull through contacts and eliminate duplicates
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Notes @done
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Calendars @done
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Music
- Delete music that isn't mine
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Code
- Ensure code has shortcuts to it
How to organize and share all this stuff between:
MacBook Air, iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and AppleTV
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2013-11-09
Photos
- Cull through old photos in Lightroom
- Cull through Photos in new "Photos" folder in Dropbox
- Figure out how to combine Lightroom (big camera) with Dropbox (iPhone)
- How does E get to the Lightroom Photos from her iPad?
- Add E's old photos from PhotoDrive:Backup to Lightroom
- Buy new version of Lightroom?
Contacts
- Figure out how/where to store photos
Bootstrapper
- Try out pivotal's Sprout to bootstrap my Mac
- Try out vagrant boxes for development