# Notes on an organization system Related to [[Personal Learning System, My Reading & Writing Workflow]] # 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 ======================================================= # 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 1. 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 2. 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 3. 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 ============================================================ # 2011-07-07 - Data processing is about: - collection - storage - organization - analysis - sharing Which am I focused on? ============================================================ # 2012-12-15 - Photos - Write script to move items from Camera Uploads to Photos folder @done - http://exifr.rubyforge.org/ - http://www.richandstephsipe.com/wordpress/2008/05/27/automator-action-to-rename-photos-by-date-taken/ - http://macruby.org/ - Maid: https://github.com/benjaminoakes/maid ??? - Get photos off of E's iPhone - Move stuff from Dropbox to Google Drive - Movies - Delete films that aren't mine on TeraDrive @done - Documents - Organize Documents folder better - Move as many docs as possible to Google Drive - Move Spreadsheets -> Google Docs? - Passwords (1password) - Buy 1password for iPad/iPhone? @done - Contacts - Move all contacts to Google? - Cull through contacts and eliminate duplicates - Notes @done - Calendars @done - Music - Delete music that isn't mine - Code - Ensure code has shortcuts to it How to organize and share all this stuff between: MacBook Air, iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and AppleTV ============================================================ # 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 #simplenote #work #organization