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[[!template text="""Hello, my name is Daniel Pinkston. I'm in my last year of high""" start="00:00:00.000" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""school, about to go to university. About two and a half years""" start="00:00:04.640" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""ago, I discovered Emacs. My life has now been separated into""" start="00:00:07.520" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""two chapters: before and after Emacs. How could this tool be""" start="00:00:10.760" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""so impactful? Well, you'll just have to see. I made this talk""" start="00:00:14.200" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""for people who ask questions like this, but don't know where""" start="00:00:18.400" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to start. When I started using Emacs for school, it took me a""" start="00:00:20.680" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""long time to find what I liked. There wasn't many examples of""" start="00:00:24.560" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""a full process for an organization. This talk was made to""" start="00:00:27.960" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""guide students like me, those who wanted more from their""" start="00:00:31.120" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""software workflow that they can learn and adapt from. My""" start="00:00:34.360" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""main idea was essentially explained by Zaiste in his""" start="00:00:37.600" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""EmacsConf presentation in 2019. He said something to the""" start="00:00:39.960" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""effect of, one of the great parts about Doom Emacs as a""" start="00:00:43.680" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""starting point is that it shows beginners how different""" start="00:00:46.400" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""packages mesh with each other. He says that people often""" start="00:00:48.600" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""have trouble seeing how to develop workflows using the""" start="00:00:51.400" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""thousands of packages Emacs has. In this talk, I introduce""" start="00:00:53.640" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""some Emacs tools and how they work together to improve a""" start="00:00:57.160" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""student's academic workflow. Let us commence. If you are""" start="00:00:59.520" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""watching this talk and have never heard of Emacs, it's a""" start="00:01:04.160" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""customizable text editor. When you become more""" start="00:01:07.200" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""experienced, it becomes your entire operating system. You""" start="00:01:10.480" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""just live inside of Emacs. It's also free as in free pencils""" start="00:01:13.560" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and open source, which means that you don't have to pay to""" start="00:01:17.120" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""download Emacs and its source code. Emacs doesn't charge""" start="00:01:19.920" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""you a monthly subscription, nor does it steal all of your""" start="00:01:23.600" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""information. Yeah, I know, it's pretty crazy. In this talk,""" start="00:01:25.880" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I introduce some Emacs tools and how they work together to""" start="00:01:31.120" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""improve a student's academic workflow. Earlier I read this""" start="00:01:33.560" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""post on this website that said, I can only imagine the great""" start="00:01:36.880" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""things you'd be able to learn and retain in your brain thanks""" start="00:01:40.880" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to the great Emacs ecosystem. You've made the best choice,""" start="00:01:43.720" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""with far-going implications. I promise you not once, not""" start="00:01:47.760" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""even subtly, have I ever regretted having invested in""" start="00:01:51.440" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""learning Emacs. It's the best gift anyone can present to""" start="00:01:54.040" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""themself. You will forever feel indebted to your younger""" start="00:01:57.400" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""self for this gift. I guarantee that. I think that this is a""" start="00:02:00.400" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""real testament to the true power of Emacs. There's simply no""" start="00:02:03.840" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""other software like it. It's a complete and fitting""" start="00:02:07.200" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""solution for those who are willing to master it. Hopefully""" start="00:02:09.840" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""by now you're invested in learning Emacs. But before we jump""" start="00:02:12.760" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""into the technicalities of everything, we should outline""" start="00:02:16.200" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""the main things that you need it to do as a student. The best""" start="00:02:18.920" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""students have their system figured out so that it can do""" start="00:02:22.040" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""these things quickly and efficiently. They should have no""" start="00:02:24.280" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""problem quickly organizing what they need to do along with""" start="00:02:27.240" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""capturing information from their classes. But you may be""" start="00:02:29.840" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""wondering, how does Emacs do all that? Well, it does it with""" start="00:02:33.000" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Org Mode. It was built to be an outliner for note-taking and""" start="00:02:36.960" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""list management, exactly what a student needs. One of the""" start="00:02:41.680" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""key features is that it's plain text, which means that you""" start="00:02:45.240" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""can migrate it between computers, and it's not a""" start="00:02:47.960" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""proprietary format. For those of you who have heard of""" start="00:02:50.080" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Markdown, Org is similar in that it's a markup language.""" start="00:02:52.920" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""However, it's a bit older, and it goes way beyond Markdown's""" start="00:02:55.800" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""simple text formatting, with its scheduling, task""" start="00:02:59.080" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""management, and organization features, all captured""" start="00:03:01.480" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""within plain text simplicity. This slide shows off one of my""" start="00:03:04.160" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""notes from a heavily customized Emacs window. Yours""" start="00:03:07.160" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""probably won't look like this from the start, but you can""" start="00:03:10.160" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""personalize its appearance with custom themes.""" start="00:03:12.440" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""It's finally time to get into the technicalities. What you""" start="00:03:17.200" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""need to do with your notes in Org Mode is create, search, and""" start="00:03:20.000" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""possibly publish them. I prefer Denote for creating my""" start="00:03:22.640" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""notes, but there are many Emacs packages for that. Denote is""" start="00:03:25.560" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""just lightweight and gets the job done. I used to use Org""" start="00:03:29.320" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Roam, but I didn't need or use all of its features. I also use""" start="00:03:32.280" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Anki, a free and open source flashcard program, but of""" start="00:03:35.800" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""course, I make all my flashcards in Org Mode. For searching,""" start="00:03:38.360" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I often use find and grep, which are both standard""" start="00:03:41.320" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""utilities on Linux. Other operating systems probably have""" start="00:03:43.560" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""a tool to replicate this functionality. The final item is""" start="00:03:46.800" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""exporting. There are many scenarios in which I want to""" start="00:03:50.520" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""publish my notes to share them with teachers or peers. One of""" start="00:03:52.960" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""my favorite features of Org Mode is the exportability of the""" start="00:03:56.240" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""notes you make. This presentation was actually made in Org""" start="00:03:58.480" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Mode, and so are all of my lab reports and essays for school. I""" start="00:04:01.720" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""also write my webpage articles in Org Mode, which a program""" start="00:04:04.560" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""called Hugo converts into static HTML. So far, you haven't""" start="00:04:10.040" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""actually seen what it's like to use these tools. Here's a""" start="00:04:15.360" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""quick demo of how I track what I need to do. First, I always""" start="00:04:18.040" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""open up my todo.org file in my denote directory. For school""" start="00:04:21.280" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""assignments, I have a heading under Inbox where I have""" start="00:04:24.800" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""entries for each class I'm enrolled in. Each class's""" start="00:04:26.840" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""heading has a tag on it, which the assignment inherits as a""" start="00:04:29.920" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""subheading. Here's an example assignment. I have a test in""" start="00:04:32.840" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""physics next next Wednesday and the deadline to finish""" start="00:04:37.000" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""studying for it is the day that I'm taking it. When I plan my""" start="00:04:39.600" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""studying, I run the keybind for org-schedule to schedule the""" start="00:04:42.360" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""day on which I will study it. I can also mark it as the highest""" start="00:04:45.400" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""priority, making it the most important thing to do. I can""" start="00:04:48.840" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""also open up my agenda to see my tasks. I've cleaned it up as to""" start="00:04:52.400" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""not reveal any of my nefarious plans. This agenda is""" start="00:04:56.440" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""customized, but there are many tutorials on how to do this.""" start="00:04:59.680" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""My agenda has been the most transforming part of my student""" start="00:05:03.240" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""experience, and I've gotten a lot better at managing what I""" start="00:05:05.600" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""need to do. Next, I'll show you what I like to do to take notes.""" start="00:05:08.240" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""The main entry point for a new note is always starting with""" start="00:05:13.120" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""M-x denote. You fill out a couple of customizable prompts""" start="00:05:16.000" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that will ask for values of the note. I'll start by making a""" start="00:05:19.680" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""new note, which we'll call test note. Then we'll give it a key""" start="00:05:23.120" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""for what category it's under. For this, I usually put the""" start="00:05:26.360" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""subject of the class that I'm doing this note for, be it""" start="00:05:29.360" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""programming, English, history, or science. Try to keep""" start="00:05:32.320" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""them short. And then Shazam, we have ourselves a brand new""" start="00:05:35.560" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""note which we can start typing away in. The cool thing about""" start="00:05:39.160" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""the note is you don't have to manually name your note files.""" start="00:05:42.400" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""It uses a standard convention using the time, the title, and""" start="00:05:45.200" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""the keywords of the note to make it unique. You can even make a""" start="00:05:49.480" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""meta note, a note about notes, to show a list of notes under a""" start="00:05:53.200" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""certain keyword. The final step in creation is flashcards.""" start="00:05:56.600" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""There is a great package called Anki Editor that makes Emacs""" start="00:06:01.320" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""able to push cards into Anki. There isn't much to""" start="00:06:04.640" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""overcomplicate here, it's just content on front and back,""" start="00:06:08.160" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""sometimes with images and complete the phrase. You can also""" start="00:06:11.160" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""set up LaTeX math formatting, but I don't really use it that""" start="00:06:14.600" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""much. If you're living in Emacs all the time, you may want""" start="00:06:17.320" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""some creature comforts. These are some of my favorite. Org""" start="00:06:20.600" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Download is a package that allows you to paste images from""" start="00:06:24.560" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""your clipboard into an org file.""" start="00:06:26.960" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Logos is a text narrowing tool that helps you restrict what""" start="00:06:28.240" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""text you can see and focus on what you're writing. It extends""" start="00:06:37.320" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Emacs default narrowing, also adding functionality for""" start="00:06:40.480" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""quickly switching to headings for a presentation look. It""" start="00:06:43.160" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""can remove your mode line and center your text for better""" start="00:06:45.400" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""focus. org-fragtog allows you to move between previews of""" start="00:06:48.240" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""your LaTeX formulas and the unrendered syntax.""" start="00:06:53.240" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""pdf-view-mode is a fully fledged PDF reader, complete with""" start="00:06:55.640" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""annotations and org syntax, highlighting, and clickable""" start="00:07:00.680" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""links.""" start="00:07:03.440" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Something you may want to consider is digital versus""" start="00:07:03.920" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""handwritten notes. There have been several talks in the""" start="00:07:09.720" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""past about how to integrate handwritten notes into Emacs,""" start="00:07:12.200" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""such as retyping them or scanning them in with an OCR tool. I""" start="00:07:14.800" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""don't think that type notes are the only way that you should""" start="00:07:20.240" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""take notes, but if you do try writing, at least get some nice""" start="00:07:21.960" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""stationery. I've seen people ask online to YouTubers and""" start="00:07:25.160" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Twitch streamers asking, what is your keyboard? What is""" start="00:07:29.080" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""your window manager? I understand that they're curious,""" start="00:07:32.480" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""but cosplaying as a productive person by using the same""" start="00:07:35.520" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""tools won't accomplish anything. Emacs will not make you a""" start="00:07:37.920" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""productive person. It can be a significant time investment""" start="00:07:41.160" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""because of how customizable it is. However, I believe it""" start="00:07:44.440" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""will make it easier for you to be productive, as it certainly""" start="00:07:47.880" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""has for me. This was just an example workflow to show""" start="00:07:50.400" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""prospective students how they can use Emacs for their""" start="00:07:53.520" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""needs.""" start="00:07:56.120" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Even if you don't end up using Emacs in the end, you can still""" start="00:07:56.560" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""apply most of its ideas to other software. It just won't be as""" start="00:08:02.000" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""customizable and extensible as Emacs is. Thank you for""" start="00:08:04.720" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""listening to my talk. It's been a great pleasure to finally""" start="00:08:10.200" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""take part in this conference in some capacity, and I'm glad I""" start="00:08:12.520" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""was given a chance. To all the students who may try Emacs in""" start="00:08:15.360" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""the future, good luck because there might not be any going""" start="00:08:18.400" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""back. If you have any questions, feel free to shoot me an""" start="00:08:21.200" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""email. Thank you for your time.""" start="00:08:24.240" video="mainVideo-students" id="subtitle"]]
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