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+I'm doing well. Thank you so much. I was supposed to chat and
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+write down stuff in the etherpad, but you guys accommodated
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+me very nicely, swiftly, efficiently, in spite of my quirky
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+last minute requests. Yeah, but that's okay because, well,
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+it's funny that you talk about accommodating you and doing
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+all the things we need to do because, frankly, your talk is
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+about getting things done and you've mentioned the book,
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+obviously, but the philosophy of getting things done is
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+ultimately what we've been applying with Emacs Conf so that
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+when we have curveballs thrown at us, like you've done right
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+now, we can accommodate them because we made sure that
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+everything else was done. So we'll move to questions and I
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+invite viewers to go to the pad, to the etherpad that is on IRC
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+and also on the talk page and put your questions over there.
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+But first I wanted to make sure, Bala, that if you had
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+anything that you could not include in your presentation,
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+just to give you some time to mention them now if you want. I
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+think I mentioned most of what I wanted to convey. I wanted to
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+keep it general with whichever format people are
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+comfortable with, whether it's Org Mode, whether it's
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+plain text, whether it is docx. In fact, I was speaking to one
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+of my friends and he said, Hey, I use Google Sheets to note
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+down everything, all the tasks that are coming. I said, suit
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+yourself, whatever it is. So, in that way, this methodology
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+or whatever, the way which we follow is quite flexible. The
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+system is quite flexible in whichever way you want to use it.
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+go ahead and use it. But start emptying your teacup. That
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+will be my first and foremost. I have nothing else to add per
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+se. Okay, cool. So we'll start with the first question and
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+I'll be reading the questions to you. And just so we know, we
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+have about eight minutes of Q&A until we need to move to the
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+next talk. All right, so first question.
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+NOTE Q: What is TRIZ?
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+What is TRIZ? Okay,
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+this is a Russian methodology. It's pardon my, I mean poor
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+Russian, but it translates to theory of inventive problem
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+solving. So, that's what it translates to. What it is, is it
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+is said that all the inventions problem solved so far in
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+humanity. If you can categorize them, they fall into
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+exactly 40 principles. That's one of the core tenets in
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+theory of inventive problem solving. Also, that creative
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+people have a process they follow. and in defining a problem
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+and solving a problem. So, this is what I was trained in a
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+company that I work for and I started using it and started
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+applying it. So, creative process starts with defining a
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+problem and solving a problem in a very systematic manner
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+and you can be as creative as the creatives that we know about
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+as the methodology talks about. So, that is what TRIZ is,
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+Theory of Inventive Problem Solving. There is lot of open
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+source literature like we have in Emacs. It is the same way
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+with TRIZ, people share very generous and you can learn
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+about it. what it can be useful for what in the core of our talk
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+also is that many times we face conflicts, that is, I don't
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+want to spend a lot of time, you know, figuring out a system
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+like this. However, I want everything in one place, you
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+know, how can that happen? So start little by little is one
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+suggestion I have. Don't And this is also a contradiction we
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+have, right? So, we need to spend a lot of time to set up things
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+before we can start organizing our life. But there's not a
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+lot of time because we haven't organized our life. So, we
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+don't have that's a conundrum or a contradiction. That's
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+what TRIZ methodology is about to identify that this is a
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+contradiction and we have to resolve it not compromise. So,
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+resolve it in a manner that gives you enough time to set up a
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+system and enough time, free time to enjoy your life or focus
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+on a project and be present when you're working with
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+something. So, that's what the crux of the methodology is.
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+Okay, splendid answer. Thank you. Moving on to the next one.
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+NOTE Q: Do you agree that learning similar but different things again and again is ultimately wasted bandwidth? What can we do as technologists to push back against this?
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+Thank you for this talk. Very interesting. One of the things
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+that frustrates me about modern web development is the rate
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+of churn when it comes to useful knowledge. I think Emacs can
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+help to counteract against this by building lasting tools
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+where mastery can be built. Do you agree that learning
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+similar but different things again and again is ultimately
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+wasted bandwidth? What can we do as technologists to push
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+back against this? Yeah, this is an interesting one
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+because, I mean, I'm like everyone else where a new package
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+shows up. I mentioned that in my talk also, the first
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+introduction. Sajajo's newsletter is amazing. It has all
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+these new things coming up and new developments coming up.
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+Same thing with web dev, I guess, you have new things coming
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+up. So you want to learn that new thing. However, you need to
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+also be aware that there are so many other projects and
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+hobbies or life that's also waiting for you. And it's not a
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+balancing act, but if you if you pay attention and be present
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+and give whatever is in front of you, it's full attention.
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+Then look back and connect. That's an interesting way,
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+because hindsight is 20 20. Use it to your advantage. So my I
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+don't know, I don't want to push back against this because
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+some of it is just amazing because it thinks that you think is
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+a waste of time and it's a distraction right now. could
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+potentially be. I'm not saying it will be because there are
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+things that are truly a waste of time that could truly
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+potentially tie back to something and be really helpful.
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+NOTE org-mode export, CSS, WeasyPrint
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+I can give you an example from our Emacs part of my life. I was
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+experimenting with CSS and Cascade style sheets and how I
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+can customize it to use it in org mode export. For me at the
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+time, it seemed like a waste of time. I was spending so much
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+time. Then I parked it. I didn't do much about it later. But
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+then one of my students said, "Your slides are too bulky for me
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+to scroll through to get to exactly what I am looking for."
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+I was using the reveal HTML and I used to pass on the link
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+before. And the student sort of hinted at a handout. And now
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+that's not easy with the RevealJS framework. It's rather
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+tricky. At least I couldn't figure it out. but then it
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+occurred to me that, hey, wait a second i've already looked at
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+this CSS thing and maybe that'll help. It did help. I can
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+drop in the name of the tool that I use now.
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+It's called WeasyPrint uh let me use the uh
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+i don't know if some...
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+If you can look it up, W-E-A-S-Y print.
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+That's what it's called. And that's
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+mighty useful. That's really, really useful. You can
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+customize it. You can change everything. I think I can even,
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+I'll probably even share the code later on. It's really
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+useful and I've been able to, so what seemed like a waste of
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+time is actually something that became useful later on. But
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+there are several other things I have truly wasted and it's
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+not been useful because I couldn't connect the dots. So,
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+perhaps the, let's say, wasteful of time so that you look at
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+something and see how to connect back like the Zettelkasten
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+that everybody talks about. I do not use it, but I like the
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+idea that you look at it keeping in mind that you could
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+probably connect to something later on. Perhaps, just try
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+it out. OK, great, Bala. Sadly, we are a little short on time
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+to answer all the questions that we have. I see three
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+questions currently that can still be answered, and I don't
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+think any of them would be answerable within just one
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+minute. So what I suggest we do, Bala, feel free. Do you have
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+access to the pad on your end? Yes, I do. I do. I have it here.
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+Okay, cool. I'm putting the link on BBB just in case you need
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+to review it.
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+We're going to leave the room open. By the way,
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+if anyone in the crowd wants to join so that they can ask the
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+question directly with their voice to Bala, feel free to do
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+so. The links are on the website. But Bala, if no one shows up,
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+if you could just answer the three questions that we haven't
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+covered yet, actually. Well, three questions because
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+Sacha just put the link right there. That'd be lovely. And
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+we'll make sure that the entire Q&A
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+finds its place into the
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+website afterwards. How does that sound for you? Yeah,
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+sounds great. Thank you so much. I'll do make sure that I will
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+have the answers there, but I'm going to wait here for some
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+time so that somebody can join. Okay, sure. Any last word in
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+10 seconds for the public? Well, empty your teacup and enjoy
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+your life.
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+Splendid. Thank you so much, Bala, for coming
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+again to EmacsConf this year, and hopefully we'll be seeing
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+you next year with further talks to discuss. Yeah, thank you
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+so much. All right, and right now we'll be moving to the next
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+talk of the day in about five seconds. Thank you again, Bala,
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+and see you later. Bye.
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+All right, we are a fair. So, Bala, I'll need to move to make
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+sure that everything is working for the next talk. So, do as
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+we said, and everything will be fine. Okay.
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+Okay, bye-bye, Bala. Bye. Bye, Leo.
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+Okay.
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+Hello everyone, do you want me to answer a question? I'll be
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+happy to answer that. You want to discuss something? You
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+want to share something? I'm here for that. Please let me
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+know.
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+I'll hang around for another 5 to 10 minutes. Please let me
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+know if you have any questions or if you're the ones who ask
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+those questions also, please let me know.
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+Are you there?
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+Hi, yes. Some tips I've found for getting
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+things done with an image for this stuff is like for
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+separations you have like your Zettelkasten, you're
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+getting things done, and then beyond that you have like
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+dailies and global.
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+Daily Zettelkasten would be journaling. Okay, okay. And
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+then, like, global or daily getting things done, I
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+generally like doing it in a week.
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+And then splitting the,
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+like, core tasks, secondary tasks,
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+unplanned tasks,
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+because those are good categories.
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+I like what you're doing.
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+Sorry? Do you do things like that at all?
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+Or are there separations like with Zettelkasten
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+versus the Getting Things Done?
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+That's very interesting, yes. Daily log and weekly log,
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+that's really helpful. I've also been trying to do that but
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+not being able to successfully do a daily log plus a weekly
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+log. So I gave up on the daily log because it seemed to be like a
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+lot of overhead for me, so I just switch to a weekly review
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+where I would log what's going on and how it is. But it's also
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+interesting to see how it connects back to something that
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+we've already worked on, or we've already learned
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+somewhere, which is essentially using the ZIP and custom
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+method. I probably want to try that a bit later on also.
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+That's a great suggestion, nice idea. Oh, so some of the
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+reason for the separation would be with the daily log, like,
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+for instance, the title for the journal would be, Audinet
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+would be the day, and it starts blank. And then, so if you have
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+a straight thought, if you know it can go straight to your
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+Zettelkasten, it goes into your Zettelkasten. If you don't
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+know where it goes, it goes into your journal. And then same
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+thing for like the week, is like your weeks always start
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+emptying, so like if you have your core tasks, like if it
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+spells beyond three, it's probably not a core task. So it
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+gives you the idea of like, did I actually do what I wanted to
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+yesterday, rather than getting 20 things done that I don't
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+really care about that much. Yes. True, true, true. Very
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+true. Yeah.
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+Nice, nice talk. Thank you so much for sharing that. I've
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+been a, let's say a start and many times I've started on
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+Zettelkasten, you know, with little notes. They have these
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+fleeting notes and permanent notes. I've tried many of
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+those, but somehow it's not sticky for me. I've not been
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+able to get rid of that.
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+Yeah, I've got multiple attempts of using these systems,
+
+00:14:55.920 --> 00:15:01.999
+becoming too big or complex, like I don't know where to put a
+
+00:15:02.000 --> 00:15:06.679
+new piece of information, so then I throw the whole system
+
+00:15:06.680 --> 00:15:14.639
+away. So, this is my favorite iteration that I've done so
+
+00:15:14.640 --> 00:15:23.399
+far. I'm sure it'll change with time. Okay, okay, okay, I
+
+00:15:23.400 --> 00:15:25.079
+see. Yeah, I...
+
+NOTE Daily log
+
+00:15:25.080 --> 00:15:31.759
+I like the way the daily log works, that it has an embedded,
+
+00:15:31.760 --> 00:15:36.799
+you know, you just have a name stamp and then you embed
+
+00:15:36.800 --> 00:15:40.479
+something from another project. And when you go to the
+
+00:15:40.480 --> 00:15:44.559
+project page, the same thing shows up there in the log also. I
+
+00:15:44.560 --> 00:15:48.679
+wanted to take that feature and have that in my optimal
+
+00:15:48.680 --> 00:15:53.399
+setup. I'm not well versed enough to get that set up because I
+
+00:15:53.400 --> 00:15:56.799
+like that with that. Anything I enter in the daily log should
+
+00:15:56.800 --> 00:16:00.359
+show up in my project log also and vice versa. I want to
+
+00:16:00.360 --> 00:16:04.799
+execute on my project. I need that notes where I'm looking
+
+00:16:04.800 --> 00:16:10.599
+for. That's a key feature of that is with logseq you just have
+
+00:16:10.600 --> 00:16:14.160
+a button that says go to today. So you don't think about it and
+
+00:16:14.161 --> 00:16:18.060
+it always starts empty. It's that blank sheet that's always
+
+00:16:18.061 --> 00:16:23.079
+confirming you want the things that I used that before.
+
+00:16:23.080 --> 00:16:26.360
+One of the things I really wanted was, I want this,
+
+00:16:26.397 --> 00:16:29.198
+but I want it for Getting Things Done on my journal.
+
+00:16:29.199 --> 00:16:36.279
+I want two separate ones.
+
+00:16:36.280 --> 00:16:45.319
+Yeah, I like the, also I'm trying to see how to create pages
+
+00:16:45.320 --> 00:16:51.119
+quickly from within Org Mode. I know we can do the square
+
+00:16:51.120 --> 00:16:55.879
+bracket thing and enter and it should go into a new page. but
+
+00:16:55.880 --> 00:17:00.879
+it's not as seamless as in logseq or obsidian i'm trying to
+
+00:17:00.880 --> 00:17:06.239
+see how which way do i do that quickly so that you don't spend
+
+00:17:06.240 --> 00:17:10.439
+time on organizing once you have the bigger setup of the
+
+00:17:10.440 --> 00:17:14.959
+folder structures and the to do then it's easier to
+
+00:17:14.960 --> 00:17:18.599
+integrate it but if i'm starting from a business point of
+
+00:17:18.600 --> 00:17:22.679
+view it's rather tough for them to set it all up because the
+
+00:17:22.680 --> 00:17:27.679
+setup costs are very high in terms of system first and then
+
+00:17:27.680 --> 00:17:30.639
+start with this. Or like you said, you know we could also
+
+00:17:30.640 --> 00:17:33.759
+start with a blank sheet and then start filling it up and then
+
+00:17:33.760 --> 00:17:39.159
+see how to link up things or move it around so that it fits into
+
+00:17:39.160 --> 00:17:44.719
+your larger system or evolve a system as it goes. Don't start
+
+00:17:44.720 --> 00:17:47.959
+with the system in mind, but evolve it because it then fits
+
+00:17:47.960 --> 00:17:52.559
+into how you are rather than the you trying to adapt to the
+
+00:17:52.560 --> 00:17:53.159
+system.
+
+NOTE Capturing
+
+00:17:53.160 --> 00:18:00.559
+So, Denote and org-roam, they'll have a feature, like the
+
+00:18:00.560 --> 00:18:05.199
+note, you have a command called, let's see, create or
+
+00:18:05.200 --> 00:18:09.479
+existing note, and org-roam has an equivalent to that, and
+
+00:18:09.480 --> 00:18:14.999
+what that, you need to consult with that, as you are browsing
+
+00:18:15.000 --> 00:18:19.279
+your notes, you see that, and so if you're making a new note,
+
+00:18:19.280 --> 00:18:23.119
+power generation or something like that you'll easily see
+
+00:18:23.120 --> 00:18:27.799
+if you have any notes that are in power generation or like
+
+00:18:27.800 --> 00:18:30.839
+let's say you have something in power and if you don't you
+
+00:18:30.840 --> 00:18:34.079
+just go down to where you're just you know you don't have
+
+00:18:34.080 --> 00:18:39.599
+anything selected or so it's your what's in your uh what your
+
+00:18:39.600 --> 00:18:46.719
+current so you're not pre-selecting something existing
+
+00:18:46.720 --> 00:18:51.599
+and voila now you have a file And then you have consult so you
+
+00:18:51.600 --> 00:18:57.879
+can preview them as you move up and down the list.
+
+00:18:57.880 --> 00:19:02.319
+And then you also got Emacs
+
+00:19:02.320 --> 00:19:10.719
+Org Capture to just pop up a template
+
+00:19:10.720 --> 00:19:16.599
+capture buffer that is blank that you can tell to go into
+
+00:19:16.600 --> 00:19:20.919
+something like a journal or a GTD inbox.
+
+00:19:20.920 --> 00:19:27.279
+And yeah, this allows you to just make it like a specific
+
+00:19:27.280 --> 00:19:30.999
+buffer to do that specific task. I think Protesilaos has a
+
+00:19:31.000 --> 00:19:35.479
+video about how to make that into just a pop-up window. Like
+
+00:19:35.480 --> 00:19:41.519
+for instance, you're in your browser, you pop it up, Uh, jot
+
+00:19:41.520 --> 00:19:49.599
+down your task, press enter, and it's gone. Hmm, okay. Okay,
+
+NOTE Note silos
+
+00:19:49.600 --> 00:19:54.919
+okay, makes sense, makes sense. Yeah, for me, I wanted to try
+
+00:19:54.920 --> 00:20:01.079
+denote, but my folder structure, I found it very difficult
+
+00:20:01.080 --> 00:20:04.559
+to move it to a denote kind of a structure where the folder
+
+00:20:04.560 --> 00:20:08.519
+hierarchy is not as important because all nodes are treated
+
+00:20:08.520 --> 00:20:12.639
+the same. But for me, because I'm focusing on a project, I
+
+00:20:12.640 --> 00:20:17.079
+need only the project files show up. It was tricky for me to,
+
+00:20:17.080 --> 00:20:20.599
+because sometimes I share the folder with my colleagues and
+
+00:20:20.600 --> 00:20:24.519
+who are not on Emacs or more. So I can't show them all the
+
+00:20:24.520 --> 00:20:28.879
+files, all the notes. I just want that folder to be shared and
+
+00:20:28.880 --> 00:20:32.439
+ignore the todo.org that is there because it's not readable
+
+00:20:32.440 --> 00:20:37.679
+for them. So, I find it easier to share a folder level or a
+
+00:20:37.680 --> 00:20:41.639
+project level and that's why I stuck to this format which is a
+
+00:20:41.640 --> 00:20:46.639
+hierarchy of folders with the to-do inside those folders.
+
+00:20:46.640 --> 00:20:49.719
+That works very well for me, particularly keeping in mind
+
+00:20:49.720 --> 00:20:52.479
+that I need to share some folders sometimes with my
+
+00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:57.439
+colleagues. Whereas Denote with a flat structure or
+
+00:20:57.440 --> 00:21:01.919
+Roam with a flat structure, I find it very tricky to do that.
+
+00:21:01.920 --> 00:21:06.079
+With Denote, you can actually have, there's a feature
+
+00:21:06.080 --> 00:21:07.759
+called silos that will
+
+00:21:07.760 --> 00:21:13.199
+allow you to do both and I think you can make customized
+
+00:21:13.200 --> 00:21:17.959
+commands to go that work only in specific silos. I haven't
+
+00:21:17.960 --> 00:21:20.919
+messed around to it. too much with them. I don't think org run
+
+00:21:20.920 --> 00:21:24.719
+has anything like that though. Yes, I don't think they have
+
+00:21:24.720 --> 00:21:28.239
+that. But I remember seeing silos. Maybe I should give it
+
+00:21:28.240 --> 00:21:32.119
+another spin and see if that works. Because if it can solve my
+
+00:21:32.120 --> 00:21:36.519
+creating new node quickly from the denote part itself while
+
+00:21:36.520 --> 00:21:40.439
+I'm writing the nodes itself rather than go through the R
+
+00:21:40.440 --> 00:21:45.439
+capture. That will really help me in linking back and seeing
+
+00:21:45.440 --> 00:21:49.399
+how it maps to another project that I've already worked on
+
+00:21:49.400 --> 00:21:53.999
+from an archive and then bring it there. I think that's a good
+
+00:21:54.000 --> 00:21:57.639
+idea. I'll look at silos again. Also, with the silos, let's
+
+00:21:57.640 --> 00:22:03.719
+say you're going to use ripgrep on the directory, you could
+
+00:22:03.720 --> 00:22:07.799
+intentionally keep your Zettelkasten and your journal
+
+00:22:07.800 --> 00:22:13.159
+separated. in different folders, like, yeah. So that,
+
+00:22:13.160 --> 00:22:19.039
+like, if you direct them, or if you wanted to share folder by
+
+00:22:19.040 --> 00:22:23.399
+folder basis, yeah, you don't have to be the all-in or
+
+00:22:23.400 --> 00:22:30.759
+nothing approach. Yeah, that works. That works.
+
+00:22:30.760 --> 00:22:35.119
+Excellent.
+
+00:22:35.120 --> 00:22:37.839
+OK.
+
+00:22:37.840 --> 00:22:44.159
+Well, thank you so much for your time and for sharing what is
+
+00:22:44.160 --> 00:22:47.919
+really helpful for me. I hope the talk was useful for you.
+
+00:22:47.920 --> 00:22:53.839
+Yep. Thanks for sharing. Have fun with the rest of the Emacs
+
+00:22:53.840 --> 00:23:00.799
+camp. Okay. All right. Then see you then. Happy Emacs month
+
+00:23:00.800 --> 00:23:06.200
+to you too. Okay. Bye. Bye.