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So who's this talk for? + +00:00:22.680 --> 00:00:24.799 +First of all, it's for anyone + +00:00:24.800 --> 00:00:26.359 +who wants to learn about workflows + +00:00:26.360 --> 00:00:28.519 +and how you can work with Emacs + +00:00:28.520 --> 00:00:31.279 +to basically do anything you want. + +00:00:31.280 --> 00:00:33.679 +And it's for all levels of Emacs lovers. + +00:00:33.680 --> 00:00:36.119 +So I'll keep it accessible. + +NOTE Why this talk + +00:00:36.120 --> 00:00:37.479 +Why this talk? So first of all, + +00:00:37.480 --> 00:00:40.519 +I want to share a lot of Emacs. + +00:00:40.520 --> 00:00:42.519 +I also wanted to learn about workflows myself. + +00:00:42.520 --> 00:00:46.319 +So what better way than to talk about them + +00:00:46.320 --> 00:00:49.519 +to be able to learn? And we could maybe learn a thing + +00:00:49.520 --> 00:00:56.799 +or two about collaboration and using Emacs to that motive. + +00:00:56.800 --> 00:01:00.479 +I think it's useful to try and figure out who am I? + +00:01:00.480 --> 00:01:03.159 +Why am I having this talk? I'm a journalist based + +00:01:03.160 --> 00:01:06.799 +in Hong Kong and a documentary filmmaker. So that means + +00:01:06.800 --> 00:01:08.959 +that I have interviews quite often. + +00:01:08.960 --> 00:01:11.519 +I'm dealing with texts and subtitles, + +00:01:11.520 --> 00:01:14.039 +which I have to transcribe. + +00:01:14.040 --> 00:01:16.879 +And I'm also dealing with a lot of research. + +00:01:16.880 --> 00:01:22.159 +So that means going through a lot of documents and a lot of, + +00:01:22.160 --> 00:01:26.759 +well, skimming through documents + +00:01:26.760 --> 00:01:30.279 +to be able to have something to write. + +00:01:30.280 --> 00:01:34.119 +And I also use Emacs since basically one year ago, + +00:01:34.120 --> 00:01:35.399 +I started using it full time + +00:01:35.400 --> 00:01:39.639 +to have a great detriment of my productivity. + +00:01:39.640 --> 00:01:45.599 +So we'll be talking about, we'll be talking about, well, + +00:01:45.600 --> 00:01:48.439 +basically, my workflow for Emacs + +00:01:48.440 --> 00:01:52.159 +and how I went about having an Emacs workflow. + +NOTE Thinking about workflows + +00:01:52.160 --> 00:01:56.799 +So what is best when you're thinking about your own workflow + +00:01:56.800 --> 00:01:59.199 +and some things to think about journalism + +00:01:59.200 --> 00:02:03.199 +and about using these kinds of tools + +00:02:03.200 --> 00:02:09.479 +in combination for this? So where do we all start? + +00:02:09.480 --> 00:02:11.559 +Let's start with a simple-ish definition + +00:02:11.560 --> 00:02:14.959 +of what is a workflow. A workflow is + +00:02:14.960 --> 00:02:18.359 +any sequence of actions or tools you use to accomplish that. + +00:02:18.360 --> 00:02:23.199 +So it doesn't have to be through text processing, + +00:02:23.200 --> 00:02:27.759 +though obviously being a text-oriented community, + +00:02:27.760 --> 00:02:31.439 +it will most likely be partially text. + +00:02:31.440 --> 00:02:34.999 +But it's just about how we accomplish a task + +00:02:35.000 --> 00:02:39.119 +and which tools and mindsets we go into it with. + +NOTE My old workflow + +00:02:39.120 --> 00:02:42.759 +For example, let's talk about my old workflow. + +00:02:42.760 --> 00:02:46.879 +That workflow was basically just Google Drive + +00:02:46.880 --> 00:02:50.759 +using proprietary tools like Notion, Google Drive, Office, + +00:02:50.760 --> 00:02:55.839 +Storyboarder, and for communication, WeChat. + +00:02:55.840 --> 00:02:59.559 +If I could forgive all the privacy concerns of WeChat, + +00:02:59.560 --> 00:03:03.279 +I wouldn't, but I still wouldn't forgive + +00:03:03.280 --> 00:03:06.759 +the terribly buggy interface, and I hate it. + +00:03:06.760 --> 00:03:09.119 +So there are certain tools that you have to use + +00:03:09.120 --> 00:03:11.359 +and you have to modify your workflow + +00:03:11.360 --> 00:03:13.839 +or just adapt your workflow to the tools + +00:03:13.840 --> 00:03:17.119 +that you have to use. So for me, unfortunately, + +00:03:17.120 --> 00:03:23.399 +that means having to use WeChat. You compartmentalize it + +00:03:23.400 --> 00:03:27.479 +and set it aside, try not to think about it too hard. + +00:03:27.480 --> 00:03:29.319 +And this is the part that hurts the most, right? + +00:03:29.320 --> 00:03:31.039 +You're thinking about your workflow, + +00:03:31.040 --> 00:03:32.239 +you're thinking about, all right, + +00:03:32.240 --> 00:03:37.199 +I have this thing that works, I don't think about it. + +00:03:37.200 --> 00:03:40.039 +And all of a sudden, oh, I'm not happy + +00:03:40.040 --> 00:03:44.239 +with what I have right now. So let's get into, + +00:03:44.240 --> 00:03:50.079 +let's get into how, oops. So let's get into how and why + +00:03:50.080 --> 00:03:51.479 +we're not happy with our workflows. + +00:03:51.480 --> 00:03:55.679 +Because obviously, it's quite nice + +00:03:55.680 --> 00:03:57.159 +to not have to think about things. + +00:03:57.160 --> 00:03:58.719 +But once you've thought about it, + +00:03:58.720 --> 00:04:01.399 +and once you're not happy with how it works, + +00:04:01.400 --> 00:04:03.559 +I think it's quite useful to think about + +00:04:03.560 --> 00:04:05.279 +why we're not happy about it. + +NOTE Finding my workflow + +00:04:05.280 --> 00:04:10.199 +A huge part of what Emacs is being conscious of, well, + +00:04:10.200 --> 00:04:11.679 +how do we find our workflows? + +00:04:11.680 --> 00:04:17.839 +How do we find what we want to do? And for me, obviously, + +00:04:17.840 --> 00:04:19.839 +the best way to find that is to write it down + +00:04:19.840 --> 00:04:24.239 +and to try and tailor my tools to it. + +00:04:24.240 --> 00:04:26.239 +This is what I came up with. + +00:04:26.240 --> 00:04:28.039 +I want to be able to manage my accounting, + +00:04:28.040 --> 00:04:30.719 +to manage collaboration. So: working on files + +00:04:30.720 --> 00:04:33.439 +alongside my colleagues, communication, + +00:04:33.440 --> 00:04:38.839 +so that's planning out and managing meetings, + +00:04:38.840 --> 00:04:43.999 +managing teammates, managing tasks, information gathering. + +00:04:44.000 --> 00:04:45.959 +So that's what I was saying, going through documents, + +00:04:45.960 --> 00:04:49.999 +going through all these lists of tasks and all of these, + +00:04:50.000 --> 00:04:54.079 +not lists of tasks, all of these, well, basically, + +00:04:54.080 --> 00:04:59.799 +scientific papers, notes, references and wikis, media. + +00:04:59.800 --> 00:05:02.319 +So I want to be able to have a music player, + +00:05:02.320 --> 00:05:06.159 +a podcast player, a movie player. That's outside of work, + +00:05:06.160 --> 00:05:09.999 +but it's still one of the tasks that I do. Media processing, + +00:05:10.000 --> 00:05:13.559 +so this is where my job kind of gets into it a bit more. + +00:05:13.560 --> 00:05:15.159 +So I want to be able to take notes + +00:05:15.160 --> 00:05:16.479 +on the media that I watch, + +00:05:16.480 --> 00:05:19.559 +to transcribe the interviews + +00:05:19.560 --> 00:05:21.559 +and even the conversations that I have, + +00:05:21.560 --> 00:05:26.439 +to be able to later on have an easier time. + +00:05:26.440 --> 00:05:32.119 +Photo editing, video editing, so unfortunately, + +00:05:32.120 --> 00:05:35.959 +Emacs isn't quite quite oriented to that. + +00:05:35.960 --> 00:05:40.519 +Graphic design, color grading, storyboarding. + +00:05:40.520 --> 00:05:43.479 +And so obviously, you go into it a bit more. + +00:05:43.480 --> 00:05:46.519 +So managing to do scheduling tasks, interviews, + +00:05:46.520 --> 00:05:49.159 +preparing shot lists, tracking time, + +00:05:49.160 --> 00:05:53.319 +setting daily work goals, setting priorities, + +00:05:53.320 --> 00:05:55.479 +independent tasks, publishing, + +00:05:55.480 --> 00:05:59.079 +so publishing stuff for my work on my work CMS, + +00:05:59.080 --> 00:06:01.519 +publishing stuff on my personal CMS, + +00:06:01.520 --> 00:06:06.079 +although that's not happened yet. I've been kind of busy. + +00:06:06.080 --> 00:06:08.639 +Security and privacy, so making sure + +00:06:08.640 --> 00:06:13.279 +that everything that I use respects my data and respects me. + +00:06:13.280 --> 00:06:18.399 +Unfortunately, not the case, but you take what you can. + +00:06:18.400 --> 00:06:20.599 +Text processing. So that's journaling, + +00:06:20.600 --> 00:06:26.039 +writing down articles, my personal wiki, my work wiki, + +00:06:26.040 --> 00:06:34.679 +which I use to document, well, for example, + +00:06:34.680 --> 00:06:37.159 +several projects that I have currently. + +00:06:37.160 --> 00:06:43.319 +So I basically have my work wiki that I'm trying + +00:06:43.320 --> 00:06:45.159 +to fill out where I'll be able + +00:06:45.160 --> 00:06:47.199 +to basically go into it later on + +00:06:47.200 --> 00:06:50.399 +and have my thoughts written down. + +00:06:50.400 --> 00:06:56.799 +And programming, which I'm not very good at. + +NOTE Literate configuration + +00:06:56.800 --> 00:06:59.399 +Some people might have noticed + +00:06:59.400 --> 00:07:17.159 +that this looks a lot like [literate] programming. + +00:07:17.160 --> 00:07:18.639 +If you go into my config file, + +00:07:18.640 --> 00:07:20.159 +I have something kind of similar. + +00:07:20.160 --> 00:07:22.439 +I was planning on having a bit more time + +00:07:22.440 --> 00:07:26.359 +for this presentation and making it stick to that. + +00:07:26.360 --> 00:07:30.999 +But you'll see basically the mess that is my Emacs config. + +00:07:31.000 --> 00:07:33.319 +But it kind of sticks to the same thoughts, right? + +00:07:33.320 --> 00:07:37.399 +Text processing, web browsing, finances, + +00:07:37.400 --> 00:07:39.879 +that's my accounting, media and research. + +00:07:39.880 --> 00:07:43.879 +So my BibTeX... Here be dragons. + +00:07:43.880 --> 00:07:45.119 +Terrible, terrible config + +00:07:45.120 --> 00:07:47.719 +that I've stolen from plenty of people. + +00:07:47.720 --> 00:07:52.479 +So basically, that's how Emacs fits into this. + +00:07:52.480 --> 00:07:57.399 +So this is where I talk about literate configs + +00:07:57.400 --> 00:08:01.919 +and how that's helped me. Obviously, I've extolled + +00:08:01.920 --> 00:08:04.199 +the virtue of literate configs + +00:08:04.200 --> 00:08:09.359 +to quite an extent right here. It's basically... + +00:08:09.360 --> 00:08:15.239 +The concept is to have documents, living documents + +00:08:15.240 --> 00:08:18.239 +and documentation as code. + +00:08:18.240 --> 00:08:22.239 +So basically, let's go back into my config. + +00:08:22.240 --> 00:08:31.279 +I talk about what the config file does, have code blocks. + +00:08:31.280 --> 00:08:33.599 +So this is something that Emacs does. I'm pretty sure + +00:08:33.600 --> 00:08:36.639 +that there are some resources about that accessible online, + +00:08:36.640 --> 00:08:46.439 +which are even accessible in the Emacs Gulf. And so, yeah, + +00:08:46.440 --> 00:08:50.199 +basically just having everything accessible + +00:08:50.200 --> 00:08:52.479 +in one single source, one single file, + +00:08:52.480 --> 00:08:54.879 +which allows you to basically put everything down + +00:08:54.880 --> 00:09:00.639 +and integrate things from your config much much more easily. + +00:09:00.640 --> 00:09:05.239 +That's something that I found very useful in Emacs + +00:09:05.240 --> 00:09:07.599 +and which I think everyone can benefit from + +00:09:07.600 --> 00:09:11.279 +or the idea of it, like having everything stored centrally. + +00:09:11.280 --> 00:09:14.999 +It doesn't have to be used just for Emacs. + +00:09:15.000 --> 00:09:21.999 +It can be used also, it can be used also for, for example, + +00:09:22.000 --> 00:09:26.679 +a Qt browser or for other window manager configs. + +00:09:26.680 --> 00:09:28.239 +That kind of thing. + +00:09:28.240 --> 00:09:32.919 +And it's not been very easy to set a place. + +00:09:32.920 --> 00:09:37.639 +So I haven't done that just yet, but that's the plan. + +NOTE Org Mode + +00:09:37.640 --> 00:09:41.479 +Basically, this is all thanks to Org mode. + +00:09:41.480 --> 00:09:45.639 +So, small presentation of what Org mode is. Org mode + +00:09:45.640 --> 00:09:49.599 +is basically a project / task management, + +00:09:49.600 --> 00:09:52.479 +past management and task management, + +00:09:52.480 --> 00:09:54.319 +and writing mode for Emacs. + +00:09:54.320 --> 00:10:00.039 +So I can just put in a heading to do Hello World, + +00:10:00.040 --> 00:10:10.319 +send a message to Rosie tomorrow about the shoot space MDS-- + +00:10:10.320 --> 00:10:15.399 +that's thanks to wonderful Doom Emacs--and schedule it. + +00:10:15.400 --> 00:10:21.799 +I don't know. It's tomorrow. Let's go and set it to 9am. + +00:10:21.800 --> 00:10:28.759 +And say, maybe it's it's tomorrow already. I've done it. + +00:10:28.760 --> 00:10:31.439 +I've sent a message. Perfect. It's done. + +00:10:31.440 --> 00:10:33.679 +And it also allows you to have an agenda view. + +00:10:33.680 --> 00:10:37.719 +So I hope there's nothing too compromising right here. + +00:10:37.720 --> 00:10:41.879 +Whatever. It's fine. So it allows you + +00:10:41.880 --> 00:10:45.199 +to basically manage your agenda from there. + +00:10:45.200 --> 00:10:54.439 +And you might have seen me doing my little space nrf + +00:10:54.440 --> 00:10:58.359 +and wonderful key binding by Org Roam. So this + +00:10:58.360 --> 00:11:01.039 +is also another thing which is quite quite nice + +00:11:01.040 --> 00:11:06.079 +with Emacs is that you can you can have Org Roam, which + +00:11:06.080 --> 00:11:09.079 +is basically a database management program. + +00:11:09.080 --> 00:11:12.959 +So I can have documentary ideas + +00:11:12.960 --> 00:11:21.799 +and have basically my ideas which link up to another file. + +00:11:21.800 --> 00:11:25.839 +So for example, this one, which I have nothing for, + +00:11:25.840 --> 00:11:29.239 +but you get the idea. So it allows you to apps + +00:11:29.240 --> 00:11:33.719 +to link up with different files and to manage your thoughts. + +00:11:33.720 --> 00:11:37.959 +And this gets back into the workflow part of my talk, + +00:11:37.960 --> 00:11:41.879 +which is, well, this, this is a way + +00:11:41.880 --> 00:11:44.319 +to control what your workflow + +00:11:44.320 --> 00:11:49.759 +is control what the tools you're using are and to control, + +00:11:49.760 --> 00:11:52.079 +basically the way in which you interact + +00:11:52.080 --> 00:11:52.959 +with your technology. + +NOTE Collaborating with Pandoc + +00:11:52.960 --> 00:11:59.799 +So I am getting back into the way that I collaborate. + +00:11:59.800 --> 00:12:02.799 +Because obviously it's no good having just + +00:12:02.800 --> 00:12:07.919 +one Emacs user who's trying to share to share things + +00:12:07.920 --> 00:12:11.159 +with his editor. So I use pandoc. + +00:12:11.160 --> 00:12:17.479 +For example, let's go back into my file right here. + +00:12:17.480 --> 00:12:24.359 +Obviously, I don't spend much time inside of tables. + +00:12:24.360 --> 00:12:29.199 +But if I select this one, that's "SPC m e". + +00:12:29.200 --> 00:12:32.079 +Thank you, Doom Emacs for the for the keybindings. + +00:12:32.080 --> 00:12:38.239 +And I can just export it via pandoc right here, So "p". + +00:12:38.240 --> 00:12:50.719 +And I can just export it to doc, docx, or export it to ODT. + +00:12:50.720 --> 00:12:55.119 +So as an ODT file, which is typically what I do. + +00:12:55.120 --> 00:12:57.119 +And then I just send it through WeChat, + +00:12:57.120 --> 00:13:00.359 +which is not optimal, but I'm not allowed + +00:13:00.360 --> 00:13:04.079 +to do anything else. So it is what it is. + +00:13:04.080 --> 00:13:12.759 +Basically, this is how I export my files. And I re-import, + +00:13:12.760 --> 00:13:15.519 +I re-import them with pandoc as well. + +00:13:15.520 --> 00:13:19.799 +So I convert my Pages files, which I receive + +00:13:19.800 --> 00:13:22.879 +through an ICS plugin. It's not quite finalized, + +00:13:22.880 --> 00:13:24.119 +so I'm not ready to show it, + +00:13:24.120 --> 00:13:26.359 +but there's a link that I'll be putting + +00:13:26.360 --> 00:13:29.479 +in the description which talks about this. + +00:13:29.480 --> 00:13:32.959 +So this is my sharing part. + +00:13:32.960 --> 00:13:35.439 +It's nothing very special, honestly. + +00:13:35.440 --> 00:13:38.319 +It's just making sure that your documents + +00:13:38.320 --> 00:13:41.479 +are able to be shared. + +NOTE My own +00:13:41.480 --> 00:13:44.079 +I have certain things. So for example, + +00:13:44.080 --> 00:13:47.839 +if I go into retro gaming in Hong Kong, + +00:13:47.840 --> 00:13:53.919 +if I go into my scripts, there are certain headings + +00:13:53.920 --> 00:13:55.519 +which I have. So for example, they ignore... + +00:13:55.520 --> 00:13:58.759 +My editor doesn't like to have some headings. + +00:13:58.760 --> 00:14:02.599 +But when I have a video script that I'm preparing, + +00:14:02.600 --> 00:14:05.519 +I like to have them for my own organization + +00:14:05.520 --> 00:14:09.399 +and for my thinking. So I keep them in right there + +00:14:09.400 --> 00:14:11.760 +and put in ignore. This is the advantage + +00:14:11.761 --> 00:14:17.280 +of the Emacs because you can just SPC m e o o, + +00:14:17.281 --> 00:14:20.479 +and this is ready to send, basically. + +00:14:20.480 --> 00:14:24.039 +There are ways to have export presets, + +00:14:24.040 --> 00:14:26.959 +but I'm not quite there yet. It's a lot of work. + +NOTE You don't have to get lost in the weeds + +00:14:26.960 --> 00:14:30.119 +So, getting back to my presentation. + +00:14:30.120 --> 00:14:36.719 +This all goes into basically other packages, + +00:14:36.720 --> 00:14:39.319 +which I want to implement, but I haven't been able to. + +00:14:39.320 --> 00:14:43.839 +My main conclusion: you don't have to get lost in the weeds. + +00:14:43.840 --> 00:14:48.279 +I kind of did that while preparing this talk. + +00:14:48.280 --> 00:14:51.719 +So basically, you don't have to do it all at once. + +00:14:51.720 --> 00:14:55.639 +Don't let it consume your life. + +00:14:55.640 --> 00:14:57.319 +I probably should have done this earlier. + +00:14:57.320 --> 00:15:02.119 +But Emacs configs are forever work in progress. + +00:15:02.120 --> 00:15:04.919 +So there are lots of features which you can add, + +00:15:04.920 --> 00:15:08.119 +a lot of things which you can implement if you only had, + +00:15:08.120 --> 00:15:11.639 +I don't know, five weeks to be able to implement them. + +00:15:11.640 --> 00:15:12.959 +But you're working right now. + +00:15:12.960 --> 00:15:16.319 +And this is a message to me five months ago. + +00:15:16.320 --> 00:15:19.639 +Don't do it. Just keep working + +00:15:19.640 --> 00:15:23.639 +and don't get lost in configuration all day. + +00:15:23.640 --> 00:15:27.559 +So yeah, basically the aim is to use software that you love, + +00:15:27.560 --> 00:15:29.439 +but not die in the process. + +00:15:29.440 --> 00:15:34.719 +And yeah, basically just using it as much as you can + +00:15:34.720 --> 00:15:36.519 +using fast software as much as you can. + +00:15:36.520 --> 00:15:39.839 +I'm doing that as well for... + +00:15:39.840 --> 00:15:46.679 +I have certain software such as storyboarder or bit tags, + +00:15:46.680 --> 00:15:50.159 +that kind of thing, which I try to use as much as possible, + +00:15:50.160 --> 00:15:51.839 +even outside of Emacs. + +00:15:51.840 --> 00:15:56.279 +And the aim is to get the work done in the end. + +00:15:56.280 --> 00:16:00.679 +I'm not an absolutist on this. So yeah, basically, + +00:16:00.680 --> 00:16:03.919 +let's keep modding our configs and having fun. + +00:16:03.920 --> 00:16:06.479 +If you've got any questions about the talk, + +00:16:06.480 --> 00:16:10.439 +I'm happy to answer. I am a novice at this, + +00:16:10.440 --> 00:16:12.959 +both presenting in front of camera + +00:16:12.960 --> 00:16:15.719 +and at talking about Emacs. + +00:16:15.720 --> 00:16:18.679 +I'm sure I've gotten a few things wrong, + +00:16:18.680 --> 00:16:23.719 +and it's not been the smoothest talk, but it's 10pm, almost. + +00:16:23.720 --> 00:16:28.759 +I need to get back home. Yeah, take care, everyone. + +00:16:28.760 --> 00:16:32.719 +Thanks again to the organizers. Here's my contact info. + +00:16:32.720 --> 00:16:36.199 +And I'll be in touch with the questions. + +00:16:36.200 --> 00:16:38.319 +I don't think I'll be able to do the live answers, + +00:16:38.320 --> 00:16:41.879 +but that's more or less it. Thanks so much for listening, + +00:16:41.880 --> 00:16:44.400 +if you've been listening, and take care. |