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[[!template new="1" text="""Introduction""" start="00:00:00.000" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Good morning. I'm Blaine Mooers. I'm an associate""" start="00:00:00.000" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""professor of biochemistry and physiology at the""" start="00:00:10.000" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""University of Oklahoma Health Sciences in Oklahoma City.""" start="00:00:12.400" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I'm going to be talking about the utilization of Org mode to""" start="00:00:15.080" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""write a specific kind of log file for thinking about writing""" start="00:00:21.640" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""projects, in particular research articles. I have stored a""" start="00:00:26.800" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""template for this file on GitHub. You can find it at Mooers""" start="00:00:31.600" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Lab. If you go to the landing page and scroll down to""" start="00:00:35.920" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Emacs-related, you'll find a link to it.""" start="00:00:40.760" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I am a structural biologist. I utilize X-ray""" start="00:00:47.280" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""crystallography to determine the structures of proteins""" start="00:00:50.680" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""and nucleic acids that are important in human health. Our""" start="00:00:53.360" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""workflow is shown across the top. We start out with a""" start="00:00:58.920" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""purified material that we crystallize as shown by that""" start="00:01:01.880" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""elongated rod-shaped crystal on the left. We will mount""" start="00:01:04.960" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""that in a cold stream and collect diffraction data with""" start="00:01:09.600" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""X-rays in the instrument to the right. That instrument will""" start="00:01:14.960" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""generate an image like the one to the right where you see a""" start="00:01:20.400" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""bunch of spots. That's a diffraction pattern from the""" start="00:01:23.560" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""crystal. After rotating the crystal for one degree, we'll""" start="00:01:26.320" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""rotate the crystal 180 degrees to get a full data set that""" start="00:01:29.800" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""we'll process with a computer. This will lead to the""" start="00:01:33.080" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""chicken-wire map of electron density shown further to the""" start="00:01:37.360" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""right. Then on the far right, we have compared""" start="00:01:43.720" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""electrostructures of two drug molecules from two""" start="00:01:50.000" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""different structures, overlapped after superimposing""" start="00:01:54.800" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""a wild type protein and a mutant protein. We're trying to""" start="00:01:59.400" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""analyze how the mutant was preventing one of the drugs from""" start="00:02:02.920" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""binding. These kind of analyses we can develop that are""" start="00:02:05.960" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""drugs. In this case, the drugs are being used to treat lung""" start="00:02:12.200" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""cancer.""" start="00:02:16.520" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""Starting a new writing project""" start="00:02:20.080" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""When I start a new writing project, I will assign it a number.""" start="00:02:20.080" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""In this case, I'm developing a review article about the""" start="00:02:24.920" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""detection of crystals in images collected with""" start="00:02:29.640" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""microscopes like the image in the upper left.""" start="00:02:32.480" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""The article is about the utilization of AI to help with that""" start="00:02:33.862" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""detection of crystals. I start the name of the folder with""" start="00:02:42.640" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""this index number, and I store the manuscript folders in the""" start="00:02:49.040" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""top level of my home directory to ease navigation.""" start="00:02:55.080" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Whenever I pop open a terminal window, I just enter 0573, hit""" start="00:02:59.160" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""TAB to autocomplete the name of the folder, and I'll be right""" start="00:03:03.840" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""in the appropriate folder. I also use that index number to""" start="00:03:07.280" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""label the names of the files. I start every project with""" start="00:03:11.600" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""three files: a manuscript, the log file that I'll be talking""" start="00:03:14.880" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""about today, and an annotated bibliography, which is kind""" start="00:03:19.520" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""of like one on steroids. Annotated bibliography for the""" start="00:03:22.760" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""21st century, not the 20th century annotated bibliography""" start="00:03:26.000" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""you worked on as an undergraduate.""" start="00:03:30.760" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I have developed templates not only for Org Mode, but also""" start="00:03:37.240" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""for other markup languages, like R Markdown and LaTeX. I""" start="00:03:40.280" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""actually developed this""" start="00:03:45.360" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""log file template over a dozen years ago in LaTeX. I also""" start="00:03:49.400" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""have developed it for Typst. Typst is independent of LaTeX.""" start="00:03:54.840" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""It's inspired by LaTeX, but it's written in Rust, and""" start="00:03:58.160" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""it's extremely fast.""" start="00:04:04.080" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""The writing log""" start="00:04:05.480" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""My writing process involves having the writing log at the""" start="00:04:05.480" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""center of the process. That's where I began the writing""" start="00:04:11.800" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""project. On the right, I have the manuscript and all its""" start="00:04:14.480" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""components highlighted in yellow. On the right,""" start="00:04:19.680" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""hopefully I said on the right, I have the manuscript with all""" start="00:04:25.840" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""its components highlighted in yellow. On the left, I have""" start="00:04:29.840" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""the annotated bibliography.""" start="00:04:33.200" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""Starting the research paper""" start="00:04:36.960" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""When I start a research paper, I will do this after I have""" start="00:04:36.960" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""built up a strong idea from various sources, and then I'll""" start="00:04:42.200" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""sit down and go through a series of steps outlined in the""" start="00:04:49.640" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""writing log to develop that central hypothesis into""" start="00:04:54.920" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""several paragraphs that are used in the introduction of the""" start="00:04:59.840" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""manuscript. The rest of the manuscript is built around that""" start="00:05:03.840" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""central hypothesis, so the results section will include""" start="00:05:08.160" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""experiments that address the central hypothesis, and it""" start="00:05:11.600" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""will exclude experiments that have nothing to do with it.""" start="00:05:15.800" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Likewise, the discussion points address the central""" start="00:05:19.480" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""hypothesis.""" start="00:05:22.720" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""Outline""" start="00:05:25.310" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""When I'm done developing that introduction""" start="00:05:25.310" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""in, say, three or four hours, I'll have an outline in hand. At""" start="00:05:27.920" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""least for the results and discussion section, the outline""" start="00:05:33.440" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""will be detailed down to at least a sub-heading level.""" start="00:05:38.200" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I'll move those components over to the manuscript on the""" start="00:05:44.200" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""right. As work is done to address that central""" start="00:05:47.240" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""hypothesis, the manuscript will be updated. Also as""" start="00:05:53.080" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""exploration of the literature continues, new ideas will""" start="00:05:58.120" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""flow in to the manuscript through the log file.""" start="00:06:01.360" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""Another kind of writing log - accountability""" start="00:06:11.440" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""You've probably heard of another kind of writing log, which""" start="00:06:11.440" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""is more of an accountability tool, a tool you use to hold""" start="00:06:13.520" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""yourself accountable in terms of your commitment to work on""" start="00:06:16.720" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""your writing projects.""" start="00:06:20.600" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""So, this idea of carrying out this""" start="00:06:24.717" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""documentation is supported by research done by""" start="00:06:29.000" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Robert Boice. He found that those academics""" start="00:06:32.717" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""who record their writing""" start="00:06:35.839" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""are four times more productive than those that do not.""" start="00:06:39.101" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Those that actually share their writing with""" start="00:06:42.003" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""colleagues are nine times more productive. This is sort of a""" start="00:06:44.120" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""case in point. This is a snapshot of a Google sheet of such a""" start="00:06:47.720" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""writing log that I was sharing as part of a Google workbook.""" start="00:06:55.480" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I was sharing it with three other colleagues. I had the""" start="00:07:03.280" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""possibility of them taking a peek at my Google sheet, and that""" start="00:07:06.960" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""possibility I found to be highly motivating.""" start="00:07:14.320" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""Reducing switching costs""" start="00:07:17.458" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""As you can see, on July 24th, 2023, I worked on five different writing""" start="00:07:17.458" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""projects. This would not have been possible if it had not""" start="00:07:22.600" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""been for having five separate writing logs where I could""" start="00:07:25.960" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""figure out where I had started and where I would report the""" start="00:07:29.400" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""day's progress before maybe taking a break and then""" start="00:07:32.760" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""switching to another writing project. The writing log""" start="00:07:36.960" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""helps reduce switching costs between projects.""" start="00:07:41.200" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""Motivation""" start="00:07:46.480" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""My motivation for developing this project-specific log""" start="00:07:46.480" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""that I'm presenting here is to support clearer thinking""" start="00:07:57.960" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""about the science that I'm trying to do, hopefully leading""" start="00:08:02.960" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""to better science, as well as accelerating the completion""" start="00:08:06.880" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""of the writing project. The secondary purpose is to enable""" start="00:08:10.400" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""working on multiple writing projects in parallel. This is""" start="00:08:13.440" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""important to be able to harness your subconscious. If you""" start="00:08:17.720" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""work on project A for a few hours in the morning, say early""" start="00:08:21.800" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""morning, then late morning you work on project B.""" start="00:08:25.920" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""While you're working on project B,""" start="00:08:28.211" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""your subconscious is busy working away on project A.""" start="00:08:33.861" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""As a result, perhaps the following morning,""" start="00:08:39.142" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""when you wake up or while you're taking a shower or""" start="00:08:43.480" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""commuting, new ideas will emerge for projects A and B as a""" start="00:08:46.280" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""result of these background jobs that you have launched. If""" start="00:08:52.000" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""you don't work on project A, then you're not going to get the""" start="00:08:55.240" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""benefit the following morning. The side effects of using""" start="00:08:58.800" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""this writing log are that it reduces the fear of forgetting""" start="00:09:04.320" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""and also reduces the fear of losing momentum. These are two""" start="00:09:07.440" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""barriers to attempting to carry out work on multiple""" start="00:09:10.200" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""writing projects in a given day. This problem of dealing""" start="00:09:15.000" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""with multiple writing projects is one that is not discussed""" start="00:09:19.240" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""in books about writing. It's apparently a very difficult""" start="00:09:22.720" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""problem. I think my writing log is a successful solution to""" start="00:09:26.040" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""that problem.""" start="00:09:29.760" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""Overview of the writing log""" start="00:09:31.520" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""This is an overview of the writing log in Org mode. It has""" start="00:09:31.520" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""various components. I don't have time to go through all of""" start="00:09:39.920" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""them in detail, but you can see its structure. We get this""" start="00:09:42.960" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""summary view when you open up the file. You have this in the""" start="00:09:48.680" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""header for a startup command overview. Then I just click""" start="00:09:54.320" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""on the heading and hit TAB to see the contents below. So""" start="00:10:04.120" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""normally, I'm just going to go straight to the daily log.""" start="00:10:08.080" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""In this case, it starts on line 944.""" start="00:10:11.440" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""LaTeX preamble in opened drawer""" start="00:10:17.295" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I don't have to scroll all the way down to it,""" start="00:10:17.295" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""because thanks to the support""" start="00:10:19.256" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""for folding of these sections in Org mode, if I open up the""" start="00:10:21.240" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""drawer labeled :PREAMBLE:, you can see that I have imported a""" start="00:10:27.320" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""number of LaTeX packages to enhance the format of the PDF""" start="00:10:31.320" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""file that is upon export.""" start="00:10:38.880" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""Informative header""" start="00:10:42.668" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I have commands that are listed""" start="00:10:42.668" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""below at the bottom for providing a fancy header. This""" start="00:10:44.320" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""header has the current date as well as a running title and the""" start="00:10:49.000" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""current page number and total number of pages. You can see""" start="00:10:54.520" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""in the center the header at the start of page 2. You can see the""" start="00:10:58.200" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""bottom of page 1 where the page number is at the bottom of the""" start="00:11:04.200" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""page. These headers are very useful if you happen to print""" start="00:11:09.400" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""out several log files and their corresponding manuscripts""" start="00:11:17.720" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""and take them with you to work on them while traveling.""" start="00:11:22.880" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Invariably, the pages will get intermingled, and you'll have""" start="00:11:25.360" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""to sort them out when you return home. These headers ease""" start="00:11:29.440" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""that problem. You can see that the table of contents that begin""" start="00:11:33.680" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""the writing log is hyperlinked to various sections. In""" start="00:11:39.800" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""addition to the table of contents, the log file, of course,""" start="00:11:44.760" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""will support various graphical objects like images,""" start="00:11:48.520" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""tables, equations, code listings. I also have added""" start="00:11:51.560" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""LaTeX support for an index, a list of acronyms, glossary,""" start="00:11:56.040" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""mathematical notation, and literature cited. It takes no""" start="00:12:00.280" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""effort to add these in, so why not have them available? These""" start="00:12:05.000" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""features are also available in the annotated bibliography""" start="00:12:10.040" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""template, which helps support making that annotated""" start="00:12:12.920" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""bibliography far more relevant and interesting.""" start="00:12:16.360" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""Four workflows""" start="00:12:21.400" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""This shows a list of four workflows that I'm going to""" start="00:12:21.400" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""discuss, since I don't have time to go through each""" start="00:12:28.080" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""of the items. Obviously, project initiation""" start="00:12:32.600" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""occurs on day one. If I have a three- or four-hour block of time,""" start="00:12:36.280" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""that's sufficient to finish project initiation. Then""" start="00:12:39.720" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""the daily workflow is obviously what occurs every day to""" start="00:12:45.760" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""move the project forward. The periodic assessments are""" start="00:12:49.360" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""done on a monthly or weekly basis, generally on the weekly""" start="00:12:54.240" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""basis as the submission deadline approaches. Then""" start="00:12:57.080" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""after you have received the galley proofs and sent them""" start="00:13:02.560" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""back, there are a few chores that need to be done in terms of""" start="00:13:05.640" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""project closeout. This is an example of a protocol""" start="00:13:09.840" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""that could be followed to do that, and an example of the kinds""" start="00:13:13.960" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""of more or less appendix material that could be included in""" start="00:13:18.520" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""the writing log to help get these things done.""" start="00:13:21.800" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""Project initiation workflow""" start="00:13:28.080" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""This shows a project initiation section of the workflow.""" start="00:13:28.080" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I go through a series of sections that include advice""" start="00:13:31.680" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""about what I need to do to complete each section. The""" start="00:13:39.120" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""rationale section asks me like, why are you doing this? Why""" start="00:13:45.720" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""should you do this? Why not somebody else? Those sort of""" start="00:13:50.760" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""fundamental questions. Then I have""" start="00:13:54.320" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""a drawer labeled guidance that I have,""" start="00:14:01.288" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""and that headline immediately above,""" start="00:14:05.330" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I have this :noexport: keyword so that guidance is not""" start="00:14:07.191" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""written out upon export to the PDF unless you want it. If you""" start="00:14:11.840" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""want it, you have to remove the :noexport: tag. Then I have the""" start="00:14:17.040" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""response to these questions--in this case, a list of""" start="00:14:20.440" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""journals that I'm targeting for submission of this review""" start="00:14:25.200" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""article. I have a plan B journal picked out in case the""" start="00:14:29.200" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""editors decide to reject it. Having a plan B journal""" start="00:14:32.960" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""picked out is a decision you can make at the time of""" start="00:14:43.400" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""submission, so that you're prepared to move quickly if the""" start="00:14:48.000" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""article is rejected.""" start="00:14:55.960" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""Daily workflow""" start="00:14:56.960" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""This shows the daily workflow section. Each entry has a""" start="00:14:56.960" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""date. I sometimes annotate the dated entries with a small""" start="00:15:04.640" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""phrase to highlight certain events. Within a given entry,""" start="00:15:09.440" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I'll have a list of accomplishments. That's sort of the bare""" start="00:15:14.480" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""minimum of what I include. This just demonstrates how""" start="00:15:17.320" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""relatively brief these entries are. Just whatever""" start="00:15:20.720" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""distinct accomplishments were made are listed.""" start="00:15:25.640" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Sometimes I'll include the goals for that day.""" start="00:15:30.600" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I'll always include the correspondence related to the""" start="00:15:37.240" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""project. I'll copy and paste an email into a quote""" start="00:15:40.600" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""environment from LaTeX.""" start="00:15:44.440" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I have a snippet template for auto-generating these""" start="00:15:49.720" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""entries. It will insert the date, for example, in the""" start="00:15:54.320" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""subheading. Then below that, I'll have the next action,""" start="00:15:59.920" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""following David Allen's Getting Things Done approach""" start="00:16:04.240" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""where you identify the next thing that needs to be done.""" start="00:16:06.920" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""That may have come from a to-do list that's indicated below that.""" start="00:16:08.551" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Beyond that, there's sections for some writing""" start="00:16:14.760" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""accountability, and then a reminder to go about updating""" start="00:16:19.040" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""your Zettelkasten and Org-roam if you have come across any""" start="00:16:23.920" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""nuggets of knowledge you want to add to your Org-roam. Then""" start="00:16:28.920" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""below that, there's another section for the storage of""" start="00:16:32.360" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""additions to be made to the manuscript. Maybe they're not""" start="00:16:39.000" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""ready to go yet, so this provides a spot for them to be""" start="00:16:42.920" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""incubated, a sandbox, if you will, where you have room to""" start="00:16:47.600" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""develop them further before they're ready to be""" start="00:16:51.600" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""transferred over to the main manuscript. I also have a""" start="00:16:53.240" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""section there too for the incubation of new ideas for new""" start="00:16:58.400" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""projects.""" start="00:17:04.240" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""Metadata and metacognition""" start="00:17:05.751" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""So this kind of metadata and metacognition about""" start="00:17:05.751" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""the project are often stored in commented out regions or in""" start="00:17:09.640" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""comments, like MS Word documents. These are often stripped""" start="00:17:13.760" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""out in the rush to submit the manuscript, and they're quite""" start="00:17:18.040" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""often lost. Yet they can be invaluable, not only for the""" start="00:17:21.840" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""preparation of future manuscripts, but they can be very""" start="00:17:26.480" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""invaluable for responding to critiques by reviewers. This""" start="00:17:30.240" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""writing log provides ample room for the safe storage of such""" start="00:17:38.280" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""information, such knowledge.""" start="00:17:42.840" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""Periodic assessment workflow""" start="00:17:48.885" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Then periodically, every several months or weeks,""" start="00:17:48.885" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""we'll carry out an assessment of""" start="00:17:53.667" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""the project. We go through a checklist for the completion of""" start="00:17:55.160" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""the manuscript. We also have a timeline with milestones""" start="00:18:02.120" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""identified.""" start="00:18:06.320" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Of course, Org has these wonderful tables that are very""" start="00:18:07.440" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""dynamic. If you need a wider column to accommodate a new""" start="00:18:13.760" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""entry, it self-adjusts. These self-adjusting tables""" start="00:18:18.880" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""are one reason why I was attracted to Org mode, because coming""" start="00:18:23.360" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""from LaTex, where trying to make changes to""" start="00:18:29.640" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""tables is quite difficult. Below that, there's a""" start="00:18:33.040" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""section to make assessments. There are four questions that""" start="00:18:37.000" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I address about the status of the project. One really good""" start="00:18:39.640" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""question is, why can't you submit this project today?""" start="00:18:43.840" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""What's holding it back?""" start="00:18:46.560" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Other such existential questions""" start="00:18:49.351" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""are important to ask from time to time.""" start="00:18:55.215" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""Project closeout workflow""" start="00:18:56.960" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Then finally, the project closeout workflow.""" start="00:18:56.960" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""So this is in the form of a checklist.""" start="00:19:03.634" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""This checklist in the main template""" start="00:19:06.478" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""is already included, but you could include it from an""" start="00:19:09.080" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""external file. Of course, that checklist will be only in""" start="00:19:13.480" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""the PDF when it's included in this fashion. It won't be in the""" start="00:19:19.960" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Org file, but you can view that checklist by clicking on its""" start="00:19:22.800" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""file path. It serves as a link that will open up in an Org""" start="00:19:27.600" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""buffer. The advantage of taking a modular approach to this""" start="00:19:32.720" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""sort of appendix material is that you can update your""" start="00:19:40.120" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""protocols and the updated protocols will be available to""" start="00:19:43.000" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""all log files across all projects.""" start="00:19:46.400" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""Conclusions""" start="00:19:49.640" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""In conclusion, this project-specific log file helps""" start="00:19:49.640" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""narrow the focus on one project. It provides space to harbor""" start="00:19:56.320" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""the thinking about that project, and it helps support the""" start="00:20:02.760" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""project initiation and sustain its momentum and""" start="00:20:08.680" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""facilitate its completion. The side effects of using this""" start="00:20:14.000" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""log file for one project is that it dampens the fear of""" start="00:20:21.800" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""forgetting, the fear of losing momentum, which inhibits us""" start="00:20:27.400" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""working on more than one project in a given day.""" start="00:20:31.440" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""Acknowledgements""" start="00:20:34.520" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I would like to thank my friends at the Oklahoma Data Science""" start="00:20:34.520" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Workshop. We hold this workshop every third Friday at noon""" start="00:20:42.560" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""central time by Zoom. It's open to participation by people""" start="00:20:47.800" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""from all around the world. Send me an email if you are""" start="00:20:53.760" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""interested in the applications of computing to scientific""" start="00:20:56.880" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""research. I participate occasionally in these Emacs""" start="00:21:01.520" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""meetups, and I have shared this writing blog with members of""" start="00:21:06.800" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""the UK Research Software Engineer group through the Emacs""" start="00:21:11.360" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Research Slack channel. My efforts are supported by""" start="00:21:18.720" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""funding from these grants. I'll be happy to take any""" start="00:21:24.280" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""questions.""" start="00:21:28.800" video="mainVideo-project" id="subtitle"]]
Captioner: sachac

Q&A transcript (unedited)

[[!template text="""And about, I think we are live. Okay, hi again everyone. And hi""" start="00:00:00.000" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Blaine, how are you doing? Fantastic, happy to be here.""" start="00:00:10.320" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Yeah, it's good to see you again. We were just reminiscing in""" start="00:00:14.680" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""a room right now that it's almost been a year exactly since we""" start="00:00:17.480" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""last spoke because you were at the EmacsConf last year. That's""" start="00:00:20.240" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""right. This is great fun. Yeah, well, thank you for coming in""" start="00:00:23.880" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""and especially every time you come with a very well-crafted""" start="00:00:28.560" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""talks talking about, you know, what you do with Org Mode, Org""" start="00:00:33.080" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Roam and whatever. And it's really fascinating as someone""" start="00:00:37.280" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""who develops and use those tools constantly to see you put""" start="00:00:41.040" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""them in action so well. Because you, you know, the way you""" start="00:00:43.480" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""talk about your research, it really reminds me on what we""" start="00:00:46.200" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""were, sorry, I've got elves talking in my ears and I'm still""" start="00:00:49.720" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""not used to it at this point. But it's really nice to see you""" start="00:00:53.280" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""put all of this together into a very cohesive way for you to""" start="00:00:56.640" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""write. Okay, let me just share my screen and I'll be sharing""" start="00:01:00.360" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""the questions. Where is it? All right, take presenter. And I""" start="00:01:03.760" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""will be sharing the questions. All right. Can you see my""" start="00:01:11.880" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""screen all right? I can, yes. OK, cool. So we move straight to""" start="00:01:18.080" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""the question. Let me just check on the time. I think we have""" start="00:01:24.160" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""about until 10.20, which is in 17 minutes. So let's take""" start="00:01:27.000" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""about 10 to 15 minutes of question time. And if people have""" start="00:01:32.000" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""joined on BBB, we'll also be taking questions live. All""" start="00:01:35.640" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""Q: what does 0573 means in your init. file name?""" start="00:01:38.600" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""right. Starting with the first question, what does 0573""" start="00:01:38.600" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""mean in your init file name? So this name is, you can think of""" start="00:01:44.080" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""it as a prefix or a stub. It's an index number that I utilize""" start="00:01:49.720" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""before a short name that describes the project. So I have all""" start="00:01:55.880" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""my projects in my home directory, and I just start typing the""" start="00:02:01.480" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""project number or index number. in the terminal and I have""" start="00:02:06.120" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""autocompletion available through oh my ZSH package. So I""" start="00:02:12.200" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""just hit tab and it autocompletes the name of the project and""" start="00:02:17.880" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""pops me into that folder. And so I find this to be very easy for""" start="00:02:21.200" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""navigating between projects. As you saw, I work on multiple""" start="00:02:26.320" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""projects in a given day and this helps me move about. And I""" start="00:02:30.920" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""also use this number at the start of the log file name and at""" start="00:02:37.400" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""the start of the manuscript name and the start of the, I also""" start="00:02:45.640" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""have an annotated bibliography. So all those files are""" start="00:02:50.640" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""identified just in case I accidentally save one to the wrong""" start="00:02:54.080" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""folder. I can avoid, I can sort them out later. Great""" start="00:02:59.360" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""question. Thank you. Next question, which I think is going""" start="00:03:04.640" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""Q: What does Zettelkasten mean?""" start="00:03:09.520" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to be a long one. What does Zettelkasten mean? So this means""" start="00:03:09.520" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""like, I guess, notebox, something along those lines. You""" start="00:03:16.160" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""can think of it as a- Yeah, spitbox usually, that's the word""" start="00:03:20.720" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""we use. Thank you. So this is a kind of like a card catalog""" start="00:03:24.880" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""system that when it was done on paper, and now it's being done""" start="00:03:29.160" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""electronically through various software packages. So in""" start="00:03:33.360" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""the Emacs world, org-roam is a one of several alternate""" start="00:03:38.680" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""packages that you can use. Prot has the note and there's a""" start="00:03:43.200" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""couple others. So, idea is that you create a note, usually a,""" start="00:03:48.000" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""ultimately what you want to do is create a nugget of""" start="00:03:59.080" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""knowledge from your reading that you've done. and you add it""" start="00:04:04.240" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""to this note system in such a way that you can recover it more""" start="00:04:09.480" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""easily than what had to be done in the old days with index""" start="00:04:15.880" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""cards.""" start="00:04:20.160" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""So you set up backlinks and then you can use the search""" start="00:04:23.720" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""features in Org Roam to filter and find the notes again in the""" start="00:04:28.200" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""future. Org Roam has a wonderful GUI interface where you can""" start="00:04:34.920" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""display it as a knowledge graph, essentially, all your""" start="00:04:43.080" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""nodes and the backlinks between them. I set mine up in a""" start="00:04:47.080" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""rather hierarchical fashion to, at least right now, it's""" start="00:04:52.480" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""pretty hierarchical at this point, but it may become more""" start="00:04:56.640" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""disorganized over time. But I find it I'm sort of a visual""" start="00:05:01.960" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""person. I like mind maps a lot. I find that this visual""" start="00:05:07.680" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""display of my Zettelkasten is similar, resembles to a""" start="00:05:12.520" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""certain degree, a mind map.""" start="00:05:16.920" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Okay, well, that's a pretty good definition of what""" start="00:05:22.440" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Zettelkasten is, and you also went on to specify what it""" start="00:05:25.600" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""means inside Emacs, so thank you. I think that clarifies it""" start="00:05:28.840" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""for the two people in the room who still do not know, after""" start="00:05:31.600" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""attending four Emacs conferences, what is the""" start="00:05:34.200" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Zettelkasten method. Moving on to the next question,""" start="00:05:36.760" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""Q: How many papers are you writing at the same time?""" start="00:05:41.760" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""how many papers are you writing at the same time? Because I""" start="00:05:41.760" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""believe you mentioned that you had concurrent papers being""" start="00:05:44.400" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""written during your presentation. So I'm probably working""" start="00:05:47.760" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""on, in a given year, somewhere between 10 and 15. How many do I""" start="00:05:51.960" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""get published in a year? Probably anywhere from one to four""" start="00:05:57.840" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""or five. So these papers often, the work on them spans""" start="00:06:03.200" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""multiple years. will start working on a paper when I begin,""" start="00:06:08.640" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""before I begin the experiments, ideally, because I'm""" start="00:06:13.560" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""trying to do hypothesis-driven research. And so that helps""" start="00:06:16.520" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""define the scope of the project and limit the number of""" start="00:06:23.440" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""rabbit holes I go down. So, but through the nature of the""" start="00:06:27.560" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""work, there's a lot of waiting required in my case for""" start="00:06:32.960" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""crystals to grow and then the opportunity to collect""" start="00:06:36.920" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""diffraction data on the crystals. And then the structures""" start="00:06:39.680" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""have to be determined and refined and analyzed and then""" start="00:06:43.880" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""deposited, figures have to be made. So a lot of steps are""" start="00:06:48.560" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""involved that those take generally span, that work can span""" start="00:06:52.800" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""several years.""" start="00:06:57.760" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""In a given day, I try to work on two papers, ideally. I haven't""" start="00:07:02.560" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""been doing so well lately over the past month.""" start="00:07:09.400" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""In the past year, there was a couple of days where I worked on""" start="00:07:12.280" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""five papers. There was something like a half dozen where I""" start="00:07:19.760" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""worked on four, about 40 days where I worked on three, and I""" start="00:07:24.240" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""think there was something like about 100 days where I worked""" start="00:07:29.160" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""on two papers a day, about 140 days where I just worked on one.""" start="00:07:33.480" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""So my idea is, I've been sort of developing more recently is""" start="00:07:41.000" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""that I'll start doing like the generative writing on a paper""" start="00:07:45.720" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""at the beginning of the day on the paper project I'm most""" start="00:07:49.160" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""excited about. I tried to, I'm a night owl. I tried to do this""" start="00:07:51.960" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""work early in the morning when I'm half awake to try to""" start="00:07:55.440" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""overcome my internal editor that inhibits me from writing""" start="00:08:00.520" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""prose freely. And so the idea is just to get a lot of words out,""" start="00:08:03.440" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""worry about editing them later. And then after about three""" start="00:08:09.880" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""hours, I'll switch to the second project that I'm less""" start="00:08:14.640" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""excited about. And I can go for another 90 minutes to two""" start="00:08:18.000" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""hours on that project. So I build up a lot of momentum, and""" start="00:08:22.000" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""then I do the switch. And I find that switch to be relatively""" start="00:08:27.720" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""easy. So my process will be On project A, make some final""" start="00:08:31.960" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""notes about what was accomplished in the writing log. Then""" start="00:08:37.360" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I'll switch over to the writing log for the project B, and""" start="00:08:42.360" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I'll go to the diary section at the beginning. I'll make a""" start="00:08:48.000" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""little to-do list and maybe look at the prior entry in the""" start="00:08:51.360" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""diary if I need to reboot my memory. And then I'll move on to""" start="00:08:57.280" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""the manuscript and go for 90 minutes or two hours.""" start="00:09:03.200" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Generally, you're only good for somewhere between four and""" start="00:09:07.920" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""a half, five and a half hours. If you try to write in a""" start="00:09:12.480" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""generative fashion much longer than that, your""" start="00:09:15.360" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""productivity goes down quite a bit. You're better off""" start="00:09:17.840" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""switching to a completely different activity and then""" start="00:09:21.280" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""using your experience doing that writing to essentially""" start="00:09:24.040" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""launch background jobs in your subconscious. And so you""" start="00:09:30.160" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""will get those ideas in the shower the next morning.""" start="00:09:33.200" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I find it really funny because I also relate. I've also""" start="00:09:37.480" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""worked a lot on organization as linked to paper writing but""" start="00:09:44.520" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""also to on my work as a developer and it's funny how you refer""" start="00:09:48.920" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""to your ability to think about something in very similar""" start="00:09:53.720" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""terms to how a computer would think about something. You've""" start="00:09:57.000" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""mentioned in your presentation the cost of context""" start="00:09:59.400" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""switching between different things but it's also""" start="00:10:02.400" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""something that we use in computing when a processor needs to""" start="00:10:04.920" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""be thinking about something else, well, it has a cost. And""" start="00:10:08.120" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""it's really fun for me to hear you talk about, oh, I need to""" start="00:10:11.720" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""select two topics, but no longer than 90 minutes per topic,""" start="00:10:15.360" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""because it's really about maximizing your output for""" start="00:10:19.160" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""creativity. And overall, your entire chat, your entire""" start="00:10:21.320" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""presentation here is about really maximizing the""" start="00:10:25.240" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""engagement that you have between outputs and your""" start="00:10:28.520" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""cognition. And I really find this amazing how down to the T""" start="00:10:32.960" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""you've managed to do this. And it actually leads me to""" start="00:10:37.160" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""another question which is being asked of you, which is,""" start="00:10:40.280" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""Q: How you capture those ideas when when you are away from Emacs?""" start="00:10:42.680" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""how do you capture those ideas when you are away from Emacs? And""" start="00:10:42.680" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""perhaps not only those you have in the showers, but also""" start="00:10:45.960" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""elsewhere. So that's a great question. Over the past year, I""" start="00:10:48.000" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""actually, last January, upon recommendation of a senior""" start="00:10:53.920" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""colleague, I bought a digital voice recorder for $85 from""" start="00:10:59.240" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Sony, and it's the best investment I've made in a very long""" start="00:11:05.400" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""time. other than my laptop computer, because I then record""" start="00:11:10.280" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""my thoughts. So I have a half hour commute. And to me, that's""" start="00:11:16.400" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""largely a waste of time. I wish I lived a lot closer to work.""" start="00:11:21.440" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""But I use that time to generate ideas. So maybe I'll start my""" start="00:11:25.360" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""day at home for 90 minutes, worked on paper A, and then I might""" start="00:11:33.680" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""try to prime my mind about project B, or I might still have""" start="00:11:40.560" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""ideas that are flowing about project A. And I'll record""" start="00:11:44.800" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""those in the digital voice recorder. And then when I get to""" start="00:11:48.200" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""the lab, I'll transfer the audio file to my computer, and""" start="00:11:51.440" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I'll transcribe it using a whisper. So I've set up some""" start="00:11:54.600" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Python scripts and bash functions to go through and I""" start="00:12:00.160" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""convert all the sentences into one sentence per line""" start="00:12:03.760" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""because that's the way I like to write and edit things. And so""" start="00:12:11.000" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""it does all this pre-processing for me. And I have this""" start="00:12:16.360" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""transcript that's in pretty good shape. I don't have to do""" start="00:12:19.680" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""very much editing. And I'll then copy that over and work on""" start="00:12:23.280" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""it, clean it up, and pluck out the ideas that I think might be""" start="00:12:29.160" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""useful. Unfortunately, I'm not very I'm not away from my""" start="00:12:33.080" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""computer that much. I'm in front of it, 12, 14 hours a day. So""" start="00:12:40.440" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""when I'm teaching, when I'm in seminar, other committee""" start="00:12:47.960" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""meetings, traveling, then I'll capture ideas on paper. I""" start="00:12:53.040" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""don't have a cell phone. I'm trying to be the last human on""" start="00:12:58.360" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""earth without a cell phone. I think I would be so distracted""" start="00:13:02.400" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""by a cell phone. Worst person on the planet, I would be""" start="00:13:07.360" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""totally focused on my cell phone if I had one. So I'm like one""" start="00:13:12.720" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""of the few people left who can read a map. So I do run into some""" start="00:13:16.400" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""difficulties hailing taxis and that sort of thing when I'm""" start="00:13:23.000" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""traveling. So there are some downsides to not having a cell""" start="00:13:26.200" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""phone, but these days. Yeah, but I think there's a pretty""" start="00:13:30.600" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""significant upside because, you know, you talk about cell""" start="00:13:35.720" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""phones here, but before you were talking about the 90""" start="00:13:38.640" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""minutes of uninterrupted focus on a given topic. And I think""" start="00:13:41.000" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""plenty of people would be envious of this ability to focus""" start="00:13:44.800" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""for that long on a topic. And I guess if we are to thread the""" start="00:13:48.360" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""needle here, well, the lack of cell phone might be for""" start="00:13:54.520" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""something for this ability to focus. So take of this what you""" start="00:13:57.240" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""will. True, I am a sucker for the web browser. I can get""" start="00:14:00.840" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""distracted going down various rabbit holes thanks to""" start="00:14:06.800" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Google searches and that sort of thing. Likewise, email is""" start="00:14:11.760" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""another tension grabber. So, there's those other battles I""" start="00:14:17.280" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""have to fight too. So, right, that is a huge battle that all of""" start="00:14:22.400" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""us face is developing focus and being able to maintain""" start="00:14:27.600" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""focus. Right. So, we have about three more minutes of""" start="00:14:31.840" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""questions. So, thank you so much already for answering many""" start="00:14:37.160" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""questions. How about we do a quick fire for the remaining""" start="00:14:39.280" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""questions and then maybe we will take a question from... from""" start="00:14:43.320" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""here or in the room. So how about we go for the next one?""" start="00:14:47.080" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""Q: What if an ideas does not belong to any current working manuscript?""" start="00:14:50.273" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""What if an ID does not belong""" start="00:14:50.273" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""to any current working manuscript? So I""" start="00:14:51.574" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""have a sandbox area in the log file.""" start="00:14:55.200" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""So if it's likely going to be related to something to a""" start="00:14:57.800" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""certain degree, if the idea is totally unrelated to""" start="00:15:04.320" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""anything I'm working on, then I will""" start="00:15:09.120" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I maintain a 700 through 750 words. I maintain a kind of a""" start="00:15:12.720" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""external diary and I just capture those kind of ideas there.""" start="00:15:21.360" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""So, I have access to a web interface to this big text area with""" start="00:15:26.720" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""nothing in it. And I just dump ideas all day long in there. So,""" start="00:15:31.200" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""and I save that away. I have that in a big LaTeX document""" start="00:15:37.080" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""currently on Overleaf. but each day has its own page. And so""" start="00:15:42.800" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""that information is captured and I can recover it. And maybe""" start="00:15:50.000" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""it's gonna take me a week, a month, a year to take that idea and""" start="00:15:53.080" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""think about it. And then eventually I'll get to a point where""" start="00:15:57.600" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I have a critical mass of momentum and data and so forth,""" start="00:16:00.280" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""where I could start a new writing project. But you're right,""" start="00:16:04.280" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""that is a problem, capturing those ideas and keeping track""" start="00:16:08.280" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""of them. The Xenocasting can also help with that. Right. OK,""" start="00:16:11.400" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""so we have time for one more question and I think I'm going to""" start="00:16:16.720" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""skip this one. You can take all the time you want after we're""" start="00:16:19.160" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""done with the live show for you to answer in BBB, obviously,""" start="00:16:22.680" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""and even after the conference. But I'd really like to finish""" start="00:16:25.680" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""on this one.""" start="00:16:28.320" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""Q: If there were one habit from your process (referencing your extensive flow chart) that you want active learners/professional researchers to adopt, which would it be and why?""" start="00:16:28.802" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""So, if there were one habit from your process,""" start="00:16:28.802" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""referencing your extensive flowchart, that you want""" start="00:16:31.880" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""active learners or professional researchers to adopt,""" start="00:16:35.080" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""which would it be and why? So,""" start="00:16:37.840" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I think just keeping that daily diary, that's the essential""" start="00:16:44.480" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""part for overcoming the fear of forgetting and the fear of""" start="00:16:50.000" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""losing momentum. One reason why people don't work on two""" start="00:16:55.240" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""projects a day is that they fear losing momentum on the first""" start="00:16:58.320" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""project they're working on. But we often are stuck with""" start="00:17:02.400" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""working on multiple writing projects, and they're best""" start="00:17:07.320" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""done over longer periods of time rather than in a hasty""" start="00:17:10.000" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""fashion. I try to avoid binge writing, although I do my share""" start="00:17:13.200" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""of that, too. Okay, well, Blaine, thank you so much for all""" start="00:17:18.680" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""your questions. The stream is going to move to the next chat""" start="00:17:23.480" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""and talk. We're moving to the next talk of the day, but feel""" start="00:17:29.200" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""free to stay in a room. For everyone interested in asking""" start="00:17:32.000" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""more questions to Blaine, the BBB, sorry, BigBlueButton""" start="00:17:35.160" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""link is available on the website. You can join and ask""" start="00:17:38.480" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""questions directly to Blaine. And otherwise, we'll make""" start="00:17:41.240" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""sure that all the remaining questions on the pad get their""" start="00:17:43.320" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""answer eventually. Thank you so much, Blaine. You're""" start="00:17:45.480" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""welcome. Bye-bye. Bye.""" start="00:17:48.240" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""okay I think the stream is moving on. Just making sure. okay. Yes""" start="00:17:56.560" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""we are moving on to the next stream. So Blaine, I'm going to need to""" start="00:18:00.080" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""get ready for the next talk. Thank you so much for all your""" start="00:18:02.080" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""answers and feel free to answer your questions. I'm""" start="00:18:04.920" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""sorry that i didn't get to fill your question live. It's just""" start="00:18:08.080" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""there was a lot of questions actually. It was a comment. Okay.""" start="00:18:11.760" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]]
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[[!template text="""Yeah, yeah. You mentioned about that you sit all the day in""" start="00:18:16.600" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""front of computer, right? And I have to say, it's not too""" start="00:18:24.200" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""different from a bathroom if you get distracted by web""" start="00:18:28.000" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""browser. I also have the same problem. And one interesting""" start="00:18:31.440" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""solution I found at some point is that I pry my mind about""" start="00:18:34.920" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""certain task, I leave my office and I go for a walk while""" start="00:18:38.680" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""thinking about this. And that really forces to focus""" start="00:18:44.040" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""because while you're working you have nothing else to do.""" start="00:18:49.080" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""You cannot go and like go like searching Google and stuff""" start="00:18:52.840" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""like that. It can really help in some cases.""" start="00:18:57.000" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Yeah, I try to. Periodically, I'll try to restart doing the""" start="00:19:03.360" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Pomodoro method, where you're supposed to get up every 25""" start="00:19:09.560" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""minutes and take a break. But that requires a lot of""" start="00:19:12.880" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""discipline. And it also has, I find I'm more exhausted by""" start="00:19:17.960" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""following that method at the end of the day. But I think the""" start="00:19:23.800" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""problem with, well, I think in part- No, no, I don't mean""" start="00:19:26.880" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Pomodoro actually. I mean, more like showers. Because when""" start="00:19:30.920" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""you take a shower, you think about something, right? When""" start="00:19:36.080" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""you just go for a walk, you again think about it. So this is not""" start="00:19:39.080" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""a break to take rest. It's a break to think away from""" start="00:19:43.160" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""computer.""" start="00:19:46.120" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""And you prime yourself, your brain by... picking something""" start="00:19:49.040" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""to work on. So I have a project, I think, like certain""" start="00:19:54.240" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""questions I want to think about. I sometimes take my, like a""" start="00:19:56.720" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""piece of paper with me. And then when I walk, I like take""" start="00:20:01.080" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""notes. You can record voice in your case. And like half an""" start="00:20:05.320" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""hour and you can really generate ideas.""" start="00:20:10.280" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I have been doing a similar thing. I will take a clipboard.""" start="00:20:15.240" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Maybe I'll have, um, Some blank pages where I'll write, jot""" start="00:20:18.520" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""down ideas as I walk. I'll go for like a half hour, hour-long""" start="00:20:24.800" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""walk and also read a paper sometimes, and in the process of""" start="00:20:29.800" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""reading, I get ideas.""" start="00:20:33.880" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""The clipboard though is socially less acceptable. It""" start="00:20:39.160" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""reminds people of their gym teacher, I think, or their""" start="00:20:45.160" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""marine drill sergeant, and they give me all kinds of weird""" start="00:20:49.360" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""looks. Even though they're walking and reading their cell""" start="00:20:53.800" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""phone, looking down at their cell phone, they give me weird""" start="00:20:59.280" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""looks for looking down at a clipboard as I walk. So there's""" start="00:21:03.760" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""that weird aspect to it. It's kind of hilarious.""" start="00:21:08.600" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Thank you very much for the comment. Yeah, hopefully it's""" start="00:21:16.720" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""helpful. Because I really struggled about this web browser""" start="00:21:21.480" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""in the past. Not so much these days. Very good.""" start="00:21:24.800" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""That's good to hear.""" start="00:21:28.347" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I asked,""" start="00:21:57.280" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""when I write notes, I've noticed like with the""" start="00:21:57.640" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Getting Things Done and the Zettelkasten, I like to separate them""" start="00:22:06.520" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""out. And beyond that, I also like to separate them out on""" start="00:22:10.400" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""daily things and the global things. So that, for instance,""" start="00:22:14.760" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""your Zettelkasten, a daily would be like a journal. If you""" start="00:22:19.960" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""separate it out, It gives a lot of tension of, oh, well, if""" start="00:22:24.720" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""it's just a stray thought, I'll write it into my journal if I""" start="00:22:29.600" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""don't know where it goes. If I can think of a permanent place""" start="00:22:33.120" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""for it to go, it goes into the Zettelkasten. Same thing with,""" start="00:22:36.960" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""and then with like the getting things done is like, I don't,""" start="00:22:41.480" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""you start with like a fresh sheet of paper every single day or""" start="00:22:44.600" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""note or whatever. You ever done, you have tricks like that""" start="00:22:48.160" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""that you've noticed? So I'm sort of doing something similar""" start="00:22:54.640" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""through this. Well, to be honest, I like at the start of the""" start="00:22:59.360" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""day, I actually will just do sort of a brain dump of what""" start="00:23:04.280" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""happened the day before, just to try to get writing again.""" start="00:23:07.400" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""And these days, because of carpal tunnel syndrome, I'll use""" start="00:23:11.880" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""a voice speech to text to generate that initial text. And I'm""" start="00:23:16.960" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""just trying to, build up momentum of generating words. And""" start="00:23:22.160" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""so I capture, but I'm also adding to that document""" start="00:23:28.480" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""throughout the day. And so that is available through the web""" start="00:23:35.560" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""browser. I have a tab open to 750 words all the time. There's""" start="00:23:40.720" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""an alternate to it that is called Write Honey, that somebody""" start="00:23:47.280" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""in Berlin started, because they benefited so greatly from""" start="00:23:51.720" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""this practice. They have made it available for free,""" start="00:23:55.920" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""apparently for life. And so there's no word limit, whereas I""" start="00:23:58.680" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""have a grandfathered version of 750 words, and I have a word""" start="00:24:05.040" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""limit of 5,000 words. I rarely hit it. It's nice to know that""" start="00:24:10.600" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""right honey doesn't have that limit. So, that's how I'm""" start="00:24:15.520" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""capturing things. And then, so some of that text winds up""" start="00:24:20.600" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""being moved into my log file or even sometimes into the""" start="00:24:26.200" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""manuscript.""" start="00:24:32.280" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""So maybe a little less organized than the getting things""" start="00:24:37.800" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""done approach with the dailies and then the refiling""" start="00:24:42.080" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""process. So I don't do any refiling. I want to file once. I""" start="00:24:47.560" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""don't want to file a second time or have to go back and handle""" start="00:24:54.320" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""something a second time. So that's my rationale for the""" start="00:24:58.080" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""approach I take. I'm not using it. I've had various""" start="00:25:03.320" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""iterations of systems I've used, but I think my favorite one""" start="00:25:08.160" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""for like getting things done is actually not using""" start="00:25:12.760" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Org Agenda, just like making a blank sheet and kind of doing""" start="00:25:15.560" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""like a template where it's just like, and separating my""" start="00:25:18.800" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""tasks out into three categories, like core tasks, like, and""" start="00:25:24.040" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""rule of thumb is like, if it's beyond three, it's too much too""" start="00:25:28.120" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""many. And like core tasks, secondary tasks and unplanned""" start="00:25:32.280" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""tasks. So these, those three categories, like for""" start="00:25:36.360" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""instance, the core task, if it's greater than three, it's""" start="00:25:39.760" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""too many. That way is like, when you look back, then you can""" start="00:25:42.040" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""see, like, if I got my core tasks done, I did really good. or if""" start="00:25:47.000" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I got a lot of secondary tasks but not my core tasks done, I got""" start="00:25:51.440" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""side reactions with things that don't matter.""" start="00:25:56.880" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""If I got a lot of unplanned tasks,""" start="00:25:58.874" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I could look at those unplanned tasks to see, oh yeah, okay,""" start="00:26:00.640" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""that was fine. Okay, the day didn't go as""" start="00:26:03.680" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""planned, but it was, yeah. That's an excellent suggestion.""" start="00:26:07.640" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I generally just And I ended up long of a to-do list. It's""" start="00:26:15.000" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""impossible to accomplish in a day. Then I just like""" start="00:26:20.120" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""furnaces. Another trick that I liked was I also put like that""" start="00:26:25.080" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""under like a week. Cause it makes more sense to do it under a""" start="00:26:29.800" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""week. And then I'd have like subheadings under that, like,""" start="00:26:34.720" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""you know, so week day. Um, then I'd have those three""" start="00:26:39.080" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""categories for each of the tasks and then kind of as an""" start="00:26:45.080" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""unofficial day at the end, I just like have a staging area for""" start="00:26:48.600" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""all tasks. So I just kind of, then I just, I want to be using org""" start="00:26:51.720" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""agenda. So then I just be moving up and down, you know, cause""" start="00:26:56.200" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""you could, cause you're able to rearrange stuff in org mode""" start="00:27:00.320" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""so easily. I don't know if there's a good way of, that's been""" start="00:27:03.200" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""my favorite iteration""" start="00:27:08.080" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""of doing it. So I wrote a little function that pops in the""" start="00:27:11.920" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""to-dos that are specific to a particular project in the log""" start="00:27:20.760" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""file for that project.""" start="00:27:25.440" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""And then I add the log file name to the list of org files that""" start="00:27:31.360" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Org Agenda searches, so those to-dos will show up. But my""" start="00:27:36.600" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""list is too long, and that becomes overwhelming. So I'll""" start="00:27:41.920" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""just assign a to-do heading to the top item in my to-do list to""" start="00:27:46.200" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""try to, but maybe it should be three. That would be a""" start="00:27:51.400" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""reasonable compromise.""" start="00:27:54.480" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""That's a good idea.""" start="00:27:58.480" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""So you're doing weekly planning then? I can show up. I was.""" start="00:28:03.880" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""This is, yeah, this was, yeah. What ended up making me stop is""" start="00:28:12.880" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I didn't know how to make a template of it. 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I""" start="00:30:17.440" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""don't know if you can see this well enough, but...""" start="00:30:44.160" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Yeah, let's make it bigger. Can you see that at all? I can see a""" start="00:30:50.160" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""little bit of it. Yeah, it's kind of blurry.""" start="00:30:59.600" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Alright, well. But then you just do that right there. So it's""" start="00:31:01.280" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""all color coded. I, so I get a sense of, uh, uh, what the kind of""" start="00:31:07.400" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""greenish blue lines must be or days, I guess, or. Okay. Well,""" start="00:31:13.240" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""right. 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Then""" start="00:39:40.360" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""it'll tell me if I feel good about that day, depends on what""" start="00:39:45.520" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""algorithm, what level and what type of strategy you're""" start="00:39:49.240" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""using. If you're using time blocking, you're optimizing""" start="00:39:52.760" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""for each level of time block where I'm, where's like, And you""" start="00:39:56.120" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""can combine the approaches. It'd be trickier. But like, now""" start="00:40:02.880" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""let's see. 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[[!template text="""So. do you ever use any, uh, a lot of TeX inside of org mode?""" start="00:48:32.800" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""No, mostly because I know that like I could try to learn it,""" start="00:48:38.280" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""but I just don't have a need for it. So yeah. 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I can read""" start="00:51:18.520" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""the source code of it and kind of get an idea of how it will look""" start="00:51:24.440" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""like, but I just...""" start="00:51:27.680" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""It's like if you're gonna use the Linux terminal, but you're""" start="00:51:30.920" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""gonna use it for an hour a week every... Yeah, an hour a week.""" start="00:51:36.800" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""It's just like, it's just not enough time to dedicate to""" start="00:51:41.640" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""learn it for to start paying off. That's right. And you can""" start="00:51:45.200" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""always export your org file to an HTML file.""" start="00:51:48.280" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Yeah.""" start="00:51:52.560" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""But the org file is what I stare at 95% of the time or more. I""" start="00:51:56.080" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""only use a PDF. So I export to PDF generally. And when I export""" start="00:52:06.040" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""to HTML, it's very cool. I like looking at the document in the""" start="00:52:10.520" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""web browser. I like navigating it. 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[[!template text="""lists, you know, create headlines. So what about org mode""" start="00:52:48.680" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""versus Markdown? Cause I know when, cause when I looked at""" start="00:52:55.120" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""org mode versus Markdown, I was like, yeah, more stuff""" start="00:52:57.720" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""supports Markdown, but. Org mode has more stuff built into""" start="00:53:00.560" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""it, like the calendar and agenda stuff. And it's obvious""" start="00:53:05.040" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""what this is supposed to be in org mode. And Emacs has got the""" start="00:53:10.520" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""best client. I use Emacs. 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You could have four Python""" start="00:54:46.040" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""sessions going, each of them labeled differently. And""" start="00:54:50.800" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""they're all walled off from each other. They don't see each""" start="00:54:55.040" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""other. Or you can have different programming languages. So""" start="00:54:57.520" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""you can do polyglottic""" start="00:55:07.080" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""programming where you have... Maybe Python's generating a""" start="00:55:11.040" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""table, and then that table gets, you decide you want to plot""" start="00:55:14.360" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""it using R, or you want to use ggplot2 and R to plot it, so that""" start="00:55:18.240" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""table gets fed into R in the next code block down, and then""" start="00:55:24.200" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""below it, you get a graph made in R, or you can make it in new""" start="00:55:29.720" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""plot, or you could, or some other, or you could move it into a""" start="00:55:33.560" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""LaTeX code block, plot the data in with Tikz,""" start="00:55:39.560" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""or you could move it into Clojure and use one of the""" start="00:55:47.400" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Clojure plotting programs. Just kind of limitless what you""" start="00:55:52.720" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""can do in terms of recombining the best of different""" start="00:55:56.400" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""programming languages.""" start="00:56:00.120" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Yeah, let's see. The literate DevOps are really good talks""" start="00:56:01.600" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""and subjects to get into this type of stuff. And they give a""" start="00:56:09.240" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""very good example of some tips on how to do this. You start""" start="00:56:13.360" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""writing in the previous or past tenses, though. You got the""" start="00:56:17.120" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""answer already, and then your notes are already formatted""" start="00:56:20.360" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""out as you're doing it for after the fact. And like, one thing""" start="00:56:23.720" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]]
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[[!template text="""I like doing a lot is using the Raku language as a calculator,""" start="00:56:28.560" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""because I can just type in math as normal and it all works.""" start="00:56:32.680" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I've tried that. Yeah, you can just say like, I don't know, 25""" start="00:56:37.240" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""times four with, and you can put like parentheses in it. I'm""" start="00:56:44.920" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""not exactly, I haven't used it very heavily. Oh, it also""" start="00:56:49.560" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""supports Unicode. So if you wanted to have""" start="00:56:55.040" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""the not equals sign, the Unicode not equals sign, it will""" start="00:57:01.840" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""actually do that. Cool. Or like the division sign. I don't""" start="00:57:07.320" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""know how it will do it. Yeah. But yeah. And then using that in,""" start="00:57:12.920" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I also wrote a shell script where it would just help me do a""" start="00:57:22.760" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""calculation. I was trying to do a business calculation""" start="00:57:28.240" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""where I was, and I'd have variable names and I ended up""" start="00:57:31.880" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""writing the, in the parentheses I'd have enters, returns,""" start="00:57:35.360" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""and then just a variable name with like a dollar sign, kind of""" start="00:57:39.320" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""like how you'd have in the shell. And I outputted every""" start="00:57:42.320" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""single line that I had in the enter.""" start="00:57:45.800" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""six or 10 variables in this paragraph, the paragraph""" start="00:57:47.480" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""spanned, I don't know, like four lines or something like""" start="00:57:54.480" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""that. Maybe, yeah, something, I think it was along those""" start="00:57:57.760" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""lines. And I was just thinking of like what this would be in""" start="00:58:01.040" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""something else, just like, it was a lot nicer. Yeah, I had""" start="00:58:04.600" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""like equations for the variable, like in like one line, but""" start="00:58:07.880" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""when I wrote that, what my output should be is like, like I""" start="00:58:10.880" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""wasn't putting all of these like, you know, string join,""" start="00:58:13.840" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""string join, string join, It looked relatively close to""" start="00:58:16.360" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""what my terminal output would be, and then a later iteration""" start="00:58:21.160" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I found on this was, let's write what I'm going to put into the""" start="00:58:25.240" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""command line, made a couple changeable variables in it, and""" start="00:58:29.040" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""then I can see my results, and that ended up being very nice.""" start="00:58:36.120" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Ended up being nicer than the shells. Yeah, ended up""" start="00:58:40.040" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""enhancing that shell script that I wrote.""" start="00:58:44.200" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""That's a Raku calculator.""" start="00:58:45.960" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Uh, it's the Raku programming language, which I was just""" start="00:58:50.920" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""using it, which I was just using as, which I'll just use as""" start="00:58:57.760" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""just straight up that calculator. Cause I'll do like,""" start="00:59:02.480" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""because it supports math well enough that I, like I, yeah,""" start="00:59:06.080" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""you can put like 25 divided by four and it doesn't start""" start="00:59:12.000" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""doing, what's the word, modular fractal, the double math,""" start="00:59:17.240" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""like it,""" start="00:59:24.440" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""if it's,""" start="00:59:28.080" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""the double math where it's like negative .2 versus like""" start="00:59:28.640" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""minus one, or sometimes it'll do optimized computer math""" start="00:59:34.440" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""where it doesn't give you the right answer, why people will""" start="00:59:40.400" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""like Mathematica.""" start="00:59:44.000" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""So, how do you, do you access it through, in org mode then?""" start="00:59:44.640" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I'll do it in that. Sometimes I just fire up a Raku shell, but""" start="00:59:56.440" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""one of the biggest things I'll fire up a Raku shell for is like""" start="01:00:05.200" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""just, um, what's oh just recently I was just like doing it for""" start="01:00:09.160" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""some math and like how many people how much money will I have""" start="01:00:17.400" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""to spend on Christmas oh I've got I'm gonna buy this gift it's""" start="01:00:20.400" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""gonna cost this much and then I've got so let's I think 15""" start="01:00:24.560" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""times four because it's no 60 divided by four because it was a""" start="01:00:33.800" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""four pack And then times, and then I put it in parentheses,""" start="01:00:37.960" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""oh, four plus like two plus two, because like of the""" start="01:00:42.920" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""families, each of the units, and I just started doing it that""" start="01:00:47.520" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""way. And I put them all in a parentheses. And then at the end of""" start="01:00:49.120" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""this spit out the numbers, like, so I could just use the""" start="01:00:53.480" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""parentheses without thinking about, you know, like, oh,""" start="01:00:55.960" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I'm actually in a programming language. No, I just kind of""" start="01:00:58.280" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""wrote it like I was in algebra, algebra, not in,""" start="01:01:02.680" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""not finding some special program, not finding a""" start="01:01:07.280" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""calculator, because it's easy for me to file up a terminal.""" start="01:01:11.360" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Then I open that up, and it all just works. Plus, I also got a""" start="01:01:15.000" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""full programming language behind it if I ever need it.""" start="01:01:20.440" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I wasn't aware that it utilizes standard math notation""" start="01:01:22.640" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""rather than the Polish math notation that we use in ELISP.""" start="01:01:33.680" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Um, that's interesting because it's, it's in the list""" start="01:01:37.280" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""family of programming languages.""" start="01:01:42.840" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Yeah. It's like, Hey, I can use, I can actually use my math""" start="01:01:45.280" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""knowledge. I can use the order of operations.""" start="01:01:54.400" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Yep.""" start="01:01:57.880" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I just wish that when I was in high school, they started""" start="01:02:00.880" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""telling me how to practically use this rather than me""" start="01:02:08.000" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""discover it years later when I'm out of it. Yeah.""" start="01:02:10.240" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Well, I probably better move along to attend the other""" start="01:02:14.120" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""talks. All right. So it's been great talking to you, Plasma""" start="01:02:27.400" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Strike. Yep, you too.""" start="01:02:32.840" video="qanda-project" id="subtitle"]]
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