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From: Gary Roach on 4 Aug 2010 15:40 Hi; I could use some suggestions. I seem to collect a lot of snippets of information scribbled on pieces of paper, old napkins, etc. Examples are notes on harware, sources for stuff, notes on possible projects, book that I might want to buy in the future and on and on. This has generated numerous scraps of paper and sticky notes with the result that chaos reigns. I recently tried knotes which helped a lot but didn't cover tasks. I have now switched to Kontact. This takes care of scheduling things, projects and short term notes. I still am not sure what to do about those notes that could be around for a long time like maybe a note on the "proton boron fusion reaction energy" . I may never use it but would like to be able to find the information if need be. I guess I need a repository for disparate information (how's that for fuzzy). I hope this makes some sense. Any suggestions. Gary R -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4C59ADCF.20304(a)verizon.net
From: Tyler MacDonald on 4 Aug 2010 15:40 Gary Roach <gary719_list1(a)verizon.net> wrote: > of scheduling things, projects and short term notes. I still am not > sure what to do about those notes that could be around for a long > time like maybe a note on the "proton boron fusion reaction energy" > . I may never use it but would like to be able to find the > information if need be. I guess I need a repository for disparate > information (how's that for fuzzy). I hope this makes some sense. Gary, For this sort of stuff, I used to run my own (private, locked-down) MediaWiki installation. This had the advantage of allowing me to reference my notes wherever I was. I let it lapse a little over a year ago and have just been using text files in a folder, but I plan to move back to MediaWiki soon. I was also doing my calendaring, etc through MediaWiki (there's a nifty calendar widget for it), although now that I've got an android smartphone I'm just using Google Calendar for that stuff. Cheers, Tyler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100804193437.GA7763(a)yi.org
From: Carl Johnson on 4 Aug 2010 16:10 Gary Roach <gary719_list1(a)verizon.net> writes: > Hi; > I could use some suggestions. I seem to collect a lot of snippets of > information scribbled on pieces of paper, old napkins, etc. Examples > are notes on harware, sources for stuff, notes on possible projects, > book that I might want to buy in the future and on and on. This has > generated numerous scraps of paper and sticky notes with the result > that chaos reigns. I recently tried knotes which helped a lot but > didn't cover tasks. I have now switched to Kontact. This takes care of > scheduling things, projects and short term notes. I still am not sure > what to do about those notes that could be around for a long time like > maybe a note on the "proton boron fusion reaction energy" . I may > never use it but would like to be able to find the information if need > be. I guess I need a repository for disparate information (how's that > for fuzzy). I hope this makes some sense. There is something called kjots in kde, but I prefer the zim program. Zim is called a personal wiki and allows any number of pages with pretty much any type of text or links on each. It also has searches, a calendar, and todo items. It doesn't have any type of appointments or automated reminders. Kjots seems more limited, but that might be my lack of experience with it. Both have debian packages. -- Carl Johnson carlj(a)peak.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87tynadtws.fsf(a)cjlinux.localnet
From: Camaleón on 4 Aug 2010 16:50 On Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:13:35 -0700, Gary Roach wrote: > I could use some suggestions. I seem to collect a lot of snippets of > information scribbled on pieces of paper, old napkins, etc. Examples are > notes on harware, sources for stuff, notes on possible projects, book > that I might want to buy in the future and on and on. This has generated > numerous scraps of paper and sticky notes with the result that chaos > reigns. I recently tried knotes which helped a lot but didn't cover > tasks. I have now switched to Kontact. This takes care of scheduling > things, projects and short term notes. I still am not sure what to do > about those notes that could be around for a long time like maybe a > note on the "proton boron fusion reaction energy" . I may never use it > but would like to be able to find the information if need be. I guess I > need a repository for disparate information (how's that for fuzzy). I > hope this makes some sense. > > Any suggestions. Kontact seems to be a good choice as it handles e-mail, tasks, simple notes, to-do list and calendar cites. And is easy to manage. I would add a desktop search tool for searching inside all that information but on todays KDE4 SC framework I'm not sure what exact tool to recommend. It seems Akonadi+strigi+nepomuk is able to make that job but I'm unaware of its current status :-? Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.08.04.20.45.02(a)gmail.com
From: Robert Holtzman on 4 Aug 2010 17:00
On Wed, Aug 04, 2010 at 11:13:35AM -0700, Gary Roach wrote: > Hi; > I could use some suggestions. I seem to collect a lot of snippets of > information scribbled on pieces of paper, old napkins, etc. Examples > are notes on harware, sources for stuff, notes on possible projects, I use Tomboy for this very purpose. -- Bob Holtzman Key ID: 8D549279 "If you think you're getting free lunch, check the price of the beer" |