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+I've been using Emacs Org mode for nearly a year now. For a while I
+mostly just used it to take and organize notes, but over time I've
+discovered it's an incredibly useful tool for managing projects and
+tasks, writing and publishing documents, keeping track of time and
+todo lists, and maintaining a journal.
+
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 * Project Management
-I've been using Emacs Org mode for nearly a year now, mostly as a
+Most of what I've been using [[http://orgmode.org/][Org mode]] for has been breaking down large
-tool for breaking down large projects at work into tasks and
+projects at work into tasks and subtasks. It's really easy to enter
-subtasks, and found it to be extremely enter projects in as a
+projects in as a hierarchy of tasks and task groupings. Using
-hierarchy of tasks and task groupings. Using columnview, I was able
+[[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-column-view-tutorial.html][Column View]], I was able to dive right into scoping them individually
-to dive right into scoping them individually and reporting total
+and reporting total estimates for each major segment of work.
-estimates for each major segment of work. Because Emacs and Org
+
-Mode make building and modifying an outline structure like this so
+[[img:emacs-projects.png][Example projects org file]]
-quick and easy, I'd build and modify the project org document as I
+
-planned it out with my team. Once done, I'd then manually load that
+Because Org Mode makes building and modifying an outline structure
-information into our issue tracker and get underway.
+like this so quick and easy, I usually build and modify the project
+org document while planning it out with my team. Once done, I then
+manually load that information into our issue tracker and get
+underway. Occasionally I'll also update tags and progress status in
+the org document as well as the project progresses, so I can use the
+same document to plan subsequent development iterations.
 * Organizing Notes and Code Exercises
 More recently, I've been looking into various ways to get more
 things organized with Org mode. I've been stepping through
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 * Exporting and Publishing Documents
 Publishing my notes with org is also a breeze. I've published
 project plans and proposals to PDF to share with colleagues, and
-exported my SICP notes to html and dropped them into a site built
+exported my [[https://github.com/correl/sicp][SICP notes]] to html and [[http://sicp.phoenixinquis.net/][dropped them into a site]] built
 with [[http://jekyllrb.com/][Jekyll]]. Embedding graphs and diagrams into exported documents
 using [[http://www.graphviz.org/][Graphviz]], [[http://www.mcternan.me.uk/mscgen/][Mscgen]], and [[http://plantuml.sourceforge.net/][PlantUML]] has also really helped with
-putting together some great project plans and documentation.
+putting together some great project plans and documentation. A lot of
+great examples using those tools (and more!) can be found [[http://home.fnal.gov/~neilsen/notebook/orgExamples/org-examples.html][here]].
 * Emacs Configuration
-While learning all the cool things I could do with Org mode and
+While learning all the cool things I could do with Org mode and Babel,
-Babel, it was only natural I'd end up using it to reorganize my
+it was only natural I'd end up using it to reorganize my [[https://github.com/correl/dotfiles/tree/master/.emacs.d][Emacs
-Emacs configuration. Up until that point, I'd been managing my
+configuration]]. Up until that point, I'd been managing my configuration
-configuration in a single init.el file, plus a directory full of
+in a single init.el file, plus a directory full of mode or
-mode or purpose-specific elisp files that I'd loop through and
+purpose-specific elisp files that I'd loop through and load. Inspired
-load. Inspired primarily by the blog post, [[http://zeekat.nl/articles/making-emacs-work-for-me.html]["Making Emacs Work For
+primarily by the blog post, [[http://zeekat.nl/articles/making-emacs-work-for-me.html]["Making Emacs Work For Me"]], and later by
-Me"]], and later by others such as [[http://pages.sachachua.com/.emacs.d/Sacha.html][Sacha Chua's Emacs configuration]],
+others such as [[http://pages.sachachua.com/.emacs.d/Sacha.html][Sacha Chua's Emacs configuration]], I got all my configs
-I got all my configs neatly organized into a single org file that
+neatly organized into a single org file that gets loaded on
-gets loaded on startup. I've found it makes it far easier to keep
+startup. I've found it makes it far easier to keep track of what I've
-track of what I've got configured, and gives me a reason to
+got configured, and gives me a reason to document and organize things
-document and organize things neatly now that it's living a double
+neatly now that it's living a double life as a [[https://github.com/correl/dotfiles/blob/master/.emacs.d/emacs.org][published document]] on
-life as a [[https://github.com/correl/dotfiles/blob/master/.emacs.d/emacs.org][published document]] on GitHub.
+GitHub. I've still got a directory lying around with autoloaded
+scripts, but now it's simply reserved for [[https://github.com/correl/dotfiles/blob/master/.emacs.d/emacs.org#auto-loading-elisp-files][tinkering and sensitive
+configuration]].
 * Tracking Habits
 Another great feature of Org mode that I've been taking advantage
 of a lot more lately is the [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Agenda-Views.html][Agenda]]. By defining some org files as
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 a much better job of keeping track of things I need to get done
 and (even more importantly) /when/ I need to get them done.
 
+[[img:emacs-org-agenda.png][Agenda view snippet]]
+
 This works not only for one-shot tasks, but also [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Tracking-your-habits.html][habits and other
 repetitive tasks]]. It's possible to schedule a task that should be
 done every day, every few days, or maybe every first sunday of a
@@ -71,6 +91,23 @@ The last thing I've been using (which I'm still getting a handle
 on) is using [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Capture.html][Capture]] to take and store notes, keep a journal, and
 even [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Clocking-work-time.html][track time on tasks at work]].
 
+#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :exports code
+  (setq org-capture-templates
+        '(("j" "Journal Entry" plain
+           (file+datetree "~/org/journal.org")
+           "%U\n\n%?" :empty-lines-before 1)
+          ("w" "Log Work Task" entry
+           (file+datetree "~/org/worklog.org")
+           "* TODO %^{Description}  %^g\n%?\n\nAdded: %U"
+           :clock-in t
+           :clock-keep t)))
+
+  (global-set-key (kbd "C-c c") 'org-capture)
+
+  (setq org-clock-persist 'history)
+  (org-clock-persistence-insinuate)
+#+END_SRC
+
 For my journal, I've configured a capture template that I can use
 to write down a new entry that will be stored with a time stamp
 appended into its own org file, organized under headlines by year,
@@ -87,12 +124,19 @@ in time, and get a better idea of how long it takes me to do
 different types of tasks.
 * Conclusion
 There's a lot that can be done with Org mode, and I've only just
-scratched the surface. The simple outline format provided by Org
+scratched the surface. The simple outline format provided by Org mode
-mode lends itself to doing all sorts of things, be it organizing
+lends itself to doing all sorts of things, be it organizing notes,
-notes, keeping a private or work journal, or writing a book or
+keeping a private or work journal, or writing a book or technical
-technical document. There's tons of functionality that can be
+document. I've even written this blog post in Org mode! There's tons
-built on top of it, yet the underlying format itself remains
+of functionality that can be built on top of it, yet the underlying
-simple and easy to work with. I've never been great at keeping
+format itself remains simple and easy to work with. I've never been
-myself organized, but Org mode is such a delight to use that I
+great at keeping myself organized, but Org mode is such a delight to
-can't help trying anyway. If it can work for me, maybe it can work
+use that I can't help trying anyway. If it can work for me, maybe it
-for you, too :)
+can work for you, too!
+
+There's tons of resources for finding new ways for using Org mode, and
+I'm still discovering cool things I can track and integrate with it. I
+definitely recommend reading through [[http://sachachua.com/blog/][Sacha Chua's Blog]], as well as
+posts from [[http://newartisans.com/2007/08/using-org-mode-as-a-day-planner/][John Wiegley]]. I'm always looking for more stuff to try
+out. Feel free to drop me a line if you find or are using something
+you think is cool or useful!