When I see this all I can think of is Emacs and org-mode, harness all that power and that existing ecosystem. At a quick glance seems to be a lot of what this does.
The entire system is very elementary compared to org-mode. This is good for some (people that wanna try this approach since it's simpler and mostly works fine), bad for others (people accustomed to all features org provides).
My thoughts exactly. Org-mode just works and has so much functionality that I haven't even discovered yet. I am currently using it for notes and TODOs.
So, gotta jump in here and say - I'm going thru the "Let's figure out Emacs, Org-Mode, Org-Roam - get my todo, calendar, files, notes all in one... somewhat coherent system". I've got my Emacs cheatsheets, and all that. I'm on the journey. But I can't help but think - some one really needs to do the UNIX->Next->MacOS of this. That is, figure out a solution that works, standardize it, make it easy.
I saw a guy made an Raspberry-Pi, with Emacs, & an e-ink display. When someone makes a "personal productivity device" - some sort of E-Ink Palm Pilot + Blackberry keyboard + Easy mode Emacs-org/notes/todo/calendar/rolodex, that syncs to your laptop, phone, refrigerator calendar... that's going to be huge.
The reason I am going through this journey is because I am treating it as a life-investment. Getting your personal productivity / information systems in order, getting that problem solved... for LIFE. It would be a huge win. So despite the pain, I'm sold on the benefits, have many people who have told me about the impact of org-mode etc on their life. So, I'm taking that at face value, trying to actually apply this advice to my own life (instead of reading about it, agreeing, and then taking 0 action on it). The irony of not prioritizing setting up a reliable TODO system is not lost on me... It's a daily laugh, as I Google search yet another Emacs package manager, or diagnose random Lisp errors - this programming language I have never used before, but this important tool requires me to know in order to... configure a note template. What.
I know there are historical reasons for the various keyboard shortcuts. But all these "arcane" (I know, "different") keyboard shortcuts for "Yank", "Buffers". Emacs keeps on opening windows. I can barely remember how to even save a file & quit. Don't worry - got Doom Emacs! I'm getting it, but still a whole 'nother set of "non standard" keyboard shortcuts.
I genuinely appreciate the various bloggers and Youtube videos out there, where people explain their system, walk you through installing & configuring stuff.
But I can't help to think. This system is so powerful. So many smart people working on it, making plug-ins for it, creating systems for it. Where is the smart person who can tie it together as a holistic system, make it EASY, and still be open source. Am I missing something? I'm thinking "Green" mode on the SLR camera. It works. If you want to tweak, you can experiment with aperture/shutter priority as you learn when/why to use it.
Ok, thanks for hearing out my Emacs rant. (as I go smoke a J, and go back to learning Emacs)
