James Tauber's Blog 2004/10/10
Using a Filesystem as a PIM
I've talked before about using an outliner as a PIM. Since getting my PowerBook I've tried out a number of OS X outliners with a fair degree of success.
Lately, however, I've wondered if I could pretty much achieve what I want just using the filesystem. I can set up a directory structure that mirrors the outline. I can use symlinks for items that belong in multiple categories. It's dead easy to put notes, bookmarks and arbitrary files under any item. Sharing of parts of my PIM info just becomes a file serving issue and I can version with a revision control system.
It should be relatively easy to integrate email as long as I can treat individual mails as files I can link to.
I can even set up a 43-folder tickler system and have a cron job that moves (or symlinks) files daily and monthly into an INBOX directory.
by James Tauber : Created on Oct. 10, 2004 : Last modified Feb. 8, 2005 : (permalink)
Juggling
A friend of my sister was doing a juggling demonstration for me on Friday night. The linguist and mathematician in me immediately asked if there was a notation for juggling. The coder in me then asked if there was software that took that notation and generated an animation. The answer in both cases was in the affirmative.
A quick Google search today revealed Juggling Lab at SourceForge. Very cool.
by James Tauber : Created on Oct. 10, 2004 : Last modified Feb. 8, 2005 : (permalink)