2015-08-22 Beeminder.el
Last year, I started using a very interesting service. While I'm usually quite skeptical towards various . . . effective. The service is called [[https://www.beeminder.com/|Beeminder]], and has a few rather unique . . . enter a so-called “goal” (like: [[https://www.beeminder.com/mbork/blogging|I want to write one blog . . . a copy of Bible did play a role;-).) Now while Beeminder is really nice – and I can attest that it’s . . . it would be a nuisance to copy it manually to Beeminder. Enter //auto-updated goals//: there is integration . . .
7K - last updated 2015-08-22 20:30 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-03-24 Beeminder.el – a follow-up
Some time ago [[2015-08-22 Beeminder.el|I wrote about a Beeminder client I wrote for Emacs]]. I mentioned . . . reminded about them. For instance, [[https://www.beeminder.com/mbork/goals/ledger|I want to update my . . . of start and stop times, though due to how Beeminder works, two datapoints with identical key . . . fixes and small improvements (like logging all Beeminder-related events in a dedicated buffer, displayed . . .
4K - last updated 2016-03-24 21:24 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-05-12 Make yourself known – summary
So it’s over. I thought that a nice way of finishing the series of posts related to the [[http://devstyle.pl/daj-sie-poznac/|contest]] . . . and track time spent on Logeox. I used [[http://beeminder.com/|Beeminder]] as a stick to ensure I [[https://www.beeminder.com/mbork/blogging|published]] . . . (and [[https://www.beeminder.com/mbork/coding|coded]]) enough, though . . .
3K - last updated 2016-05-12 05:39 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-06-06 Org clocking and resolving idle time
This post is basically a reminder for myself, though some of you might find it useful. I use the Org-mode . . . (Especially now that I have it synchronized with Beeminder.) While I'm not a hardcore QS fanatic, I . . .
2K - last updated 2016-06-06 19:24 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-11-27 Life, productivity, faith
//Edit: this post is kind of updated [[2017-10-08 Me an minimalism in 2017|here]].// Today’s post is . . . and thus (hopefully) boost my productivity was Beeminder. A few months (maybe even a year) ago I got . . . it that much. In fact, the vast majority of my Beeminder goals are pledgeless, i.e., I have no //financial// . . . or whatever else might work; still, I value Beeminder, and not only for sentimental reasons: as . . . the previous day could help a lot. Also, Beeminder-ish spreading things to “5 minutes per day” . . .
8K - last updated 2017-10-08 06:21 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-07-15 org-duration-format and other clock-related settings
As I mentioned many times, I use the clocking feature of Org-mode //a lot//. At first, I used {{{org-clock-display}}} . . . (Since my workflow includes [[2015-08-22_Beeminder.el|setting minimal time spent on various . . .
3K - last updated 2017-07-15 05:33 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-09-11 My email capturing workflow
I’m constantly fiddling with my email workflow. Those of you who are //not// professional procrastinators . . . in the future. Until recently, I had a [[https://beeminder.com|Beeminder]] goal of spending [some time] . . . a (hopefully) better scheme: I set up another Beeminder goal, essentially boiling down to the commitment . . .
4K - last updated 2017-09-11 09:42 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-05-11 Beeminder and Emacs
Today’s post is special – instead of writing it here, I’m [[https://blog.beeminder.com/mbork/|a guest . . . on the Beeminder blog]]. Head over there to read it! (And . . . thanks to Beeminder folks for having me there!) CategoryEnglish, . . .
1K - last updated 2018-05-11 13:35 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-03-18 Free Emacs key bindings
As we all know, most Emacs users customize Emacs in various ways. Usually, at some point in time, the . . . or starting a few apps (like an email client or Beeminder). At some point I will probably turn my {{{C-z}}} . . .
3K - last updated 2019-03-18 20:42 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-05-11 Toggling modeline clock display
As I mentioned a lot of times, I use Org-mode clocking all the time. Among others, I integrated it with . . . task, well, today. (This fits nicely in my Beeminder workflow, where I set daily goals for various . . .
5K - last updated 2019-05-11 06:27 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2020-06-15 Emacs, Org-mode, Beeminder and pomodoros
As some of my readers probably know, I am a [[http://mbork.pl/2015-08-22_Beeminder.el|happy user of Beeminder]], . . . and I even wrote my own Emacs- and Org-based Beeminder client. For some time, I’ve been thinking . . . do it. Until today. Here is my idea. I created a Beeminder goal to have at least four 25-minutes sessions . . . have a working prototype in Elisp: {{{ (require 'beeminder) (defun tomato-clock-out () "Check if the . . . t t t t)))) (when (>= minutes 25) (beeminder-submit-datapoint "tomatoes" 1 headline))))) . . .
3K - last updated 2020-06-15 20:51 UTC by mbork
2021-08-30 How I avoid deleting large parts of Org buffers accidentally
For today, I have a kind of obvious trick, but one that saved me a lot of trouble at least once. As many . . . about 0.8 times per day, which I have set as a Beeminder goal to keep it that way), and I actually . . .
3K - last updated 2021-08-30 04:14 UTC by mbork
2021-09-06 My experience with book writing
This is a rather atypical post in that it is just a bunch of thoughts about how to write a book, how . . . well. First of all, I use (unsurprisingly) Beeminder to make sure that [[https://beeminder.com/mbork/writing|I . . . but I don’t worry about a slippery slope, since Beeminder takes care of that (and if needed, I plan . . .
16K - last updated 2021-09-06 18:31 UTC by mbork
2021-12-11 My productivity system - design
Note: this is another of those //really// long posts. It’s probably only interesting for some productivity . . . The obvious question is, why don’t I just use Beeminder to deal with the motivation/procrastination . . . part? Well, this is not so easy. Beeminder is great, and it has its place in my system . . . mid- and long-term. The smallest time unit from Beeminder perspective is a //day//, and that’s ok if . . . that Daniel Reeves, one of the co-founders of Beeminder, [[https://forum.beeminder.com/t/do-you-want-a-nannybot/5717|might . . .
16K - last updated 2021-12-11 10:53 UTC by mbork
2022-01-24 Journaling with Org-mode
OK, so let’s admit it. I’ve been journaling with Org-mode for more than 6½ years now. Every day (well, . . . [[https://www.beeminder.com/mbork/journal|almost every day]]) I sit . . .
4K - last updated 2022-01-24 16:26 UTC by mbork
2022-02-12 tomato.el update
Last year [[2020-06-15 Emacs, Org-mode, Beeminder and pomodoros|I wrote about my pomodoro-like setup]] . . . actual headline) when submitting a datapoint to Beeminder. This is useful if e.g. you want any of the . . . headline be reported with the common title to Beeminder. Also, I decided that the code is mature . . .
2K - last updated 2022-02-12 10:28 UTC by mbork
2023-03-20 Manually entering clocking data
As I alluded many times in the past, I use [[https://orgmode.org/manual/Clocking-Work-Time.html|Org mode’s . . . end t t "--") (org-evaluate-time-range t) (beeminder-org-submit-clock-at-point))) }}} This is . . . and finally sends these data to [[2015-08-22 Beeminder.el|Beeminder]]. And that’s it. Until I find . . .
3K - last updated 2023-03-20 21:35 UTC by mbork
2023-05-13 Dieting with Org mode
Some time ago [[https://www.beeminder.com/mbork/weighing|I started to weigh myself every day]]. Some . . . The last thing I’d like to have is to tell Beeminder that I weighed myself whenever I use Org . . . my template: {{{ :prepare-finalize (lambda () (beeminder-submit-datapoint "weighing" 1 (beeminder-default-comment . . . (time-to-seconds (beeminder-current-time))))) }}} And this is it for . . .
4K - last updated 2023-05-13 11:46 UTC by mbork
2023-11-27 Clocking in to parent entries
Like many, many Emacs users these days, I'm a heavy user of Org mode. In fact, both of my blogs are written . . . my writing time in [[2020-06-15 Emacs, Org-mode, Beeminder and pomodoros|chunks]] of [[2022-02-12 tomato.el . . . update|25 minutes]], and I have a [[2015-08-22 Beeminder.el|Beeminder]] [[https://www.beeminder.com/mbork/tomatoes|goal]] . . .
6K - last updated 2023-11-27 08:33 UTC by mbork
Comments on 2015-09-05 EmacsConf2015 - afterthoughts, and a book project
Personally, I think this would be an *excellent* idea. I would gladly pay for a copy of the book, and . . . to do so, though. ([[http://mbork.pl/2015-08-22_Beeminder.el|I had]].) Re: magit console: I'd have . . .
3K - last updated 2015-09-12 06:16 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
Comments on 2016-11-27 Life, productivity, faith
Thanks so much for the Beeminder plugs, Marcin! Great post! You also inspired me to gather my notes on . . . to be angered / lose your temper" -- [http://beeminder.com dreev] 2016-11-30 03:19 UTC ---- Thanks . . .
2K - last updated 2016-12-31 22:39 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
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