[emacs-wiki-discuss] the A0 prioritization (was: Re: Making planner simpler)

[Vadim Nasardinov]

On Tuesday 14 December 2004 10:43, Carl Worth wrote:
> Similarly, there were other parts of planner that just don't fit my
> style. The "A0" prioritization, (can't remember what planner calls
> these) doesn't help me.

FWIW, the "A0" prioritization is one of the core features of the
planner, in my opinion.  It is explained in [1].  As far as I can
tell, it may be based on the Stephen Covey [2] time management system.
That's the guy who wrote "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People"
[3], the book that Linus Torvalds says you should buy and burn [4].
(Although I don't think John Wiegley ever mentioned Covey [5].)

Anyhow, the bottom line is, if you don't buy into the planner mode
philosophy [1], then it's probably not a good fit.  Different strokes
for different folks, I suppose.

Vadim


Footnotes
 1. 
http://sacha.free.net.ph/notebook/emacs/emacs-wiki/stable/planner/PLANNER-README
 2. http://www.franklincovey.com/
 3. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0671708635/
 4. http://lwn.net/Articles/105375/
 5. http://www.google.com/search?q=John+Wiegley+Stephen+Covey