I like to keep a daily journal of what I'm working on so that I can look back and see what I was up to yesterday or a week ago. I sometimes shift context so often during a day that I completely forget what I was previously doing. I used to do this manually in a plain text file, but now I've automated it using Emacs OrgMode.

This talk will start with a general introduction into Emacs and Org-mode. It will then step by step introduce the different concepts and applications of Org-mode using the example of a simple project. We will demonstrate how to brainstorm, plan and track a new project, how to take and organize notes, and how to turn the notes in web pages, printed reports and presentations. The talk is intended to be accessible to an audience without programming experience, but will also contain teasers for people with programming experience.