Re: computer and wheel time

[Dan Espen]

Emanuel Berg <embe8573@student.uu.se> writes:

> Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl> writes:
>
>> Yeah, sure. That's a good idea in general, but it has
>> one drawback: there's only 24 hours per day. [...]
>>
>> Again: in general, yes. OTOH, there are so many
>> other enjoyable, interesting, and creative
>> activities out there, even if you use ready-made
>> solutions to /some/ of your problems... And writing
>> rather simple and boring Elisp code is not really
>> very high on my list. (Not that writing Elisp is
>> simple or boring in general: just that coding this
>> particular thing seems to me a lot like
>> reimplementing well-known things, and reimplementing
>> a "format"-like function, for instance, seems to be
>> not very enjoyable/interesting/creative...)
>
> In general, I'd say using a computer isn't a good idea
> if you are concerned with time. In particular, using
> Emacs and even more so, configuring/extending it will
> in effect disintegrate even the most sparse schedule!

Actually, you spend a little time customizing then
real work goes faster, more accurately.  It's
a win win.

The more you customize, the less time regular work
takes.

Just try to keep the ratio under control.

-- 
Dan Espen