5 Org Roam Hacks for Better Productivity in Emacs

In this video, we'll look at 5 specific improvements we can make to our note taking and project management workflows by taking advantage of the functions and hooks in Org Roam and Org Mode. There's a lot of code in this video that you can take and customize for your own use!

Show notes: https://systemcrafters.net/build-a-second-brain-in-emacs/5-org-roam-hacks/

Related videos:

- Build a Second Brain in Emacs with Org Roam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyhPmypHDEw
- Capturing Notes Efficiently with Org Roam: https://youtu.be/YxgA5z2R08I
- Org Roam: The Best Way to Keep a Journal in Emacs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-sLBaJAtew

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Chapters:

- 00:00 Intro
- 00:22 The starting configuration
- 00:59 Lots of code ahead!
- 01:58 1. Fast note insertion for a smoother writing flow
- 04:55 2. Build your Org agenda from Org Roam notes
- 09:05 Improving the appearance of notes in the agenda view
- 10:22 3. Selecting from a list of notes with a specific tag
- 14:49 4. Streamlined custom capture for tasks and notes
- 21:57 5. Automatically copy completed tasks to today's notes
- 28:12 The final configuration

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