Building an Org-mode Workflow: Timestamped Notes
I love having logs for things that can be checked later on if need be, and so I enabled logging state changes and rescheduling into the LOGBOOK drawer way back in Scheduling and Deadlines. But since I have this nifty logbook, why not use it to capture yet more information? I wanted to be able to add my own custom timestamped notes. Fortunately, Org mode makes this easy.
My first known uses of this feature date back to 6 Mar 2023 for the state change notes, and 16 Mar 2023 for the arbitrary notes.
Usage
The obvious incremental step up from what I was already doing is to capture context when changing tasks from TODO to DONE. Perhaps this might be some info about why the change is happening, or perhaps some nuance that might need to be addressed in a separate task (this one particularly comes up in my pull request review tasks).
The way to record a note with the state change log item is to add the prefix C-u to the org-todo command (C-u C-c C-t). This opens up a buffer to prompt you to fill in a note, and …