beorg news - April 2023

News, plans and how to get organized using beorg

Greetings, beorg users! I hope this newsletter finds you well. It's been over five months since the last newsletter - I'm still some way from making this a monthly affair.

In this edition of the beorg newsletter, I'll give you a sneak peek at what's coming in the next release. So, let's dive into what is coming in the next beorg update without further ado.

beorg 3.20.4

While this upcoming release of beorg may not be a major one, I believe it contains some valuable new features that will extend how you can use the app.

First up is syncing the location property to a mirrored calendar entry. If you use beorg to attach a location to an item and sync beorg with a calendar, you can now bring up that location from your calendar app.

Second are a couple of new search operators. Thanks to a user suggestion, you can match items based on their parent or ancestor. For example, hp Meetings will match items with the parent item Meetings. ha Work hp Meetings will match items with an ancestor headline Work and the parent headline Meetings.

Let us take a look at how these would work on the following outline:

* Work

** Meetings

*** Planning next month's release
*** Quarterly sales

** New staff

*** Brian
*** Mary

* Chess club

** Meetings

*** Next tournament strategies

The search hp Meetings would match the items:

- Planning next month's release

- Quarterly sales

- Next tournament strategies

The search ha Work hp Meetings would match:

- Planning next month's release

- Quarterly sales

I can't wait to hear your feedback and see how this new addition to beorg helps you stay on top of your tasks and projects.

The final change in this new release is to stop beorg from trying to sync if there is no network connection. This only applies to those sync methods which rely on a remote cloud service.

I’m hoping to submit this update to Apple in the next week. Keep an eye out for the app update notification on your iOS device and be sure to download the latest version of beorg to take advantage of all the new capabilities. Thank you for your continued support, and I look forward to hearing your feedback on the new release.

What do you store in your org files?

I always enjoy hearing from users about what they use beorg for. I personally use Org mode from within Emacs much more than I use beorg, and I imagine that most people who are desk-bound most of the day use their iOS devices as supplementary to their desktop or laptop computers. However, I would probably not use Org mode if it weren't possible to view and update my org files when not at my desk. Here are a few of the things I've used Org mode and beorg for over the past six months:

- Task and project management: keep track of all your tasks and projects, from small daily to-dos to long-term goals.

- Time tracking: log your hours spent on different projects and tasks and easily generate reports to help you stay on top of your time.

- Writing and creative projects: Keep all your writing and creative project notes in beorg, including outlines, research, and inspiration.

- Reading list: Keep a list of books you want to read in beorg and track your progress as you read through them.

If you have any specific use cases you'd like to share, please start a conversation in the forum!

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Thank you for taking the time to read this edition of the beorg newsletter. I truly appreciate your support and interest in this app and hope the upcoming release will help make your life more organised and productive. If you have any questions or feedback, please don't hesitate to reach out via the forum, Mastodon or by raising a support ticket. I'm always happy to hear from users and strive to make beorg a better productivity tool. Thanks again for your support!