Daily log utility

I use this system to keep daily activity logs. It's simple, it lets me use Vim, and it mostly stays out of my way while still making nice searchable notes.

Installation

I use this in conjunction with Dropbox. So on my home linux box, I install everything, and just use the log writing tool on all my other machines.

On the central machine:

Requirements:

Python
pip
local smtp

git clone https://github.com/justinian/daily_logger.git
cd daily_logger
pip install -r requirements.txt

Edit rollup.py to include your email address and the email address for your Evernote notebook.

Then edit your crontab (or other favorite automation tool) to run rollup.py <daily_dir> <monthly_dir> at the start of each month.

On all machines

Copy log.sh to somewhere in your path (I prefer /usr/local/bin/log) and be sure to make it executable with chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/log.

Usage

Just call log [optional title for the timestamp] and it will bring up your editor to write your notes, and append it to the day's file. Once a month, the rollup script will email the formatted markdown note to your Evernote notebook.