Calling Vim my "editor" is really doing the rest of the programs that actually make up my development environment a huge disservice. Vim might be what I use to edit text, but the rest of "Unix" is my IDE of choice. Being able to tab between an IRC/chat client, my email client, a shell, and an open instance of Vim is a huge advantage for me. So up until recently, I never had a need for Emacs...looking at it as too much of an investment into re-building all the features that are in my shell configuration. That's when I discovered Org Mode.

I love Org Mode. It's become my primary note-taker, todo list, and general idea dump. I've used it to plan out projects for work, tours for my band, and to write down essential things I need to get done each week. Syncing to MobileOrg over Dropbox, and keeping my Org files in a synced documents folder, means that all of my computers have access to the same information at all times. I tried using vim-orgmode for a long time but most of the features that seemed the most useful to me just weren't supported. Why screw around with VimL when I could just download Spacemacs, configure Solarized and Monaco to at least get it looking like Vim, and then use that just for Org Mode? That's what I've been doing, and I have to say I've fallen in love with how fast I could get packages up and running and with how many great features seemed just "built in".