Reducing my PIM/Knowledge/Writing Tools

Posted by Dominik Holenstein
Mar 30, 2007 at 09:40 AM

I have used 3-4 tools for PIM, Knowledge Management and writing so far.
But it wasn’t really productive in the sense that the job has to be done in the evening.
So I have decided to remove these two applications from my laptop at work:

IdeaMason v3
WhizFolders Deluxe

Don’t understand me wrong: I still like these two applications and they are still present on my PC at home.

What is then the replacement for these two tools?
Ultra Recall Professional v3.

I don’t need scientific/academic citation at work and I managed to create a database in UR for software manuals I write for the end users. It is perfect in combination with Word and a pdf printer driver. Further, I use it to manage my day to day work (tasks, notes, time logs, file management, project mangement, web browsing and research, web clipping etc.).

UR is my workhorse now. It took me around one year to understand its potential and I think this is the major issue: the learning curve. I remember when I first installed and started UR around two years ago. My first impression was ‘too complex and no very intuitive ...’ and removed it straight away form my hard drive. But a second and third look and issues with other tools (ADM etc.) reminded me of UR and so I started using it with v2.

Do you have similar experiences with other software? What is you daily workorse?
Some of the previous post in this forum let me assume that some members have switched or are switching to One Note 2007.

Dominik