Reducing my PIM/Knowledge/Writing Tools

Posted by Kenneth Rhee
Mar 31, 2007 at 01:46 PM

Dominik and others,

It’s interesting that we all share a similar experience.

I mentioned my experience elsewhere; so, I won’t go into a lot of details here, but several short tries in UR over the years until I gave it an extended trial, and now I’m hooked.

It’s now my main information storage for everything except bibliographic/writing software (IdeaMason).

Ken

Dominik Holenstein wrote:
>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
> >