PIMs, PIMs everywhere...so where did I put that info?

Posted by Dr Andus
May 6, 2013 at 10:35 PM

Is it such a bad thing though to have different tools for different jobs? It’s a normal fact of life in most professions.

Perhaps the issue with PIM software (and the computer as a desktop/workbench/workshop/office) is that it is not all that easy to keep track of where all the tools are, how they fit together, complement each other, communicate with each other, and what the different possible combination of uses (scenarios, workflows, tool-chains) might be.

I would like a separate piece of software that can keep easily track of all of the above (remember and can remind me of what tools I used, give me intelligent suggestions for tool combinations and workflows, e.g. on the basis of the various import-export capabilities).

One could create a manual version of this (a list or a table or a database), but it would be tedious, need regular updating, and would not be all that intelligent with suggestions.