Best personal information, knowledge and idea manager software?

Posted by Dr Andus
Dec 7, 2013 at 03:20 PM

notbalok wrote:
In your opinion, what is the best application running on PC (mobile and
>cloud are only options, not essential) and compatible with internet
>browsers (it can capture web contents) that covers above task?

I’d also suggest to specify your requirements more precisely. You’ll be more likely to get suitable advice. E.g. what do you mean by “best,” “personal information,” and “knowledge and idea management?” These can mean very different things to different people.

There is also an underlying assumption that it’s best to have a single application to do all this in. But it’s also possible to have several specialist application for the different tasks, and then have those applications “talk” to each other via linking, import/export, or AutoHotkey commands.

To use my current setup as an example, when I need to capture a full webpage (images + text), I use Surfulater, which allows me to link to each capture from other applications. If I only want to capture text, I can use an AutoHotkey script to paste it directly into ConnectedText (my main knowledge management application), but CT also has its own “Clipboard catcher” tool.

When it comes to outlining and writing (as the knowledge production stage), I might use a whole raft of outlining and writing tools for different types of writing. (But then I’m an obsessive-compulsive software collector, so I would say that, wouldn’t I? :)