The Five Applications Most Used in 2007

Posted by Cassius
Jan 3, 2008 at 05:20 PM

Chris Murtland wrote:
>Key concepts to strive for in
>‘08:
>Continuity - Any system, regardless of perceived functionality or utility,
>consistently applied over the long term, has to be more useful than haphazard
>switching and “experiments” with different setups. Why can’t I ever learn this
>lesson? Arrrgggh.
> >Plain text backups of as much stuff as possible - Regardless of
>what other nonsense I’m attempting, at least if I have a plain text backup of
>everything, I can use desktop search and/or text editor searches to find stuff this
>way.

Until a few years ago, having info scattered among several different PIMs wasn’t too big a problem for me—I used a search program that could search all of my PIM files for what I wanted. Then, PIM developers started using different file compression methods to shrink files and my salad days of many PIMs had to end. Now, for info that I want to be able to access long term, I just use Jot Plus (since it has info from 10+ years ago & I AM NOT going to move all of it) and MyBase. EverNote is tempting, but I don’t want to spend my old age moving or hunting everywhere for info. I still will use other programs for specific projects, like the book I’m currently writing.

-c