Noah

Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Jan 17, 2008 at 01:02 PM

Here’s an interesting bit from one of the news links in the site:

http://enewschannels.com/2006/09/29/enc241_200154.php
A recent survey shows that after using organizers and PIMs for over 6 months, 50% of users abandoned them, and only 15% said that the software really helped them become more efficient.

(I think I definitely become to the 15%, though what I have done with the time I’ve saved is debatable; I probably spent a lot of that looking for other PIMs!)

I will also keep my information in my separate islands for many reasons, one of them being resilience. I have already put too much of my info in one PIM (Hyperclip) in the past, only to find the company disappearing into thin air not long after. I am even more doubtful of a company offering a completely free product with no indication of where it is financed from and how it plans to remain in business.

That said, NOAH does sport some novelties I would like to see in other information organisers, mainly the Grid organising info items in a time sequence. I have actually suggested the product to a couple of colleagues who have remained as yet indifferent to the less colourful applications I have chosen for myself. I think that for someone who has only used MS Office apllications this could be an eye-opener.

BTW I find it reminds a lot of the (no longer developed?) Omea Pro. Must be the .NET framework.

alx