List of some notable information management and thinking apps

Posted by David Garner
Mar 2, 2021 at 03:50 AM

I can’t recall if I’ve posted this information here before or not, I hope this is not too repetitive, if I have. There is a Discourse forum called “The Productivists” which covers similar topics as are discussed here. I think it is relatively new and still pretty small, but I’ve found many of the discussions there to be of interest to me. It’s on my list of websites to visit frequently. There are several categories of topics, one is called “Apps”. The first post or two under Apps are configured as a Wiki, which anyone who joins and participates (see the posts in that area for more details) can edit. They have started collecting the kind of information mentioned in this thread. It seems to be a welcoming group. They are providing this Wiki arrangement, and seem to be willing to explore other implementations, if there seems to be a hunger for such an effort. You can check it out here: https://www.theproductivists.club/t/all-apps-list-a-wiki-of-tools-in-the-pkm-and-productivity-space/152 .

They also have a Discord server, which I think is more established and has more members. I’ve not spent much time exploring it yet. I like the Discourse style of idea sharing. There is a discussion about that topic on the forum as well.

As you probably recall, I asked about where to go to find such information here, not too long ago, and was given some great pointers, it would make a good read if you’re interested in this topic and have not already read that thread. I bookmarked them and hope to be able to make time to study them, if someone does not do the task before I get to it. I’m still working my way through trying to make sense of my bookmarks. I was messing with them, on my smart phone last night and I have 12,xxx+ bookmarks in Chrome. I’ve started bookmarking articles which the Google Assistant suggests, for me to read. Seems like every day, it recommends a couple dozen topics, which I’d really like to dig into deeply. If anyone has figured out a system to make, process and make sense of such bookmarks, I’d be interested to hear about it, especially if it’s automated.

David Garner