Your current PIM software portfolio - November 2008 Poll

Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Nov 18, 2008 at 08:58 PM

This has been a year of minimal new acquisitions; these have included SQLnotes (now InfoQube) which I am still learning and have great expectations for. Other than that, I made attempts to streamline my production processes and reduce the number of applications I use. One important step has been my experimentation with Linux, of which I am very hopeful.

My main setup (Windows PC & Symbian phone) currently includes:

- Brainstorm, the starting point for almost everything on my PC.
- Projekt (for Symbian), the starting point in my phone: all my projects/task lists go there; Projekt info is exported as OPML to ConceptDraw MindMap and/or Notecase Pro if necessary.
- I use the Symbian calendar for time planning and sync with Outlook, but don’t use Outlook (too slow and heavy on resources) but rather RainLendar on my PC.
- I use Tasktop for enforcing discipline and focus in my task management but it is too heavy on resources
- The Bat! is my e-mail client and Opera my browser.
- UltraRecall remains my project database of choice for all the bits and pieces of information.
- Surfulater carries all my web copied information; may eventually take the place of UltraRecall.
- The file system is my repository for just about everything else; I keep a portable drive updated with Super Flexible file synchronizer and always have my info at hand.
- Some basic files (UltraRecall database, main Brainstorm file etc) are also backed-up and sync’d among my various PCs via NomaDesk.
- MS Office files are usually the unavodable end-product when collaborating with everyone else.

I am still experimenting with Linux and am about to purchase an Eee PC. My main applications here are:
- Opera for browsing; bookmarks are automatically sync’d among my various PCs, regardless of operating system (this is a free Opera service)
- I use webmail for the time being; I will probably use Thunderbird eventually.
- I’m experimenting with personal wikis, such as Tiddly Backpack and Luminotes.
- Have just downloaded Tasktop for Linux to try out.

Cheers
Alexander