Defeating Bedlam

Posted by jamesofford
Dec 25, 2008 at 05:48 PM

A friend of mine forwarded Ms. Judson’s article a while ago. As a scientist in an industrial setting, I have many of the same issues as Ms. Judson, and more so. Not only do I need to keep track of the published scientific literature, but meeting minutes, proposals, emails, and all of the other stuff that floats across my desk and computer.

Like Ms. Judson, I use Papers. It is a very nice piece of software which does a good job of keeping information together. However, it is only a part of my solution. I also use Devonthink Pro Office. The nice thing about Devonthink is the ability to keep all the information to hand that I need, in a place that is easily searchable. The new version(v2.0) is out in public beta and I have been giving it a spin.

Now, if I only had the same tools on my work PC.

Merry Christmas/Happy Hanukkah/Happy Solstice to everyone.

Jim