So, what do you folks do?

Posted by dan7000
May 1, 2010 at 12:28 AM

Used to be a software developer. Now a lawyer.

Mostly I like outliner software just because I do. Ever since personal computers have existed, I have been collecting software just for the heck of it. (Really, as a kid I had a PET, a TRS80, a Commodore II, etc.)

As a developer, I was really involved in thinking about information management for users and under the hood. I developed software for consumers that fits in the information management category but did not compete with outliners. Professionally, I used pims and notetakers to keep track of all my notes about my employees and projects; MS project for project management; databases for bug tracking; and ever since it has existed, outlook for calendar and contacts.

As a law student, I was totally dependent on ADM, after first trying all the other outliners available.

As a lawyer, I use notetakers and outliners to keep track of everything anybody tells me by phone or in person and to gather and categorize snippets of cases, evidence, and briefs for future reference. I would love to have a writing outliner that works for me to draft memos and briefs, but nothing clicks for me so I just use Word. Still outlook for email, schedule, and contacts.

Mostly, though, I still like to play with software and hardware just because I do.