Getting it OUT!

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Posted by ureadit
2004-07-09 01:08:42

Aperiodically someone points out that we tend to dump info into a PIM, may not know quite what we dumped (or later forget) and then may have a devil of a time retrieving the info we need, or info that would be useful but we haven’t realized that we need it. We might not even know what to ask for.

Some have suggested that we create links among the information, including ones based on concepts. This can take a long time and might not include what we need at some future time.

We need something that can automatically create links and find info that is likely to be useful to us. Programs with boolean and fuzzy and “this term near that term” search functions help, as do programs like Zoot.

I would like to propose that this thread be continued with suggestions for functions/capabilties that a perfect information storage and retrieval program should have. Not a program for writing…just for getting useful information in and out,including getting info out that we might not know or remember is in there.

-sc

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