Re: My current set

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Posted by graham.smith
2005-08-24 05:24:06

Well at the this precise second, my list is

Creative: Mind Manager -> Brainstorm -> NoteMap.

- Project Information, OneNote (still working on this)

- Project planning: MindManager with JCVGantt (two way sync with Outlook).

- General Information Base: Zoot + Library Master

- Documents, Presentations etc: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Smart Draw

- Project Archives and Resources, i.e. images etc: AtLast Filenotes

- Time/Action Management: TimeTo and Outlook

UltraRecall looked good, but it fell at the first hurdle for me, as it doesn’t have some of the “I use everyday features” that Zoot has, and to preview Word files you need to physically launch them. Some of the missing features will be added to the next release, but I was really looking for a Zoot replacement.

Concept draw I really liked, and I thought the Gantt drawing tools might be useful as that is the key difference bewteen Smart Draw, but they are seriously broken. The Concept draw people said that they will be fixed “...in some future release” So cannot really justify the cost of Concept Draw. Mind Genius, I like better than Mind Manager, but Mind Manger just fits in better with my workflow, so although I have both of them, it is Mind Manager I tend to use.

I’ve never tried RedBox, but I just cannot give up on TimeTo (A&B as was). In spite of some limitations, I have never come across any time management tool that comes close to TimeTo for helping me keep track of how busy I am and how busy I am likely to be in the future. I really don’t like Outlook, but for compatability reasons, I am forced to use it.

Graham

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