The Five Applications Most Used in 2007

Posted by Jack Crawford
Jan 3, 2008 at 02:58 AM

My list is constrained by a strict SOE at my workplace:-

MS Office 2003 - especially Outlook and Word
MS OneNote 2007 (I managed to convince them to install it, and I’m enjoying the additional benefits)
IE Explorer 6
MindManager 6 for brainstorming and occasional presentations
Some corporate systems

As Alex commented, one of the developments last year was the increasing emphasis on portability. I try to get around the SOE with running these ones from my USB:-

Brainstorm - I would use it more frequently if the product is improved
Page Four - now that I have OneNote running, I’m not using it as much
Spartan Multi clipboard

I’d like to try ConnectedText but the portable version is quite expensive.
I’m still in the market for a good one-panel outliner that will run from a USB.

When I have the luxury of working from my own laptop, I also use:-

PowerDesk
Firefox
Project Kickstart
XMind (testing it out as an alternative to MindManager)
X1

Happy New Year to you all. May 2008 be productive!

Jack