Your current PIM software portfolio - November 2008 Poll

Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Nov 13, 2008 at 02:22 PM

My information management usage is complicated by the fact that I use a PC at work and a MacBook for personal purposes. So here goes:

At Work (PC/Windows)

Programs I Use Daily
- Zoot. For grabbing various information on the fly. Also for organizing specific database-type information (i.e. purchases).
- OneNote. For project-related data, and information that does not “fit” into Zoot (i.e. PDFs, text that needs formatting).
- Adobe Acrobat
Programs I Use Weekly
- EccoPro. Have begun to use EccoPro again as a project planner and task manager.
- Debrief. Daily work journal. Can also be used as a project planner and task manager, but I’m not using it that way at the moment.
- Brainstorm. When I need to capture ideas quickly, nothing beats Brainstorm.
- WikidPad. Which I use for creating a catalog of the books sold by my employer.

At Home (Mac OS)
- Bento. Handles my straight forward database type information.
- Curio. Can be used for almost anything, but mostly I use it for brainstorming and project planning.
- Journler. My personal journal and note keeper.
- OmniOutliner. When I need an outliner… like now for instance.
- Yojimbo. Where I store passwords, registration numbers and other discrete information.

Steve Z.