Summer 2009 PIM roll-call

Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Aug 1, 2009 at 05:49 PM

My WINDOWS setup (running Windows XP on notebook and office desktop; files synced via NomaDesk webdrive and SuperFlexible)

Todo: Notecase Pro syncing with Projekt (on Symbian smartphone) - Smatphone is the starting point

Email: The Bat! (need to change; testing Postbox and eagerly waiting for Zoot 6)

Calendar: Rainlendar atop Outlook database syncing with Symbian smartphone calendar app syncing with Google Calendar via GooSync - again, Smatphone is the starting point

Research and web clippings: Evernote and Surfulater / Linkstash for bookmarks

Outlining: UltraRecall for project information, mostly used as address book actually

Notes and first drafts: Brainstorm

Writing (final drafts): Word 2003

I have invested in some very powerful programs such as InfoQube but am not changing my setup at this point due to intense work.

My LINUX setup (running OpenSuse on netbook and Linux Mint on home desktop) includes only cross-platform or web applications for testing and complimenting my Windows work

Todo: Notecase Pro

Email: webmail (Gmail with POP access to all my account; also used as archive)

Calendar: Google Calendar

Research and web clippings: EverNote via bookmarklet (EN has no Linux client as yet)

I’m also playing around (not now actually) with some additional cross-platform applications: Xmind, Dokuwiki etc

One thing I can say about my setup is that it’s quite resilient; I have rarely lost data, and when I have it’s been mostly recovered quite quickly (knocks wood).

@ Tom S.: Dan said most that I would say on Evernote; I personally find its flexibility in data collection excellent; its tag system (which I was reluctant to use) is brilliant—you can assign tags when collecting information or later, you can organise them in infinite levels, rename them, etc. Most importantly, its cross-platform nature, automatic sync and web access make it for me unrivaled and indispensable.