Question: What software is absolutely essential to you

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Posted by Daly de Gagne
Aug 3, 2011 at 01:33 PM

JB, I noticed you said you’re quoting people from here.

Regardless of the legalities or technicalities, as a courtesy, I hope you are asking for the permission of anyone you do quote from here. The point is not whether the quote is complimentary or not, but the courtesy.

When you are connected with a commercial enterprise - inasmuch as you appear to be working for BrainstormWFO, and have incorporated its name into your handle - it is especially important both from a pr and a credibility perspective that anyone quoted on the BrainstormWFO site is aware of the fact, and has given permission.

Daly

JBfromBrainStormWFO wrote:
>Man Chaos Intellect that brings back memories, I’d totally forgotten my attempt to
>live in it years ago.
> >Is there any place where I can read about your workflow, Steve?
>I’m curious how you use Zoot and Intellect and others together.
> >I already got
>Alexander’s figured out… no idea you had posted so much about BrainStormWFO, Alex,
>you’ve been doing it for years. Respect.
> >I admit Cyborganize might currently be
>weak on file management, Ultra Recall or something else might ultimately be a
>solution I’d look at.
> >I’m finishing up a page that’s purely reconstructed from
>BrainStormWFO user reviews and testimonials, many of them from here. I literally
>just copied them all into BrainStormWFO, sorted them, and created a page from it.
> >
>It’s still rough but here’s the link, since I’m quoting several people from here.
>The quote attributions aren’t added yet.
>http://brainstormsw.com/outliner/265-2/

Posted by tightbeam
Aug 3, 2011 at 05:24 PM

Are you aware that some of those quotes are ten years old? (One from Alexander I traced back to a C/Net comment dated 2004.) It’s common practice to include the date of a testimonial with the text so readers can determine whether the user’s opinion is still relevant.

Is this the best way to promote your software? Your approach, so far, has put me entirely off the product. You’re trying way too hard.

Posted by Cassius
Aug 3, 2011 at 06:11 PM

Speaking about JBfromBrainStormWFO, bobmclain wrote:
>Are you aware that some of those quotes are ten years old? (One from Alexander I traced
>back to a C/Net comment dated 2004.) It’s common practice to include the date of a
>testimonial with the text so readers can determine whether the user’s opinion is
>still relevant.
> >Is this the best way to promote your software? Your approach, so
>far, has put me entirely off the product. You’re trying way too
>hard.
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I agree. Indeed, JBfromBrainStormWFO’s postings have been so numerous and ... that I no longer will read them.

Posted by Steve
Aug 3, 2011 at 06:14 PM

I don’t use Zoot. I’m a dream vacation consultant which is a fancier (and more accurate) term for travel agent. That’s why I said my business is contact oriented.

When it comes to PIM’s, the “personal” part is the focus. There are a gazillion (exaggeration, but not by much) ones out there. I’ve used many; Lotus Organizer, Agendus, proprietary for my industry, Above and Beyond, etc. All have their pluses, no doubt. But Intellect http://www.chaossoftware.com/ works best for me. I do miss features from the others at times….

My main programs that are running RIGHT NOW that I use to get the job done: Intellect, Brainstorm, Notetab http://www.notetab.com/downloads.php , AskSam http://www.asksam.com, Atlantis Word Processor http://www.atlantiswordprocessor.com/en/.

Work flow later - I need to help folks find where to go…..

Steve

Posted by Leib Moscovitz
Aug 3, 2011 at 06:52 PM

Like Quant, I find UR absolutely indispensable for all sorts of information collection and organization, and while I have tried virtually ever other information manager available (that uncontrollable urge in this forum…), at the end of the day UR is simply the best, hands down, IMHO. (My principal use for UR is my academic work - I am a university professor by profession - although I find UR equally helpful for home information management and for various types of avocational collection and organization.)

The one big thing lacking in UR, of course, is a proper calendar, and for this I find Vueminder Calendar Pro to be without peer - extremely powerful (much more than Outlook!), highly configurable and user-friendly. Between these two programs, I find that 90% of my information needs are handled in truly optimal fashion (the remaining 10% is the inevitable “CRIMP factor” which seems to affect all of those people who are never satisfied with the great, insisting instead on perfect).

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