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Outliner/PIM roll call: Fall 2011
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Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Sep 24, 2011 at 08:01 AM
My basic setup—the one which has withstood the test of several months:
- Mail: Google Apps email with IMAP access / Thunderbird
- Collection of material: Evernote
- Text development: Brainstorm
- Project plans: TreeSheets
- Working files: Dropbox
- Bits and pieces of reference information: UltraRecall (contacts), LinkStash (weblinks)
One important factor for making my info management programs compatible, was the creation of a common tag hierarchy; I’ve had to re-create this in every relevant program, but it was worth the effort.
Some newer tools that seem to be here to stay:
- Sense: though not as intuitive as I would like, it’s getting better, and its micro/macro view is unrivaled
- Yammer: for daily activity journaling
For task management, I’m still cycling between GQueues, Brainstorm and Noteliner—and also my head as a result.
Posted by JBfrom
Sep 24, 2011 at 09:19 AM
Not a bad system at all Alex, those choices make a great deal of sense. I could see myself using some of those as extensions in the roles you mentioned. Specifically Evernote for collection, Treesheets for project mapping and UR for contacts. What’s Sense for?
I’m gonna start using org-mode for my time logging, as it’s become necessary again. It’s all handled automatically after a little setup, and then the auto-screenshot log to verify and correct the record after I finish.
Posted by JBfrom
Sep 24, 2011 at 09:20 AM
Alex, I’ll look into restoring the old blog, probably a lot of valuable info there. No idea if it’s possible.
Posted by Andrew Mckay
Sep 24, 2011 at 11:06 AM
Outlining = Workflowy
Basic reports = Workflowy + M8 Free Clipboard (clipboard manager) + openoffice
Task management = Workflowy + Google Calendar + check plus for Google calendar
Information capture = Evernote
Pen and paper
Trying lots of other different applications as well particularly looking for simple project management
Andrew
Posted by Dr Andus
Sep 24, 2011 at 03:52 PM
OK, here is a snapshot of my ever-changing set-up:
iPod/iPad:
- Notebooks for iPad for capturing notes and slotting them into a hierarchy (synced with Dropbox);
- iThoughtsHD for breaking down tasks into a mindmap or outline (emailed or exported into CarbonFin Outliner);
- CarbonFin outliner for outlining short text and developing longer lists of tasks;
- Toodledo for to-do lists (synced with Pocket Informant HD on iPad and Google Calendar and Firefox addon on PC);
- Pocket Informant HD for calendar functions mainly (syncs with Google Calendar);
- Wunderlist to share tasks with the wife (syncs with desktop app);
- Instapaper for capturing website content to read later;
- iA Writer occasionally for short writing tasks;
- GoodReader and PDF Expert for PDF reading and annotation.
On the PC:
- MS Word 2010 outliner (just started to use);
- Natara Bonsai for quick outlining of shorter texts;
- Whizfolders to keep longer notes in a hierarchical outline;
- Surfulater for capturing websites;
- MLO for tracking project-specific tasks (basic project planning and management);
- CMAP Tools for quick concept mapping;
- Xmind for quick mindmapping;
Getting ready to use NVivo as a project-specific tool to analyse a large amount of data; will need to evaluate timeline mapping tools soon; and learning about Scrivener for Windows (also considering Writing Outliner), to write the thesis at the end.