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Posted by Captain CowPie
Jan 30, 2012 at 04:41 PM
I was searching for some info on old PIMs I used to use back in the 80s and 90s, and stumbled on Google Books (books.google.com). I typed in “ecco pro packrat pim” and got to read some of the old articles that I probably read about these and other products back in the day. It brought back good (and some bad) memories of how I used to research PIMs back then, reading every magazine article I could and finally making that decision to buy the software. No real demo software, you had to be sure before you took out the credit card.
Since I am moving (back) to Devonthink Office Pro, I was just reminiscing about the software I used in the past, and how I am still searching for the Holy Grail now. If I ever added up all of the time I spent researching, trying, learning, reorganizing, etc. of new software, I probably could have earned a PhD by now. But what would be the fun of that ;)
Posted by Glen Coulthard
Jan 30, 2012 at 06:15 PM
Sometimes, I’ll go back to the old websites to see what’s going on with some of my early-2000 PIMs.
Besides Lotus Organizer and Franklin Agenda (I think that’s what the Franklin Covey system was called?), I still have lots of data stored in PIMEX (http://www.pimexonline.com) and NeoMem (http://www.neomem.org).
—Glen
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Jan 30, 2012 at 07:38 PM
Hah! Great topic…
Some of the antique PIMs I once used:
- Instant Recall, a nice little DOS PIM
- GrandView (of course)
- Memory Mate
- EccoPro
- InfoSelect
In most cases, you not only couldn’t try out the software, but you also had to pay over $100 in 1980s dollars. It’s certainly a different world, but nevertheless the quest goes on!
Steve Z.
Posted by Captain CowPie
Jan 31, 2012 at 02:24 AM
My main ones were
Contact Plus (which I was looking up)
PackRat
Ecco Pro
Zoot
InfoSelect
Then I moved to a Mac and started using
Journler
TaskPaper
Evernote
OmniOutliner
DevonThink
Who knows what is next. Maybe I will finally settle down and stay with a piece of software for a decade.
Vince
Posted by Hugh
Feb 1, 2012 at 09:57 AM
Lotus Notes and Lotus Agenda.
I don’t mourn the passing of my usage of Lotus Notes (or at least the way I was required to use it by my employer - I always had the feeling that if I could get my head round the way it was designed to be used, it would turn out to be less of a beast and more of a benefit).
But Lotus Agenda I did like and value; at the time it seemed ground-breaking.
H