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Database based PIM programs?
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Posted by Airways
Oct 25, 2012 at 10:01 PM
Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
>It is my impession that the majority of programs we discuss
>here nowadays are database driven.
Ah, yes I think maybe I should clarify a bit then. It is very difficult to search for this type of thing, and a bit hard to explain what I mean as well. ;)
Basically - many note taking oriented tools seem to exist, but there seem to be relatively few generic personal database tools that actually *expose* the fact that they run on a database in the way that certain ones do. Basically thing seems to boil down to a few things:
* Field oriented structured design
* Multiple column listing
* Discrete data types, or at least multiple forms applied to an item
InfoQube does this, so far Ultra Recall also seems to (although it’s initial setup looks more like a tree-oriented note taking tool).
For instance, KeyNote NF would *not* fall under this category for me, because although it uses a database to store items, all of it’s data within each item is unstructured in one large note field.
Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Oct 25, 2012 at 10:35 PM
OK, got it now. Notecase probably doesn’t fit in that perspective.
Have you tried Brilliant Database? It’s a classic DBMS with the bonus of hierarchical organisation.
Posted by JBfrom
Oct 25, 2012 at 11:10 PM
I think it cuts through a lot of BS the first time you try a real database program. I just did with FileMaker thanks to a recommendation here. I realized that it fills a massive hole in my info processing methodology. Once that niche is filled, then you can avoid overburdening “database lite” applications such as UR, and indeed even your plain text workflow. Some sorts of information simply belong in a custom-designed database. E.g., I’m building a database of a large number of supplements, many with overlapping ingredients. A database is the only way to sort out which to take.
I think a dedicated CRIMPer is often better off with the freedom to design his own structure and forms, perhaps even for generic things like contact management.
Posted by Airways
Oct 26, 2012 at 01:58 AM
Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
>Have you tried
>Brilliant Database? It’s a classic DBMS with the bonus of hierarchical
>organisation.
Yeah, now this is what I’m talking about! Sadly it is crashing a lot in Windows 7 for me… :-/ Emailed the authors, hopefully they are aware of the issue and working on it.
Posted by Airways
Oct 26, 2012 at 04:21 AM
Airways wrote:
> Sadly it is crashing a lot in Windows 7 for me… :-/ Emailed the
>authors, hopefully they are aware of the issue and working on it.
If anyone else runs into this, reinstalling the VB 6.0 Common Controls package fixed the issue for me:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=10019
Also, any other similar recommendations still greatly appreciated!