Thing 14: Personal Information Management

I’ve used Evernote in the past, but didn’t stick with it.  I don’t find the interface intuitive, and it’s a bit too busy in its layout.  I’m not sure what an equivalent would be, maybe Trello (?), but for now, I’m going to focus on Trello/Asana/etc. for my project management needs.  I feel that with Evernote, I’m just burying my information deeper into a system that’s not easy to access or use quickly.  For this thing, I’ve set up folders for job searches, and used the web-clipping tool.  This tool would actually come in handy for saving things, instead of using a bookmark, but when I downloaded “Pocket,”  I think that might actually work better.
 
Pocket is a great way to capture all of those things that I come across when researching, but just don’t have the time to read at that moment. I want to read them, so I bookmark them, but then I never go back to the bookmarks, except to clean them out, and then sometimes those items aren’t relevant or pertinent anymore, so I just end up deleting them.  Pocket allows me to save those readings, thereby uncluttering my bookmarks toolbar and bookmarks folders, and puts them all into one easily accessible spot.  I also downloaded the Chrome extension, which makes saving the item even easier.
 
I poked around a bit on “don’t forget the Milk,” and I like the interface and its features a lot.  I especially like how everything is on one screen.  I’ve gotten used to using To-Doist, because it syncs with my i-devices, and so while I do appreciate all the DFtM has to offer, I’m going to stick with to-doist.  Plus, I have a premium membership, which allows me to color-code my projects, and sync my to do list with my calendar.  I can color code with DFtM, but not sync with iCal.