Subj : Re: Palm PDAs
To   : k9zw
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Tue Mar 28 2023 16:02:04

  Re: Re: Palm PDAs
  By: k9zw to poindexter FORTRAN on Tue Mar 28 2023 06:40 am

 k9> Eventually I dragged out my old Filofax purchased in the early '80s, and
 k9> that is where my "permanent collection" of contact information lives, with
 k9> my working collection synced between smartphone and devices. Dual-entry
 k9> kludge, but it works.

I was a Franklin Covey acolyte for most of the '90s. I carried a binder with me, with the addition of 2 floppy drives in a sleeve inside. One had all of the Netware and assorted drivers I'd need to do desktop support, the other had a bunch of documents on them.

Franklin had a PIM (personal information manager) app called Ascend that I used for a while, later, they moved to a series of scripts that made Outlook Franklin-friendly. Neither compared to paper.

I do miss the Franklin system, it's pretty straightforward, but dated in an electronic world. Information retrieval for a paper system was pretty amazing - you carried 3 months worth of planner pages and had the rest in a binder at home. You could get to any information past or present in less than 24 hours. 

Back then, that was pretty good. Now, all your information and history are on apps on your phone.
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