Software for handling Contact Management, events/meetings Calen Dar, to-dos/tasks (Issue Tracker), etc.
Of course you often want to share info (e.g. calendar) with others, so it becomes Group Ware (Group Calendaring).
The marketshare winner is Ms Outlook.
The open-source challenger is Evolut Ion.
Some other contenders: Lotus Agenda, Zo Ot, Ecco Pro. (James Fallows has a habit of writing about really interesting software.)
Scott Rosenberg wrote about PIMs.
Remember that Software Does Not Manage.
Maybe this should be Personal Knowledge Management.
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Why do you need a fancy db-oriented software app at all?
a few people talking about using Wiki As Pim: http://www.spack.org/index.cgi/WikiAsPim, http://www.ourpla.net/john/wikiweblogpim.html
- Or, at the next level up, since most email apps have an address book, why not use wiki for just calendar items (and tasks, which few people use), and leave the rest in email?
Or just use the desktop companion software that comes with your PDA, plus an email client.
Needs
want to Data Synch all of them to your PDA (I think there are utilities to synch Netscape address books to Palm, but that leaves out calendar).
on the other hand if you run a lite-enough wiki engine on something like the Sharp Zaurus, maybe you no longer use PIM apps on the PDA, either - you just have to decide how to synch wiki records
for calendars, if you're working in a company, you want a system for scheduling meetings where you can see other attendees' availability before setting the meeting time (Group Calendaring)
amazingly, there's no decent server/client combo other than Ms Outlook/Ms Exchange and Lotus Notes. Maybe the Mac ICal sharing will help change this...
may want to run on non-standard OS (which could conflict with previous desire)
<b>Running Mini Ruby Wiki for Wiki As Pim on the Sharp Zaurus.</b> --2003/10/31 00:37 GMT<br> The blog entry at http://radio.weblogs.com/0122027/2003/10/22.html#a92 describes using Mini Ruby Wiki as Wiki As Pim on the Sharp Zaurus.