EssentialPIM is helping me shop better, and this is no small feat. It's an accomplishment because I am not a shopper. My first job was in a grocery store where I stocked shelves, packed bags, and served up cold cuts, cheese, and salads from the deli....
Typewriters were not our tool of choice when I began my career as a newspaper reporter. They were our only choice. (No, I'm not that old). Then came word processing with its bonanza of copy and paste, moving content and the luxury of making text bold...
On Monday morning, January 3, 2000, programmers around the world relaxed. There had been no bank failures; no widespread shutdowns of water, electric and energy systems; and no panic. The years-long scramble to code computers to recognize four-digit...
EssentialPIM 10 has been released with new features across all modules. The next few posts will look at some of them, starting with Notes, where there are the most changes. We'll look here at four of the significant Notes enhancements. 1. Favorites and...
EssentialPIM dips into project management with the introduction of a Kanban board in version 10. Users have requested project management tools in EPIM, mentioning Kanban as early as 2015. Adding Kanban came up again in the forum in 2019. Now, it's...
EssentialPIM 9.5 was released in early November and introduced at least seventeen new or updated features. This post will look at a few of these in more detail. Click here for the complete list. New option: See the number of tasks, notes and Contacts...
Back in 1969, the computer on board the lunar module "Eagle" displayed error number "1202," meaning its 4 KB of memory had run out during the landing. Nonetheless, Neil Armstrong landed the craft and reported "The Eagle has landed" to Houston. Nowadays...
Before EssentialPIM, I organized my work somehow — probably in a spreadsheet — but I can't remember exactly because that's how long EPIM has been my time tracking software. As an IT professional, I am assigned to several projects simultaneously and...
After 40 years in data processing, I shouldn't be impressed when a software package like EssentialPIM works, but I am. Probably the most complicated programming I have done was an online system that enabled field offices countrywide to process...
Software and friends can be alike — no matter how long you know them, they can still surprise you. I have been using EssentialPIM since 2005 and was recently surprised by a feature in Notes that I discovered by chance. I'll come to the surprise later,...
You take the time to log your appointments and to dos, to record your contacts and notes, to secure passwords and connect your email, all to have your world at hand in your personal information manager. But there is more than what you can type into...
Long before there was a module for passwords or mail and before there were features like tags and hyperlinking and synchronization, users were creative about making EssentialPIM their one place to manage personal information. They fled other apps for...
Michael's daughter has soccer practice after work every Thursday and he routinely has her there on time. Madhu is writing a book and has organized a mass of notes and resources for her project. Meanwhile, Jorge logs into his investment accounts several...
In a year when our homes turned into offices and our cars became waiting rooms for appointments, this blog has been a cyberspace water cooler of sorts, a place for enthusiasts of simplicity and efficient organization to gather. In our first year we...
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Marcella has collected recipes for years and now wants to organize them. They are scattered across index cards, cookbooks, loose-leaf notebooks, and bookmarked websites. She is convinced that gathering them in one place would help her plan meals and...
I have three EssentialPIM databases that I want available to some extent on five devices. In this post, I want to describe my solutions, ask for your feedback, and tell a few things I've learned about synchronization. Here is my situation. I have a...
Keeping track of finances can be hard when there are so many different options. And if you're already an avid user of EPIM, having to use additional software to keep track of your finances can be a pain. Luckily, with enough creativity, you can use...
EssentialPIM released version 11.8 in December with a combination of new features and enhancements. We'll look at four of them in this post. 1. Send invitations for events and tasks The new release connects appointments and tasks with email, making it...
Enza has been using EssentialPIM for a few weeks and wants to know how to make the calendar and other information available family-wide. Besides hers and her husband's work schedules, there are the school activities for their son and daughter to...