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Revision as of 22:02, 31 July 2010
One of the reasons why this page has come to life is to provide a central resource to PIM research, theory and sources. Several such sources exist but they are either old, exist in a non-editable version or are not so resourceful. These sources are listed below. Some text from these sources is available on these pages as well (always accordingly cited). The main reason is that I came across many potentially interesting links but unfortunately these sites are not available anymore.
Probably the main reason for making this site available as a wiki is to let anyone edit it. Everyone who is interested in contributing/editing/administrating this site is welcomed to do so.
Personal information Management
PIM is area of the research and a practice of the activities like handling, storing, classifying, organizing, sharing, protecting, archiving for various purposes.
In practice such purposes can be: saving a web bookmarks to read that page later, write a post-it note for a wife and put it on a fridge, order a desk and move away document which will not be needed in the near future, call a client to make an appointment and write the note in a calendar, clean up cluttered email inbox, frame a family photo and hang it on the office wall, etc. So everyone manages information to support needs and tasks.
PIM as an area of research tries to understand and interpret these practices and provide better solutions to users. This are of research is old as are personal computers and is new as well as in last years more researchers became involved. There are several PIM definitions and theoretical PIM frameworks. PIM also relates to several other disciplines but its focus is on understanding interactions between people, their information and technologies involved in managing this information.
Personal information manager
Other sources on PIM
A good starting point to become familiar with Personal Information Management as an area of study is Wikipedia
- PIM wshington
- Boardman