Thing 14 Personal Information Management

Thing 14 is all about Personal Information Management which I practice in many ways without really thinking about it and I certainly wasn't aware that it's a study of academic research. First tool I looked at was Evernote which I'd previously solely as a bookmarking tool, and I remember being very taken with its clipping tool. But I switched to Google bookmarks instead. But I am really liking the extra functionality like writing notes and uploading documents. I created a notebook for collecting information and articles on Internet Safety and another for holiday ideas.

I set up a feedly account and downloaded the app and have been using it to keep up with library blogs. I can see checking feedly becoming a good habit.

I use Out of Milk app which offers similar functionality as Remember the Milk, so I chose not to try this app out. I love Out of Milk's shopping list which I share with my husband. We add things to the list when we think of it and then sync before a trip to the shops. It's revolutionised the way we shop.  It also has a pantry list and task list. It..'s a keeper.

I downloaded Pocket to keep articles for reading later - a much better approach than leaving lots of open tags in my browser (over 40 at one point!) that I don't revisit. It will stop me from bookmarking articles that look interesting before I actually read them. As sometimes they might not be worth holding on to.

Do they seem too limited in their functionality? While they all exist separately and their functions are quite specialised, I feel they are complementary. Is there a way you can make them work together?
Yes, you can integrate Feedly with Evernote and Pocket, allowing you to save important articles to your notebooks or to read later. You can also integrate Evernote with Google Drive and Slack.

As the list of apps on my phone gets longer a tool really needs to earn its place. If I was to cut back on one of them it would be pocket as you can tag articles for reading later on Feedly.  The boards feature on feedly looks really useful for projects. Boards allow you to can group articles by subject. You can then share a board with team members or compile a team newsletter to share articles you've found. There's a lot more to Feedly than RSS feeds.