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DIARY: November 17, 1993 01:28 PM Wednesday; Rod Welch

Scanned OS2 Profess. article on IBM executives using automated tools.

1...General
....Information Management Software Potential
2...Recommended Products
3...Paper Replacements


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SUBJECTS
Implementing Automation, 930119
Correlation to accepted practice and
Automation Trends
Notepad, replace, 910425
Windows & Multitasking, 911015
Making more money

0908 -    ..
0909 - General
0910 -
091001 - Scanned article at ref OF 4 line 87 showing how John Patrick, a vice
091002 - president of the IBM unit that markets OS2, uses OS2 to apply and
091003 - integrate DOS applications to improve his personal productivity.
091004 -
091005 -    This shows executives are concerned about productivity, so if we
091006 -    can significantly improve on what they are doing, it would seem
091007 -    that SDS should be a successful DOS application in the market
091008 -    running under OS2, as the IBM executive reports doing.
091009 -
091010 -    A later interview showed this idea where IBM is looking for a
091011 -    "compelling application" to sell with OS2, ref SDS 9 line 86.
091012 -
091013 -       I assigned this segment to "making more money" because compell-
091014 -       ing applicatons help people make more money, per ref SDS 9 line
091015 -       75.
091016 -
091017 -
091018 -    This executive uses about 6 or so programs to accomplish the tasks
091019 -    SDS does, ref OF 4 line 89. [comparable to what Ross was given when
091020 -    he got his notebook at ref SDS 8 line 73, but did not use, ref SDS
091021 -    9 line 127.]
091022 -
091023 -         Describe
091024 -         AmiPro for Windows
091025 -         Relish
091026 -         Arcadia
091027 -         Lotus (one button mail)
091028 -         Agenda
091029 -         Magellan
091030 -
091031 -    See analysis of why above configuration is not efficient, ref SDS 9
091032 -    line 114.
091033 -
091034 -
091035 -
091036 -
0911 -

SUBJECTS
Implementing Automation, 930119
Correlation to accepted practice and
Automation Trends
Notepad, replace, 910425
Time Management
Integration

1509 - General
1510 -
151001 - Scanned ref OF 10 from PC Magazine which is an article that
151002 - recommends software to
151003 -
151004 -                    ...organize my work
151005 -
151006 -    The author maintains at ref OF 10line 15, this question comes up.
151007 -
151008 -         ...because the portable computer---in tandem with some kind of
151009 -         information manager---is on the verge of replacing the vener-
151010 -         able paper organizer that many of us carry today.
151011 -
151012 -
151013 - The author indicates people want management support for:
151014 -
151015 -                  Time
151016 -                  Information
151017 -                  Contacts
151018 -
151019 -
151020 -    Information Management Software Potential
151021 -
151022 -    Author foresees that in the not-to-distant future, personal
151023 -    information management may be the application that persuades many
151024 -    of us to carry tiny computers, ref OF 10 line 158.
151025 -
151026 -
151027 -
151028 -
151029 - Recommended Products
151030 -
151031 - Author cites a number of specific products as accomplishing some or
151032 - all of the objective of the article, which is to provide needed
151033 - information when traveling:
151034 -
151035 -
1511 -

SUBJECTS
SDS Marketing, Competitive Products,
Lotus Organizer, 921106
Notepad, replace, 910425
Information Management

1807 - General
1808 -
180801 - Paper Replacements
180802 -
180803 - Suggests Lotus Organizer at ref OF 10 line 50, which is the program
180804 - Russ at KHLS was using before SDS, ref SDS 6 line 110, as an informa-
180805 - tion manager to replace paper for taking and organizing notes.
180806 -
180807 - It is regarded as "incredibly simple," and offers the look of
180808 - paper bases systems, ref OF 13 line 51.
180809 -
180810 -
180811 -
1809 -

SUBJECTS
SDS Marketing, Competitive Products,
Sidekick, Borland
Time Management
Contacts Data Base
Time Management
Information Management
Contact Management
Instant Recall, 931117
OnTime, 931117

2512 - General
2513 -
251301 - Author recommends following products for Scheduling and Contact
251302 - management that run under DOS.
251303 -
251304 -
251305 - Says "Sidekick" provides good personal scheduling and an address book,
251306 - i.e. contacts,  ref OF 10 line 61.
251307 -
251308 -
251309 - Recommends Instant Recall as better than Sidekick for scheduling and
251310 - contact management, ref OF 10 line 69.
251311 -
251312 -
251313 - Recommends "OnTime" for scheduling and address book has support for
251314 - network scheduling and some wireless communication options, ref OF 10
251315 - line 72.
251316 -
251317 -
251318 -
251319 -
2514 -

SUBJECTS
SDS Marketing, Competitive Products,
Time Management
Relish, 931117

2806 - General
2807 -
280701 - Author says Relish is a good time manager under OS2.  Which is the
280702 - program the IBM executive interviewed in OS2 Professional is using,
280703 - explained above per ref OF 4 line 91.
280704 -
280705 -
280706 -
2808 -

SUBJECTS
SDS Marketing, Competitive Products,
Contacts Data Base
Contact Management
Act
Mazimizer
GoldMine

3309 - General
3310 -
331001 - Author recommends at ref OF 10 line 92, for solely Contact Management:
331002 -
331003 -                        Act
331004 -                        Maximizer
331005 -                        Goldmine
331006 -
331007 -
331008 -
3311 -

SUBJECTS
SDS Marketing, Competitive Products,
Contacts Data Base
Contact Management
Time Management
Time Management
Packrat 4.0 for Windows, 911202
Echo, 930224 "Super PIM"
Commence, 921123

4011 - General
4012 -   ..
401201 - Author cites at ref OF 10 line 106, following as providing a
401202 - degree of integration between Time and Contact Management.
401203 -
401204 -                 Packrat
401205 -                 Ecco
401206 -                 Commence
401207 -
401208 -      [On 951001 Morris is using Ecco Pro. ref SDS 10 3460]
401209 -
401210 -   Author reports Ecco has a sophisticated outliner to store
401211 -   information in multiple views ref OF 10 line 122.  Ecco was reviewed
401212 -   previously at ref SDS 2 line 26.
401213 -
401214 -
401215 - This article indicates at ref OF 10 line 123, that "Contact Managers'
401216 - are also described as "Information Managers".  I expect this reflects
401217 - the fact that a lot of information that arises in "management" work is
401218 - related to people and organizations.  However, it overlooks that
401219 - managers have to integrate this with the equally large amount of
401220 - information that is unrelated to people and organizations.
401221 -
401222 -
401223 -
401224 -
4013 -

SUBJECTS
SDS Marketing, Competitive Products,
Contact Management
Time Management
Time Management
ManagePro, 931117
Time Management
Project Management, Methods, Procedures

4610 - General
4611 -
461101 - Author at ref OF 10 line 137, describes a class of software to:
461102 -
461103 -                      Manage Other People
461104 -
461105 -    ...and calls this worrying about people and projects.
461106 -
461107 -
461108 -
4612 -