PIM(Personal information manager)

A personal information manager (often referred to as a PIM tool or, more simply, a PIM) is a type of application software that functions as a personal organizer. The acronymPIM is now, more commonly, used in reference to personal information management as a field of study.^[1] As an information management tool, a PIM tool's purpose is to facilitate the recording, tracking, and management of certain types of "personal information".

Contents   [hide]  1 Scope 2 Synchronization with a computer 3 History 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

[edit]Scope

Personal information can include any of the following:

• Personal file collections (digital and physical): documents, music, photos, videos and similar
• Personal notes/journal
• Address books
• Lists (including task lists)
• Significant calendar dates
  • Birthdays
  • Anniversaries
  • Appointments and meetings
• Reminders
• Email, instant message archives
• Fax communications, voicemail
• Project management features
• RSS/Atom feeds
• Alerts
• References (including scientific references, websites of interest)

[edit]Synchronization with a computer

Some PIM software products are capable of synchronizing data with another PIM tool over a computer network, including mobile ad-hoc networks, or MANETs. This feature usually does not allow for continuous, concurrent data updates, but rather enables point-in-time updating between different computers, including desktop computers, laptopcomputers, and personal digital assistants.

[edit]History

Prior to the introduction of the term "PDA" by Apple in 1992, handheld personal organizers such as the Sharp Wizard and the Psion Organiser were also referred to as "PIMs".^[2][3]

The time management and communications functions of PIMs largely migrated from PDAs to smartphones, with RIM (Research In Motion), Apple and others all manufacturing smartphones that offer most if not all of the functions of earlier PDAs. The convergence of many communications technologies, including telephone, email, social media, news and journalism, and radio transmission, in a compact, ubiquitous device, along with the ability of these devices to create, transmit and publish voice, text, photos and video almost instantaneously is a development that many social commentators expect will revolutionize the way humans interact with each other, and with government and the media.^[4]

[edit]See also

• Personal information management
• Personal knowledge base
• Calendar
• Calendaring software
• Information management
• List of personal information managers
• Personal organizer
• Personal wiki
• List of wiki software
• Password manager

[edit]References

1. ^ Jones, William; Teevan, Jaime, eds. (2007). Personal Information Management. WA: Univ of Washington Pr. ISBN 978-0295987378.
2. ^ The Return of the PDA, Marketing Computers, February, 1995
3. ^ History of the Personal Data Assistant (PDA), H2G2, BBC, March 31, 2004
4. ^ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-565207/Modern-technology-changing-way-brains-work-says-neuroscientist.html#ixzz0il3hnpib without dependence on new communications technologies.

[edit]External links

• Freeware PIMs at the Open Directory Project
• A list of research Personal information managers

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