JOURNLER 2.5 SOFTWARE
Fortunately, iTunes is the kind of software that lets me take advantage of its features without locking me in to them.
If I care about using the best (which I do), I’d better be prepared to try Google’s new software without regret that I invested so heavily in iTunes over the years. Then, 3 years from now, Google comes up with a startlingly new approach to managing digital assets that is so obvious and wonderful that it’s hard to cling to the idea that iTunes is better. How can it make sense, when software is evolving at a more rapid rate than nearly any other human endeavor? Suppose I decide in 2006 that iTunes is the best digital jukebox ever, and that’s that. From my perspective on Mars, I can’t imagine why anyone would think it makes sense to cling to old software decisions. I’m talking about one’s choice of software applications.ĭecisions about software should never be forever, but all too often people act as if they are, or must be. If it isn’t, we’ve made the wrong choice and should change our minds immediately. “Is this an article about PIM software, or not?” Well, it’s actually highly relevant, because one type of decision we make quite often nowadays should be easily reversed. But honestly, don’t politicians make too much of clinging to decisions they made that turn out to be wrong? And don’t some of them place way too high a value on consistency over a long period of time in one’s personal values and beliefs? Is that “fortitude” or “stupidity”? Heck, as Joni Mitchell once pointed out, “Life is for learning.” If you acknowledge that learning changes you by adding new ideas and insights, then individuals who never change their mind about things aren’t particularly good role models for an advanced society… are they?Īstute readers of this page are probably starting to wonder where the hell I’m going with this topic. I’m talking things like your marriage, your decision to have kids, your choice of college, your upcoming vacation plans… maybe your car and house. There are definitely some life decisions that you should think twice before revisiting. New items completed are noted there as well. The list of PIM apps in the “review queue” for this ongoing review are listed in the Addendum. Originally published 11/7/06 with review of six PIM apps. Updated 12/6/06 with review of Daily vX. Updated 1/15/07 with review of TopXNotes. Updated 4/20/07: Removed myNotes ⤴ from the list.
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