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Data di nascita
1952
Sesso
male
Nazionalità
UK

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Unless you're extremely interested in Personal Information Management, you'll find this book boring. Even if you do find it interesting, there are still some parts that are dull. But this is a thorough academic introduction to the academic field of Personal Information Management as it existed in the mid-2000s.

The most valuable parts of the book are the portions that are descriptive of how people really handle their personal information management tasks. Some of the chapters also cover particular tools that were developed to study PIM. These tools are not generally interesting in and of themselves, but the descriptions of findings often are.

This book is a bit dated. While there is a chapter on group information management and the topic is lightly touched throughout, the book doesn't really cover the impact of social sharing on personal and group information management. (Or, as I put it when I read the introduction: this book isn't going to give any insight into Pinterest or Facebook.)

That said, I think that anyone who is developing personal or group information management tools can benefit from learning the ideas in this book. Although much has changed, much -- especially the fundamental information management needs individuals have -- is still the same.
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eri_kars | 2 altre recensioni | Jul 10, 2022 |
The subject is of absorbing interest to me, at least, with my preoccupation with cataloguing and arranging a large collection of books, records and tapes, slides and digital images, reference papers, photography and audio equipment, and so on. But this book has been rather frustrating because of the very wordy way that it circles around the actual matters of interest. It promises to get into arranging computer files into folders only by Chapter 5, for example. The first hundred pages could be easily compressed into a few paragraphs; the whole book could be compressed to a third of its length, as it follows the copybook approach of telling you you what it's going to tell you, then tells you, then tells you what it told you, and then repeats this cycle at successive levels as the book progresses. It is frustrating also because it indulges in an overly detailed listing of questions at he start of each section, but seldom gets to any specific answers. It also expands metaphors or analogies to unnecessary detail, rather than getting on with the actual subject under discussion. At the end, one is left with some vague generalities, very few useful suggestions or examples, and no guidance to actual techniques or tools.… (altro)
 
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Dilip-Kumar | 1 altra recensione | May 28, 2022 |
Personal information management - the history, the academic terminology, and thoughts for the future
 
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deldevries | 1 altra recensione | May 12, 2022 |
More of a textbook than a how-to-do-it, this book covers all the facets of personal information: what it is, how it is stored and retrieved, and how it operates in context. Each of the essays summarized recent research, generally preferring an "overview" approach instead of a very detailed explanation.
 
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legallypuzzled | 2 altre recensioni | Mar 18, 2010 |

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