Keeping Found Things Found: The Study and Practice of Personal Information Management
My Thoughts
I was disappointed by this book, which seemed interesting at first, but ended up being vague, repetitive, very theoretical and too detailed. I also hadn't looked at the year it was published before reading it, and it turns out that this book is now a little out of date.
It's very detailed and precise, but that's precisely what makes it impractical. For readers who need to write a thesis on PIM, it may be interesting, but it's not for the average reader.
Also, in the end, the book offers very few solutions to the problems it presents. After reading it, I wondered how I could improve my current setup, and in fact I simply couldn't find any improvements to make, because the book doesn't present any solutions.
It's one of the few books from which I retained almost nothing, because there's far too much useless information compared to useful information. The little that could have been useful isn't, because it talks about things and features that are now present in our devices, but weren't at the time of the book. I admit that at the time the book was published, it could have been useful, but now in 2023 we already know all that.
There are still a few interesting elements that I took note of, but compared to the time spent reading the book, they're not worth it.
In short, I wish I hadn't wasted my time with this book. I was expecting a lot from it...
To Read or Not to Read
I do not recommend reading this book. Sometimes, even if I didn't like a book, I don't regret reading it, but this time there is nothing to gain from it, and the book is definitely not up to date. It is too long to read for what it offers.