As you might know, I’m a college dropout(Information Studies), now working in IT as a Systems Admin at a fair sized hotel. When I left college to pursue other, at that time more interesting things, I couldn’t really see the big picture in why we had to learn what they wanted us to.
Now I do, thanks to this book.
I keep feeling inspired about the management of my information. Both as PIM in my own department, but mostly also for my users. I can suddenly see some meaning in the way they manage their PIM. I as the IT department have to facilitate their professional PIM. I have to give them the tools to make sure they don’t lose stuff, but also so they don’t drown in information. Suddenly I have a much more nuanced view of my job. Being the geek who loves his tech stuff, can do everything to keep servers and computer running, is not really enough. I have to know my place in the business of managing information and information flow in the company.
This book could teach many programmers, much on how they can make their products more usable to the users. Make them understand some of how people look at the information being processed, stored, shared, pushed by the programs they write. We have to facilitate more styles of PIM than just our own, not everyone works like we do.
I have to stop myself, I just love this book and the ideas it keeps inspiring to pop up in my head.
There is so much for so many people in this book..
5/5 Noobs from me.