Organize your Personal Resources

Organize your Personal Resources – Just use a Wiki!

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I don’t know about you but I got sick of adding favorites, printing articles, trying to remember certain tools I used, techniques in code, or whatever the case was. I’d manage this information by adding them to favorites, writing this down on paper, tossing it in the garbage because I can’t stand clutter and then wish I hadn’t, etc. The point? Other than your team’s Wiki (if you have one), just use a wiki for yourself to organize YOU at work and to keep a nice repository of information for the following items to keep your productivity up:

Work Urls
To-do List
Things you worked on list (good for a resume)
Urls to websites or articles you like or has most value to you
Example code you’ve done that you want to remember
Organize your project docs
Keep a list of passwords or contact information
Keep a list of cheat sheets for code

You name it, a wiki can allow you to keep a running tally of resources you like to work with when you go from job to job. keep adding sections for new places or clients and add to the wiki. It is like a personal knowledgebase and you only need one thing, a wiki! It’s much easier to keep things in one place and runs over a database.

I recommend a .NET based open source wiki called ScrewTurn Wiki for this as it runs over SQL Server. Back up your wiki and port it to whatever computer you like in the future. A wiki lets you add all sorts of information (Urls, docs, lists). The latest RC 3.0 is in .NET 3.5.

And here is the ScrewTurn Blog to learn even more about recent happenings.

Some sites currently using ScrewTurn Wiki (easiest way to find these is search by “Powered by ScrewTurn” in Google):

Dario Solera (Owner of ScrewTurn)

Cruisers Running Club

SignumFramework

Alex Lindgren's wiki

ISWE Wiki