Disclaimer: I don't currently save anything, because I'm building my own tool to manage this. My tool is partially designed around human retention of informatio

Disclaimer: I don't currently save anything, because I'm building my own tool to manage this. My tool is partially designed around human retention of information and relationship between pieces of information, ala mind-mapping/etc - this influences what I plan on saving. In the past, I've used most of the software out there to lots of varying types of data. From birthdays, to work notes, goals, thoughts, plans and more. In the end I've found that the more dynamic pieces of information like notes, todos, plans and such are so flexible and hastily created that inserting them into some robust tooling felt unneeded. Furthermore, when trying to jot down ideas or software design plans I wanted something more free flying. A single input box didn't feel as open as a piece of paper. So for these pieces of data I've taken to writing into a dotted journal, and enjoy it quite a bit. My plans for the longer lasting PKB data are focused on retaining conclusions I create in life, the context of the time, and the sources that went into this conclusion. Politics, science, relationships and life. I realized that the information I build my identity around is, at least for me, all too easily forgotten. I decide that X political candidate is unqualified, but not why they were, and especially not what sources of information I got that from. Furthermore, I fear manipulation, and I want to keep track of facts, not simply be swayed by the masses of opinions on the internet. My primary goal for a PKB is to help me navigate the world of over information. Keeping track of sources, to help me back trace information if it's subject to question. I want to be able to back up things I "believe" with the facts that led me to that conclusion. My PKB is, I guess, a sort of version control for the mutable state of my mind. At least, that is what I am attempting. As an aside, this software is being designed around information sharing as well. I want the effort people put into research to be easily digestible, trackable, searchable and sharable. I've made a whole host of decisions and concessions around these goals for this software, and I hope one day it helps people, more than just myself. .. quite the long post. sorry :)