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{{Short description|Personal information manager}}
{{Infobox software
{{Infobox software
| name = MyInfo
| name = MyInfo
| logo = [[File:Myinfo-icon.png|48px|MyInfo Icon]]
| logo = [[File:Myinfo-icon.png|48px|MyInfo Icon]]
| screenshot = [[File:Myinfo screenshot.png|245px]]
| screenshot = Myinfo screenshot.png
| screenshot size = 245px
| caption = MyInfo 6
| caption = MyInfo 8
| developer = Milenix Software
| developer = Milenix Software
| released = {{Start date and age|1999|10|26}}
| latest release version = 6.35<ref>{{cite web
| latest release version = 8.3<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://blog.milenix.com/small-update-myinfo-6-35/
|url=https://www.myinfoapp.com/blog/myinfo-8-3-available-for-download
|title=MyInfo 6.35
|title=MyInfo 8.3 available for download
|date=2015-08-29
|date=2024-02-08
|publisher=Milenix Software
|publisher=Milenix Software
|accessdate=2015-08-29
|accessdate=2024-03-31
}}</ref>
}}</ref>
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2015|08|29}}
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2024|02|08}}
| operating system = [[Windows XP]], [[Windows Vista]], [[Windows 7]], [[Windows 8]], [[Windows 8.1]], and [[Windows 10]]
| operating system = [[Windows 7]], [[Windows 8]], [[Windows 8.1]], [[Windows 10]], and [[Windows 11]]
| genre = [[Personal information manager]]
| genre = [[Personal information manager]]
| license = [[Shareware]]
| license = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] ([[shareware]])
| website = {{URL|http://www.milenix.com/myinfo}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.myinfoapp.com/}}
}}
}}
'''MyInfo''' is a [[personal information manager]] developed by Milenix Software. MyInfo collects, organizes, edit, stores, and retrieves personal-reference information like text documents, web snippets, e-mails, notes, and files from other applications.
'''MyInfo''' is a [[personal information manager]] developed by Milenix Software. MyInfo collects, organizes, edit, stores, and retrieves personal-reference information like text documents, web snippets, e-mails, notes, and files from other applications.


Latest major version adds reminders, multiple document windows, hoist, and workspaces.<ref name="myinfo-6-blog-post">{{cite web|url=http://blog.milenix.com/myinfo-6-released/|title=MyInfo 6 |date=2011-10-14|publisher=Milenix Software|accessdate=2011-10-20}}</ref>
MyInfo 7 adds speed improvements, perspectives, updated user interface, multiple attachments per note, multiple sections per notebook and more.<ref name="myinfo-7-blog-post">{{cite web|url=https://blog.milenix.com/myinfo-7-is-here/|title=MyInfo 7 |date=2021-01-02|publisher=Milenix Software|accessdate=2021-01-02}}</ref>

MyInfo 8 introduces dark mode, Markdown-style shortcuts, nested tags, code snippets support, note structure pane, and a new Go To Anything command.<ref name="myinfo-8-blog-post">{{cite web|url=https://www.myinfoapp.com/blog/myinfo-8-0-is-now-available|title=MyInfo 8 |date=2023-05-15|publisher=Milenix Software|accessdate=2023-07-29}}</ref>


MyInfo uses both hierarchical, and folder-like structures along with tags, categories and other meta-information for organizing its content. It is one of the several PIM applications for Windows to do so.<ref>Smith, Gene,''Tagging: people-powered metadata for the social web'', New Riders Press, 2008, p.196</ref>
MyInfo uses both hierarchical, and folder-like structures along with tags, categories and other meta-information for organizing its content. It is one of the several PIM applications for Windows to do so.<ref>Smith, Gene,''Tagging: people-powered metadata for the social web'', New Riders Press, 2008, p.196</ref>

MyInfo imports data from different third-party applications, most notably AskSam.<ref name="myinfo-asksam">{{cite web|url=https://www.myinfoapp.com/uses/asksam|title=AskSam Alternative for Windows|date=2021-10-23|accessdate=2021-10-23}}</ref>

The software is used as a free-form personal information manager, personal wiki,<ref name="myinfo-as-personal-wiki">{{cite web|url=https://www.myinfoapp.com/uses/personal-wiki|title=Personal Wiki Software for Windows|date=2021-05-25|accessdate=2021-05-25}}</ref> outliner,<ref name="myinfo-outliner">{{cite web|url=https://www.myinfoapp.com/uses/outliner|title=Outliner Software|date=2021-09-09|accessdate=2021-09-09}}</ref> personal knowledge base,<ref name="myinfo-personal-knowledge-base">{{cite web|url=https://www.myinfoapp.com/uses/personal-knowledge-base|title=Personal Knowledge Base|date=2021-09-09|accessdate=2021-09-09}}</ref> game master tool, GTD filing system and others.


==Awards==
==Awards==
Nominated for Best Business Application by [[Software Industry Conference]] for their [[Shareware Industry Awards]] in 2003.<ref name="myinfo-2003-nomenee">{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20061205033027/http://sic.org/2003nominees.asp|title=SIA Foundation 2003 Nominees and Winners|date=2003-07-19|publisher=SIA Foundation|accessdate=2014-01-17}}</ref>
Nominated for Best Business Application by Software Industry Conference for their [[Shareware Industry Awards]] in 2003.<ref name="myinfo-2003-nomenee">{{cite web|url=http://sic.org/2003nominees.asp |title=SIA Foundation 2003 Nominees and Winners |date=2003-07-19 |publisher=SIA Foundation |accessdate=2014-01-17 |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061205033027/http://sic.org/2003nominees.asp |archivedate=December 5, 2006 }}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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|publisher=Equinox Publishing
|publisher=Equinox Publishing
|year=2007
|year=2007
|isbn = 979-3780-39-8
|isbn = 978-979-3780-39-9
}}
}}
*{{cite book
*{{cite book
|first=Gene
|first=Gene
|last=Smith
|last=Smith
|title= Tagging: people-powered metadata for the social web
|title=Tagging: people-powered metadata for the social web
|publisher=New Riders Press
|publisher=New Riders Press
|year=2008
|year=2008
|isbn=0-321-52917-0
|isbn=978-0-321-52917-6
|url-access=registration
⚫
}}
|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780321529176
⚫
}}
*{{cite web|last=Wagstaff|first=Jeremy|title=An Outliner That Tags|url=http://www.loosewireblog.com/2006/03/an_outliner_tha.html|work=[[Loose wire]]|accessdate=30 November 2011|date=16 March 2006}}
*{{cite web|last=Wagstaff|first=Jeremy|title=An Outliner That Tags|url=http://www.loosewireblog.com/2006/03/an_outliner_tha.html|work=[[Loose wire]]|accessdate=30 November 2011|date=16 March 2006}}
*{{cite web|title=Straighten Up All Personal Information|url=http://www.softpedia.com/reviews/windows/MyInfo--Review-76836.shtml|work=[[Softpedia]]|publisher=SoftNEWS SRL|accessdate=21 November 2011|author=Ionut Ilascu|date=21 January 2008}}
*{{cite web|title=Straighten Up All Personal Information|url=http://www.softpedia.com/reviews/windows/MyInfo--Review-76836.shtml|work=[[Softpedia]]|publisher=SoftNEWS SRL|accessdate=21 November 2011|author=Ionut Ilascu|date=21 January 2008}}
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.milenix.com/myinfo}}
* {{Official website|https://www.myinfoapp.com/}}
{{Notetaking software}}

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Latest revision as of 02:13, 9 October 2024

MyInfo
Developer(s)Milenix Software
Initial releaseOctober 26, 1999; 25 years ago (1999-10-26)
Stable release
8.3[1] / February 8, 2024; 10 months ago (2024-02-08)
Operating systemWindows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, and Windows 11
TypePersonal information manager
LicenseProprietary (shareware)
Websitewww.myinfoapp.com

MyInfo is a personal information manager developed by Milenix Software. MyInfo collects, organizes, edit, stores, and retrieves personal-reference information like text documents, web snippets, e-mails, notes, and files from other applications.

MyInfo 7 adds speed improvements, perspectives, updated user interface, multiple attachments per note, multiple sections per notebook and more.[2]

MyInfo 8 introduces dark mode, Markdown-style shortcuts, nested tags, code snippets support, note structure pane, and a new Go To Anything command.[3]

MyInfo uses both hierarchical, and folder-like structures along with tags, categories and other meta-information for organizing its content. It is one of the several PIM applications for Windows to do so.[4]

MyInfo imports data from different third-party applications, most notably AskSam.[5]

The software is used as a free-form personal information manager, personal wiki,[6] outliner,[7] personal knowledge base,[8] game master tool, GTD filing system and others.

Awards

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Nominated for Best Business Application by Software Industry Conference for their Shareware Industry Awards in 2003.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "MyInfo 8.3 available for download". Milenix Software. 2024-02-08. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  2. ^ "MyInfo 7". Milenix Software. 2021-01-02. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
  3. ^ "MyInfo 8". Milenix Software. 2023-05-15. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
  4. ^ Smith, Gene,Tagging: people-powered metadata for the social web, New Riders Press, 2008, p.196
  5. ^ "AskSam Alternative for Windows". 2021-10-23. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
  6. ^ "Personal Wiki Software for Windows". 2021-05-25. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
  7. ^ "Outliner Software". 2021-09-09. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
  8. ^ "Personal Knowledge Base". 2021-09-09. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
  9. ^ "SIA Foundation 2003 Nominees and Winners". SIA Foundation. 2003-07-19. Archived from the original on December 5, 2006. Retrieved 2014-01-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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