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Keeping encountered information

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Catherine C. Marshall,

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Communications of the ACM, Volume 49, Issue 1

Pages 66 - 67

https://doi.org/10.1145/1107458.1107493

Published: 01 January 2006 Publication History

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Utility, serendipity, and the pleasure of encountering what we save relies on more than search alone when using PIM tools.

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Personal information management

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