This series defines and investigates Personal Information Management (PIM). There are subjects that sound similar in the language, so we are going to have a quick look at them, and how they are related. We begin by constructing a Google results tree.
Query String Number of results
"information management" 20,700,000
"knowledge management" 16,000,000
"personal Information management" 985,000
"personal knowledge management" 64,500
Quotes around the strings decreases the number of results. The next few pages will explore these phrases, their meanings, and the real differences between them. The article will go on to discuss the possibilities of creating 'smart' personal information management systems.