Conventional information management
programs like ACT! can be
great tools for organizing contacts,
appointments, and other business
information, but they may be overkill
for small contractors who just want to
get organized and don’t have time to
master complicated software. Daily
chores like recording directions to a
supplier or job site, or pulling numbers
off your answering machine require
something you can access quickly and
enter information into easily. There is
also the “junk drawer” of information
you use often but not often enough to
memorize: your FedEx account number…
the name of that oddball Formica
pattern…your ISP’s toll-free dial-up
number. As contractors, we tend to
scribble such information on scraps of
paper or a chunk of 2x4 — it’s