A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned that I was going to evaluate the Palm OS application called Life Balance from Llamagraphics. I never really got into it, initially because of the work required to rebuild my laptop after the hard disk died. Since I got it running again under Fedora Core 1, I have fallen in love with Ximian Evolution, an Outlook-like mail client for Linux that includes contact and "to do list" integration with PalmOS handhelds.

Ximian Evolution represents a major productivity improvement for me. I can finally see the majority of the data I keep on my Treo 180 syncronized on my laptop and integrated with my email. Maybe I could have done part of this when I was running Mozilla Mail, but I never bothered to go to the trouble to figure out gnome-pilot or how to get all of the connectors working.

I still think that Life Balance could be an interesting and useful tool for peole who are trying to gauge how much time they devote to work and family tasks. I still have issues that a program like this could help me with, but, the integration opportunities provided by Ximian Evolution are too great for me to pass up.