I've run across a few different posts talking about Personal Work and Learning Environments which I have tentatively ... work and learning. This is much like all the discussion around personal productivity tools, but in this case it is more focused on research oriented work that requires learning as a component of the activity. Michelle Martin has a wonderful post - The Psychology and Skills of Personal Learning Environments and it's definitely worth looking at some of her ... the tools for personal learning and how we use them. There's a great deal of discussion about whether or not a PLE ...