16. The apparatus of claim 15 , further comprising: detecting a time associated with the natural language entry has transpired; processing the stored personal information management data in response to detecting the time has transpired; and automatically changing the appearance of the natural language entry in the interface in response to detecting the time has transpired.
15. An apparatus for processing data, comprising: a communication interface; a storage device; and one or more processors in communication with said storage device and said communication interface, said one or more processors perform a method comprising, identifying personal information management data in a natural language entry within a user interface of a personal information management (PIM) application, the PIM application includes a plurality of types of PIM data that include task, contact and calendar PIM data, the natural language entry includes a text entry, parsing the natural language entry to identify which type of PIM data the personal information management data corresponds to, the parsing including determining whether the natural language entry includes an indicator that identifies the natural language entry as task PIM data; storing the personal information management data in a native data format of a personal information management tool, storing the natural language entry in a file, receiving input through the user interface to edit the natural language entry after the storing the natural language entry in the file, parsing the natural language entry to identify which type of PIM data the edited natural language entry corresponds to; and changing the stored personal information management data in response to the receiving the input and the identifying which type of PIM data the edited natural language entry corresponds to.