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Oh, did I mention that I'm also using it to take voice recorded notes
because my Cassiopeia E-125 has a built in feature (windows CE) that lets me
record conversations. With a 1G flash II Microdrive, storing a full meeting
on the thing and deleting the file once I review it for relevant information
is no big deal.
Oh, and it still fits in my shirt pocket.
-----Original Message-----
From: Janice Gelb [mailto:janice -dot- gelb -at- eng -dot- sun -dot- com]
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 12:35 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Re: Creative Uses for Palm Devices?
Andrew Plato wrote:
>
> I enjoy using my Palm as a dust collector, dog toy, and chic geek
> accessory.
>
> You're not going to believe this - but I actually got a
> Palm for the sole reason that it impressed people when I
> went out on sales meetings. They see I have a Palm and
> they think I am appropriately wired so they're more
> comfortable dropping a quadzillion dollars on the security
> solution I am pitching to them. In reality, the whole
> thing is blank and 1/2 the time the batteries are dead.
>
If this is true, then you're missing out on a major
productivity tool just so you can be Cooler Than Thou.
I've found my Palm V to hugely simplify my life. It's
better than my old Day-Timer because it can do repeating
meetings at once, rather than having to scrawl them in
every week, plus it has alarms. And I have the 800
numbers for dial-in meetings attached to the meeting
notice automatically.
The To-Do list, however, is my favorite part of the
device. Fleeting thoughts about things I have to
get done are instantly recorded, and I can then
remove them from my short-term memory and not have
to hope I remember them with mnemonics or other
tricks. You can create different categories for
the list; by project, for example. (I also have
one for book recommendations, which makes trips
to the library much more productive :-> )
As someone else mentioned, having all contact information
for everyone at your fingertips is also useful. And I
wrote my entire detailed report on the STC conference
last year just from notes I took in sessions in my Palm,
with Graffiti.
Finally, if you have RSI, like I do, having a small,
lightweight device that you can slip in a pocket
beats carrying around a large notebook any time.
And you're a lot more likely to *take* notes if
you have your note recorder with you at all times.
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IPCC 01, the IEEE International Professional Communication Conference,
October 24-27, 2001 at historic La Fonda in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
CALL FOR PAPERS OPEN UNTIL MARCH 15. http://ieeepcs.org/2001/
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