Scarlet Umbrella|Adventures in Mobile Technology

I am going to let you in on a deep dark secret: I still use a paper agenda. I know it’s shocking. I’m a self-professed tablet freak and typical technophile. However, I still need my paper agenda.

I have tried to get rid of a paper agenda several times. Among the tools in my mobile arsenal have been the Palm Tungsten E, the HP Jornada 728, and several web-based applications.

I love the ease of electronic todo lists but until inking tasks becomes as nontrivial as jotting down a note in a paper agenda, I really am tied to an paper agenda. I currently use a Franklin Covey agenda with the Simplicity planning pages.

I like the Simplicity planning pages because they do not have specific blocked off appointment times. I very rarely have appointments so appointment pages were always a waste of paper for me.

While Franklin Covey makes nice templates, they can get expensive. for the true paper agenda aficionado, the first stop in setting up a planner should be diyplanner.com. I currently use several templates from the classic kit and the DIY/GTD Teacher Kit
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An interesting article from the NY Times about the difficulty of choosing the appropriate e-mail signoff. Apparently, “Best” appears cold to some people. Naturally, of course, this is my favorite e-mail signoff.

The problem, of course, is that e-mail etiquette is still in formation. The general consensus from the NY times article is that “Warmly,” “All the best,” and “Warmest regards” seem to be the safest to use with no signoff at all the worst breach of etiquette.

All I ask is to please give your name (I’m speaking to you students!)

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Via a real life friend- Google is offering a limited test of their new spreadsheets application.  From what I can see it looks like a good way to do some on the fly spreadsheet editing.  The application allows you to upload, create, and share spreadsheets.  I’ve already signed up and I’m hoping to get an invite.

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Since I’m stuck at home with a lovely case of bronchitis on a major U.S. holiday (Memorial Day), here are some interesting bits for today:

After scouring various fora, I have come to the conclusion that my hardware issue with my TC1000 is a somewhat common issue due to a loose connection between the power input and the motherboard. The best recommendation (from Tablet PC Buzz) I have found is to get a docking station which feeds power into the system from a different socket. The other solutions seem to be paying for another motherboard or soldering the thing myself.

James Kendrick has a hands-on video review of OneNote Mobile. I’ve been excited about OneNote Mobile since I have heard about it although since it was designed for smartphones it doesn’t have ink support. I’m a fan of the OneNote team so hopefully they will find a way to add this feature. Some features I am excited about are the ability to easily add pictures and record audio messages on the fly.

Also, most readers of my blog have probably figured out that I think that OneNote is the greatest thing since sliced bread so if you want to get on the OneNote bandwagon and have more limited funds, Alienware is offering OneNote for $79.98.

Wridea seems to be an interesting online project management software. The core component seems to be “ideas” which can be organized into categories and pages. Pages can collect related ideas with different categories. I’m currently having fun playing around with it.

Finally, online battleship. The best use of Ajax EVER!!!!!

tablet+pc, tablet, OneNote, Web+2.0, Ajax, productivity, games

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Over 12 hours of continuous watching of Most Haunted has got me thinking about the paranormal.  In a way, the internet is very close to the idea of the akashic record.    The akashic record supposedly contains every thought, feeling, and event that has ever happened or will happen.  While the internet does not contain everything, humanity now has at its fingertips more knowledge in one place than ever before.  Unfortunately, it is horribly disorganized, inaccurate, and much of it is repetitive.  I can’t help but imagine an uberwiki that would organize this information into a useful resource for managing the internet. Of course, this would be *the* UberWiki as discussed on RubyGarden. Impossible I know, but a girl can dream…

FYI, I’m using Flock to write this entry.  For a bleeding edge release, it’s pretty good and fairly straightforward to use.  I like the idea the links are easy to add and that it integrates with my del.icio.us account.

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