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Posted by Graham Rhind
Nov 13, 2007 at 03:05 PM
> Great ideas! How about the rest of you?
I’m afraid I may disappoint - on the few occasions I am away from my desk I use pen and paper. And, despite the frightening array of information management tools I currently have around me, I do the same at my desk too. I find that making the notes and then looking at them later before processing them gives me a chance to absorb and think about them, before popping the data (if required) into one of my information recepticles.
By the way: OneNote has a mobile version which will work on Windows Mobile 5 or 6, so that you can capture data on your smartphone and sync it to OneNote later. Not available on the Palm platform, unfortunately.
Graham
Posted by Wes Perdue
Nov 13, 2007 at 07:40 PM
jimspoon asked:
> Great ideas! How about the rest of you?
I use two things: emails to my Backpack home page, and paper notes.
Since I’ve move to my iPhone and no longer tote my personal computer to work, I’ve come to use Backpack as my primary PIM. I’ve found that emailing things into it (usually from my phone) is the easiest way to get data there. Next time I’m logged in to Backpack on a computer, I sort things into their proper place.
When I’m in meetings, I tend to take paper notes, and I transcribe those notes at a later date into the proper location.
Dan, thanks for the pointer to Jott! I’ve been looking for something like that for the longest time! Just what I need to get notes into Backpack when typing on my phone isn’t possible. It’s an excellent find.
- Wes
Posted by Tom S.
Nov 15, 2007 at 05:05 PM
Wes Perdue wrote:
>jimspoon asked:
>> Great ideas! How about the rest of you?
>
>I use two things: emails to
>my Backpack home page, and paper notes.
I also use email as much as possible. I’ve even begun sending web pages or clips from web pages to email using the sendto button on my google bar in firefox. If it ends up in my email inbox, it never gets lost and I always see it in the morning.
I also use a smartphone but it takes too long to send an email from the thing. Instead I input notes into a mobile excel file. The file is synced with my computer in the morning. The input is surprisingly easy using transcriber mode on the phone. I am looking for alternatives, however, and think the Logitech io pen is intriguing.
Tom S.
Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Nov 26, 2007 at 02:35 PM
Those in Europe may be interested to check out a cheaper alternative to the Logitech IO pen, namely DigiScribble by UK company APCOM:
http://www.apcom.ltd.uk/m_17.asp
I picked it up at the local FNAC and it seems indeed to cover my needs. In addition to it being cheaper as a device it doesn’t need the special paper that the Logitech pen requires.
You might also want to check out this rather specialised on-line shop in the UK
http://www.scanningpens.co.uk
Among others, they supply refills for the pens mentioned. They also have portable scanning pens, as well as the Pegasus Mobile NoteTaker, the device on which the DigiScribble seems to be modelled.
alx
Posted by GeorgeB
Dec 1, 2007 at 03:04 AM
>I picked it up at the local FNAC and it seems indeed to cover my needs.
My interest (re: digiscribble) has been perked. Would you please elaborate on when and how you use digiscribble? For $103.99 + $15.00 shipping, it sounds like a note taker I’ve been looking for. I’m trying to justify a purchase. Thank you.