29
May

Organizing with GoBinder

I haven’t had much time to organize this semester because it’s been quite hectic, but I finally sat down and brought together many different ideas and templates and things I already use to make my life more organized, using GoBinder as my tool.

I don’t like to open a lot of programs because the more [...]

28
May

Windojitsu: Physics Illustrator Hints

Windojitsu.com (a blog of one of the programmers) has some hints on the MS PowerToy Physics Illustrator, for all those who like to play with it for school or fun (or both ^_^). "Some mates of mine asked me about about Physics Illustrator last night, and I googled it… whoa boy!  I’ve never seen such [...]

27
May

Reformatting…

Before I head off to Redmond to start my internship with Microsoft, I’m performing a complete restore of my tablet.

I’m about to reboot and wipe the whole thing.

If I’m not back by tomorrow, avenge my death…

26
May

Cheap M1300 for Sale

FreshJuice is selling his M1300 and everything with it for a great price.

See here: http://www.tabletpcbuzz.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=25151

$1400 for the tablet, cdrw/dvd drive, very nice leather portfolio, and phone training on tablet use.

He’s putting it on ebay in 48 hours, so act quickly.

25
May

Win a Chance to Meet Bill Gates!

Microsoft is holding a contest and the winner of which gets a chance to meet Bill Gates.Customers may submit personal experiences in 300 word essays to Microsoft that fit into the following categories: Culture & Community, Music, Memories, Home & Lifestyle, and Sports & Games. Aside from an award and chance to meet Bill Gates, [...]

22
May

Digital Media and Open-Note Tests

This topic I’ve thankfully never had to deal with yet, but I’ve always wondered and worried about. What will I do when a teacher offers an open note test? Will they allow my tablet?

These two articles were e-mailed to me and I think they cover some good points from controlling digital communication during tests [...]

22
May

Easier Handwriting in OneNote

First, I’m all moved in to my new apartment and settled into my new job, so things should start to pick up again on my half. Now just to get in the swing of things again, and I cut my finger so it’s a little hard to type with a band-aid, but I promise I’ll [...]

18
May

LE 1600

The new Motion Computing LE1600 is here!

I think this is really a great machine. I first got my hands on one of these during my Microsoft interviews in Redmond in late April. Since then, I’ve been brimming with excitement about this tablet.

Motion has really listened to their customers to incorporate a lot of good [...]

15
May

Excellent Posting on Office 2003 Ink

Warner Crocker has posted an excellent writeup on how to use ink with Office 2003. The inking features of Office 2003 make it very compelling for the Tablet PC user to upgrade to the 2003.

For students, there is the Office Student Teacher Edition which retails for $150. Here it is on Amazon for $124.99, not [...]

13
May

Mindjet Wants You!

Mindjet, the developers of MindManager, are looking to bring MindManager more into the educational sector.

They asked me if I had any maps or templates that I use at school. They are also interested in any maps that you may have created.. So if you have any mind maps that you have created for lectures, [...]

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