31
Aug

GottaBeMobile Reader Meetup

Rob and the GottaBeMobile Team are putting together a GTB Reader Meetup in Colorado Springs, Colorado next weekend (September 8th). Seeing as I’m just short hop skip and a jump away (okay, actually about an hour and 20 minutes…but totally worth it). So, baring any last minute homework assignments that completely slaughter my weekend, I [...]

29
Aug

My Senior Year: A New Plan for Notes

After a few years trying different things and a few internships under my belt, I have a new outlook on how tablets help note-taking, and how only keeping digital copies of my notes can be a hindrance. The basic plan for this semester is as follows: Take notes with Tablet PC in class. This [...]

29
Aug

Livescribe - Time to ditch the Tablet PC?

Described as a ‘paper based computer solution’ Livescribe is apparently a new mobile computer solution which uses a combination of electronic ‘smartpen’ and special micro-dotted note-paper to both digitally and traditionally (i.e. ink on paper) record your hand-written notes, while at the same time recording the audio of a lecture or meeting. Once recorded a [...]

28
Aug

Gadget bag voyeurism courtesy of Lifehacker

 

In the past we’ve all had the pleasure of virtual peeks into the Tablet PC gadgets bags of the usual suspects ( including James Kendrick, Warner Crocker, Sumocat and even li’l ole me) but thanks to a recent request for ‘go bag’ shots at LifeHacker we can all enjoy a whole new round of virtual [...]

28
Aug

Studying in the humanities – Part 2a: Note-taking for lectures: The ‘before’

Well it’s been 2 months since I scribed the first in my series on how I use my Tablet PC (along with other e-gadgets) to study electronically (and as close to 100% paperless as I can) so before I proceed to the next part, I should perhaps apologise for such a lengthy delay. Over the [...]

27
Aug

50 Strategies for Making Yourself Work: How Writers Do It

While looking through some old links of mine, I stumbled upon some tips from a time when I wanted to be a writer. It’s a hard think to motivate yourself to do work that you don’t really have to do, without a boss watching over and hard daily deadlines. Sound familiar? 50 Strategies for Making [...]

21
Aug

TabletKiosk Sahara i440D Slate PC

My school year officially starts today and I’m kicking it off with week long project: Reviewing the TabletKiosk Sahara i440D Slate PC.

TabletKiosk was nice enough to send me a demo unit for that I can play around with for a week and I’m going to spend my week trying to use it as my primary [...]

07
Aug

Google Alerts: Get the news you want

First, I’m busy finishing up my last internship with the company I plan on working for and they’re handing out full-time offers before the end of next week. That means these last couple weeks have been like finals that just don’t end and with a big ol’ jackpot at the end if I get an [...]

04
Aug

Dell’s Latitude XT

Dell has taken some time out from buzzsawing tablets so they can release some more details on the upcoming tablet. No more updates on price but some news on very juicy specs.

Single or dual-core Intel ULV CPUs (with integrated graphics) LED-backlit WXGA 1280 x 800 display option [...]