If you have any sympathy at all for Microsoft, you’ve gotta wince at this story. It’s not the first time something like that has happened either… on a trip to Toronto a few years ago, I saw an absolutely HUGE electronic billboard — which was showing a gigantic Windows error message-box instead of the ads [...]
Archive of entries posted on August 2008
GTD Revisited
Adapting my Getting Things Done-based productivity system from a Palm TX to the new iPod Touch has been something of an adventure in itself. Getting Things Done (GTD) is a remarkable productivity system when used properly, but I haven’t been using it properly. Three times in the past few years, I’d start using it properly, [...]
“What Do You Want To Do With Your Life?”
I have a confession to make. I’m a self-help book junkie. I love a good self-help book. Most of them are useless to the vast majority of people, but a well-written one always fascinates me regardless of whether the problem it’s addressing is one that I have or not. But when you find one of [...]
iPod Touch, Part III: Adventures in Data-Moving
So, having learned that the iPod Touch probably could replace my slowly-dying Palm TX, I’ve picked one up a few days ago. The box said that it required Windows or Mac OS X, which is an irritation but not a problem; I have this system set up to dual-boot between Ubuntu Linux and Windows XP, [...]
iPod Touch, Part II
Well, I did it. I’m writing this entry on my new (and newly-updated) iPod Touch. I have to say, I really like the interface. I’m still trying to figure out how to import all of my data to it, other than the music, but I’ll get it eventually. (This post is mostly a test.)
The iPod Touch: Good, But Not Good Enough
GoddessJ and I were with some friends at a mall yesterday, and we decided to stop by the Apple store. I wanted to see the iPod Touch in action; I was considering replacing my aging Palm TX with one, and at all the other stores that carry them around here, they’re never charged and running. [...]