Re: Non-NB Research productivity

[John Wevers <jwevers@nospam.chass.utoronto.ca>]

Dear Mr. Szuchman,
    I am intrigued with the possibilities of the Palm Keyboard which you
described. I have
no Palm Lipot, nor have I any need for such, but the notion that a small
keyboard can
be used for taking notes in the Univ. Library sounds like a wonderful aid.
    My question, however, is this: I use Dos NB 4.5, and not NBW, mainly
because at
my age to transfer many files all full of Hebrew and Greek to the Windows
version is
just too daunting. But if I could simply take a small keyboard to the
libary to take
brief notes, and then copy them into my NBDos, my work would be lightened
considerably. Is this possible without a lot of folderol? Cordially, JWW.

"Mark D. Szuchman" wrote:

> NB folks,
> I would like to share a research-related tip that others may find
> useful. I've been looking for facilitators that, in dealing with
> research activities, help to minimize weight, clutter and repetitive
> tasks while enhancing productivity. I can report to you a neat find.
>
> I've been using a Palm Pilot for several months and it has been
> extremely helpful in establishing control over my calendar and multiple
> activities in this increasingly complex world of the academy. More
> recently, I acquired a Palm keyboard for the purpose of being able to
> read and take notes anywhere without having to lug the laptop and can
> report that it's a neat and effective way of getting notes into NBW and
> its Orbis capabilities. The keyboard weighs little more than the Palm
> itself and measures virtually the same height and slightly wider
> dimensions. It unfolds into a full-size keyboard and folds back into a
> 4-part "sandwich" (come to think of it, it's smaller than a regular
> sandwich). I find the key action to be very fast, a bit faster than
> keyboards on laptops.
>
> Each "memo" for note-taking has the capacity of 4,000 characters, or
> roughtly 400 words, but one can write an enormous number of memos. In
> fact, because you can (should) delete memos that are transferred to the
> computer, you should never run out of room. In any event, going into
> the library now does not require planning to bring the laptop to
> campus; this makes on-the-fly research productivity easy and incredily
> portable, ounces compared to pounds and no additional baggage.
> Best,
> Mark