New Toy

[andrewducker]

I got a Palm Tungsten T2 as one of those "Good lord, you spent how much?" presents. I haven't had a proper PDA before, and it's a very different experience to one of the tiny notebook things you can pick up for £15 (which isn't to say I didn't find one of them very useful when I had one). The best thing about it is that it synchronises with Yahoo.

As part of my "get myself more organised" plan I added the films I'm going to see to it (learning some of the Graffiti language at the same time) and then synchronised it. Lo and behold, my online calendar is now up to date. It's the simple things that keep me happy.

Now to find a way of updating LiveJournal from it...

Comments

[cangetmad.livejournal.com]

You probably want pocketlj. I haven't tried it myself, but I might, now you come to mention it.

I do love my Palm (mine's an m105). Everything in one place, and legible, unlike anything I handwrite.

[andrewducker]

Yeah, I feel sure that if my writing had had to conform to a standard when I was learning to write, it'd be much tidier.

[darkoshi]

graffiti = script, not language. right?

The German school system I was in for one year made such a fuss about neat handwriting (it even got a separate grade on the year-end report cards) that it gives me a wicked satisfaction nowadays in having hard-to-decipher handwriting.

although since then, i devised my own minimal-stroke script which i occasionally use when i'm trying to be neat. it's not that different from the palm graffiti.

[andrewducker]

Yup, it's a script. And it's so far been very good at training me. I can now write while sitting on the bus, provided it doesn't brake too fast.

[davecleghorn.livejournal.com]

coo'el! Nice little PDA Andy ~ Who got that for you?!

The Palm graffiti language is quite smart. It's really good when you get used to it, like the guy I work with has; sribble.sribble.sribble.sribble - how do you do that!? When I tried using it on my IBM Workpad almost everything came out wrong.

[andrewducker]

Present from my Dad.

It takes a bit to get used to Graffiti (or Graffiti2 in this case), but after even ten minutes of practice I can get a letter right 95% of the time. It does help that I have a little guide sitting next to me which tells me what it's looking for.

[davecleghorn.livejournal.com]

yeah, doing it from memory is the diff bit:

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[kpollock.livejournal.com]

I found it easy - but be warned, you start writing in Graffiti even with pen and paper! It is the ONLY system that could ever decipher my script by making me form letters consistently - that's my problem, I don't write a letter [say an 'a'] the same way each time, it's all context dependent. I suppose that's the price I pay for having figured out this writing lark for myself [with a little help from Mum] at 3!