Tablet PC Blogs

November 2005 - Posts

• Anybody else have these Outlook 2003 troubles on their tablet?

  Yesterday before taking off for the Ready To Launch party in Seattle for Visual Studio 2005 / SQL Server 2005, I decided to install Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003 on my tablet. Outlook 2003 will not open without immediately crashing. I've Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 30, 2005 9:12 PM by TDavid | 13 Comments Filed under: IOTD

• Tablet Guy gets blog

  It's true. http://spaces.msn.com/members/tabletpcguy Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 29, 2005 12:03 AM by TDavid | 0 Comments Filed under: IOTD

• Inking the syndication choices

  RSS, Atom, different buttons, validating, auto-discovery. Read More... Posted Monday, November 28, 2005 12:13 AM by TDavid | 0 Comments Filed under: IOTD

• Using Internet Connection sharing

  Setting up an old laptop to act as an ad hoc network via crossover cable for use with Xbox. Those orange (or whatever color) crossover cables run around $10-30 and can be purchased in various sizes from retailers like Best Buy. Read More... Posted Sunday, November 27, 2005 12:16 AM by TDavid | 0 Comments Filed under: IOTD

• The last one that made us laugh

  The one that made us laugh. [Img] Read More... Posted Saturday, November 26, 2005 5:55 PM by TDavid | 0 Comments Filed under: IOTD

• Back in Black

  Thank goodness it only happens once a year! And to think my wife actually looks forward to this day. Read More... Posted Friday, November 25, 2005 12:07 AM by TDavid | 1 Comments Filed under: IOTD

• Flipping the bird

  To all those who celebrate ... Happy Thanksgiving! Read More... Posted Thursday, November 24, 2005 11:51 AM by TDavid | 0 Comments Filed under: IOTD

• Sold out

  Check out some of those crazy Xbox 360 ebay auctions ! ( Over $5,000 for an Xbox 360?!?!) Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 23, 2005 12:28 AM by TDavid | 2 Comments Filed under: IOTD

• Draw and share what you're listening to

  You can trackback from your ink blog with what you are currently listening or leave a comment with a link pointing to your drawing of what you are listening to. Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 22, 2005 12:03 AM by TDavid | 1 Comments Filed under: IOTD

• Being upstaged artistically by children

  A break from my abominal inking to see some real talent, courtesy of Google : The Doodle 4 Google competition was open to schools located around Google's new London headquarters in October 2005. Pupils from local schools were invited to send their interpretation Read More... Posted Monday, November 21, 2005 4:17 PM by TDavid | 0 Comments

• Tech Poseidon Adventure

  Who will come out on top? Read More... Posted Monday, November 21, 2005 1:02 AM by TDavid | 0 Comments Filed under: IOTD

• The internet wouldn't be the same without trolls

  Self-absorption at its finest. Dedicated to that prized troll living beneath your blog bridge. Read More... Posted Sunday, November 20, 2005 4:19 PM by TDavid | 0 Comments Filed under: IOTD

• Round 2: OneNote on the canvas

  In Round 2, Slate comes out swinging strong with the signature ink app: OneNote . Convertible takes the blows and then deals a surprise blow to Slate's digitizer: copy/paste! A true weakness being exploited or showing the traditional mouse has superior Read More... Posted Saturday, November 19, 2005 12:09 AM by TDavid | 0 Comments Filed under: IOTD

• The fight is on, round 1 underway! To TIP or Not?

  The Tablet Input Panel, or TIP, as it is known, became the first potential weak spot that Convertible preyed upon. Slate, on the other hand, used the pen as some sort of a guilt mechanism: if you don't use ink you might be some kind of tablet renegade. Read More... Posted Friday, November 18, 2005 12:46 AM by TDavid | 0 Comments Filed under: IOTD

• Round 1: Convertible vs. Slate

  Which do you like better? Slate is thin, sleek, faster but the convertible has the voice of the people and packs a mean punch. Read More... Posted Thursday, November 17, 2005 12:22 AM by TDavid | 3 Comments Filed under: IOTD

• Warning: edit your ink-enabled posts and they might be cut off

  Notice all past IOTD posts are now cut off at the right. The only thing I did was add the category IOTD to the prior posts earlier today and whammo they were cropped by the system. Now all those priceless poorly drawn ink comics of mine have been cropped Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 16, 2005 12:02 AM by TDavid | 2 Comments Filed under: IOTD

• Though some may wish the Tablet has died, it has powerful evangelists

  Never say die. Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 15, 2005 1:20 PM by TDavid | 1 Comments Filed under: hardware, IOTD

• Uwaitu ... or not?

  I've been hearing lots of buzz about Ubuntu the last few months. My numerous attempts to install on several machines have not been very positive, including last night's Ubuntu adventure . Windows for all its imperfections is still fairly easy to install. Read More... Posted Monday, November 14, 2005 11:23 AM by TDavid | 0 Comments Filed under: software, IOTD

• Inking the irony in releasing Xbox 360 games before the systems

  We're planning on buying two Xbox 360 games this coming Tuesday, but then started thinking: what if we are unable to buy a system on the 22nd? It almost seems cruel to release the Xbox 360 games as teasers early because some folks may end up with games Read More... Posted Sunday, November 13, 2005 9:24 AM by TDavid | 1 Comments Filed under: IOTD

• Draw and share your favorite tablet programs

  One of my current favorite programs is ActiveWords with the ActiveInkpad . I've been using ActiveWords constantly since I (finally) downloaded. How appropriate that a guy named Buzz is out there evangelizing it. Could an ActiveWord be created to solve Read More... Posted Saturday, November 12, 2005 9:35 AM by TDavid | 0 Comments Filed under: software, IOTD

• S.O.N.Y = Shocking On New Years

  Read More... Posted Friday, November 11, 2005 11:20 AM by TDavid | 0 Comments Filed under: IOTD

• Tablet Cynic catches some heat

  The best way to bake a tablet cynic is to roll up a space heater or ... something else Read More... Posted Thursday, November 10, 2005 10:13 PM by TDavid | 0 Comments Filed under: IOTD

• Draw and share your office setup

  Yeah, it's painfully obvious I'm no artist, but you don't get better by never practicing. So I decided to draw the computers in the distance. Like my M1400 that looks like a hot dog? Draw your office and link in. Let's see what everybody's office looks Read More... Posted Thursday, November 10, 2005 9:49 AM by TDavid | 7 Comments

• Public Image Monitoring Solution Alert!

  The Public Image Monitoring Solution (PIMS): ... new software that monitors and analyzes blogs, wikis, news feeds, consumer review sites, newsgroups and other community-generated content to keep tabs on their image. Funny how close to PMS these initials Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 09, 2005 5:27 PM by TDavid | 0 Comments Filed under: IOTD

• Ink with attached snipped screenshot

  Cool, there is now ink support for these blogs . WTG Heiny crew! Control panel for reference: http://www.tabletpcblogs.com/controlpanel/blogs Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 09, 2005 1:11 PM by TDavid | 6 Comments Attachment(s): tabletpc-inkblog.jpg

• Lots of Macs, few Tablet PCs spotted at Mind Camp

  I didn't spot many Tablet PCs at this past weekend's Mind Camp , though I did see a number of Macs. At one point I saw two different tables near me full of Macs and not a single Windows machine in the bunch. I was there representing though and a number Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 08, 2005 3:57 AM by TDavid | 1 Comments

• Trick or treat? Tablet and Channel 9 Guys getting their fortunes told

  What does the future hold for these two Guys? Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 01, 2005 12:02 AM by TDavid | 0 Comments