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On Thu, 5 May 2005, David Champion wrote: [...] > useful, and shut down cleanly, I sure don't want to also be root on > my handheld -- you can find me jotting comfortably with a deck of 3x5 > note cards and a USB storage pen, or behind a PowerBook transcribing > them back into iCal, Address Book, and plain old text files, because it > *saves me time* to do it longhand. Reading all this stuff reminds me of why I chose my way of handling things. I never use my cellphone except to call and store phone numbers. I only use my ipod for music. I use my camera to take pictures. I hate feature creep because it tends to result in horrible interfaces. Maybe when they develop a component based system where I can pick the flavor I like for each task I'd see the point, but for me it is seperate devices all the way. Anyhow, here's what I do: I have a text file called 'agenda' which I keep in a revision control system with checkouts on my laptop and workstation and the repository on my server. Other important information is stored in the same way. It's pretty low-tech, but on the other hand, it just works. Also, I like text files. At one point I thought I might write an app to send me SMSes for my appointments, but it has proved completely unneccessary because I haven't missed an appointment yet. Probably this solution only appeals to people who are inclined to love writing lists, however. - AnnThere's stuff above here
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