Tablet PC Daily

Setting up my new Tablet PC site

2006-01-25T12:41:00.000-05:00

I am in the process of setting up my new site!!! It is still a work in progress, but it is up and runing...

Visit over at Windows With Ink

I am going to be putting lots of things up there about my tablet and some programs I have been working on like the OneNote Blog Tool (I need to come up with a better name than that...)

Anyways, I will probably be back here some, but most of my time will be over at the new site...

Make sure and bookmark me and vist often.

I am back, sorry for the outage...

2006-01-24T20:10:00.000-05:00

OK, so took some things down for a while, sorry for the delay.

I noticed that some people had posted about my project on their blogs. I really didn't want to get into any trouble with anything, so I contacted the OneNote guys to make sure I wasn't violating anything with what I had posted.

Back for good now!!!

Actually, not for good, I am going to be moving to a new location tonight - I hope - If all goes well...

My blog from Onenote 12 on a Tablet PC tool

2006-01-21T22:54:00.000-05:00

So as you can see I have been posting up a lot of test posts here. As I am sure you know, Onenote 12 has a new export feature. I have been working with this and creating a new add-in to allow you to use OneNote as a blogging tool.

This is what I have so far:

Export text with title to blog
Export text with title and picture to blog
Export handwritten text (converted) with title to blog

What I am still working on:

Export handwritten notes to blog - this one has been tough

Other things to work on...

Export to a different blog other than Blogger - I wonder what are the most popular for me to work on, any ides out there???

Button in the UI

I know right now this might be a rethorical question with the amount of people that actually visit this here, but does anybody see this as a valuable tool?

My project failed...

2006-01-21T22:48:00.000-05:00

So it started out by me taking apart the keyboard that I ordered... Only notice that the keyboard was different, there was no 'finger mouse' - I went ahead an took apart the one on my M4 anyways.

To make a long story short, ther is no way to make holes in the keyboard to let the fan get more air...

Something of note - looks like the finger mouse was added after the fact, the cable for it goes across the top of the keyboard - something my Dell's didn't do.

Now I have a very loose keyboard while typing this (yes, I am typing this one) and it iis really bugging me.

M4 project - maybe tomorrow

2006-01-20T19:07:00.000-05:00

Well I said it would be tonight, but my part didn't get here today like I thought...

I hope it gets here tomorrow, if it does, you will know here first!!

BTW - this was done in Onenote and exported straight here for this post, I am getting there...

Toshiba M4 Tablet PC and Heat

2006-01-19T20:30:00.000-05:00

So there has been a lot of talk about the M4 and heat - fan running all the time.

To me this is the problem - Poor design

Let me explain why I think this. In my quest to keep the fan off I have done many things, the most extreme - NHC (notebook hardware control). This has helped quite a bit with the temps to keep things cool - for a while. Once you get the thing hot, it is likely to stay hot, that means the fan is running.

Now for the poor design part - the fan is under the keyboard, and the opening for the clean air to come into the fan opening is blocked by a nice thin/wide metal an plastic thing!! That would be the keyboard itself... One thing that works, but is not so practical is to pull off the plastic cover and unscrew the two screws that hold on the keyboard. After that, if you prop up the keyboard a little, the fan will almost immediately turn off. I wonder why, maybe because it can actually breathe?!?!

That said, I am working on something to solve the problem. I should be done with it and will post tomorrow night about the process - if all goes well...

Another First - Signature with my Tablet PC

2006-01-18T20:10:00.000-05:00

Another first for me in the quest to find more uses with my tablet - well just to use it more like a Tablet, with ink.

Our company does electronic expense reports in Excel - this was my normal process up until today...
1. Fill out the form on my computer.
2. Print the form to the printer
3. Go and get the form
4. Take it to my boss for approval
5. Let him sign it
6. I sign it
7. Send it via FedEx to Corp.

All of that, might not sound like a lot, but it took time...

This was my process today...
1. Fill out form on my computer
2. Take my tablet to my boss
3. He signs it (on my tablet, he thought it was 'cool')
4. I sign it (on my tablet, I though it was 'cool')
5. E-mail it to the Corp office

DONE - This was so much easier than the other way!!!

Blog from OneNote on my Tablet PC

2006-01-18T10:39:00.000-05:00

This is written in OneNote an exported into Blogger. "if" this works I have made some progress.

We will have to see what happens when it gets posted.

I don't know if it will look the same or not.

Let's see how things go after ON Beta 2 is released.

BTW - this was written and exported to here from ON

OneNote from Tablet PC - with a picture

2006-01-17T12:52:00.000-05:00

There should be a picture under the text I am exporting from OneNote and sending to this blog.

Tablet PC with OneNote 12 - type format send

2006-01-16T20:03:00.000-05:00

This is a test post to test format.
This is a tab.

Return before this line.
"with quotes"
bold

End of test

Todays use of the tablet - for others to view

2006-01-16T13:24:00.000-05:00

OK, so I know I could have done this long before today...

I was sitting on my office today and two people walked in to my office to talk to me. As I was talking to them, there was an issue that we needed to look at on my computer. They were sitting on the other side of my desk as started to come around to look at the screen... they didn't have to.

I set my tablet to 'clone' mode and flipped the screen around to face them - on the other side of the desk. So, I was looking at the LCD on my desk, and they were looking at the same thing on my tablet screen.

Kind of cool, but not earth shattering.

Does anybody know??

2006-01-15T20:16:00.000-05:00

Does anybody know if there is a "blog" that will allow you to post up full size images to the post? If I want to display an image, not a thumbnail I haven't found a way to do it on Blogger...

Anyways, things were slow today, kind of got to a testing point last night and didn't make it any further... Oh well as you can see I have made some progress, at least I am getting some things up on the web. We'll see if it gets any better from here on out. I am still waiting for some more documentation so when that happens, maybe some of my 'crap' I am doing to make this work will be a little cleaner. I don't know yet, but I am sure you will see.

And yes, I am not really doing much to make this public, we'll see how long it takes for places to pick up on it though - I hope I am a little further by that time.

conversion post from onenote 12

2006-01-15T14:40:00.000-05:00

This post is another test for converting th e handwriting during the transfer from onenote 12

this is just test test

another test from the tablet pc to blog from ON12

2006-01-14T20:32:00.000-05:00

This is another test of having a handwritten blog from ON 12 from a tablet pc

This a program that will export out of ON 12 to blog to blogger from a tablet pc

Again this is only a test… of the program

blog from a tablet pc in ON 12

2006-01-14T20:10:00.000-05:00

In a meeting with a Tablet PC

2006-01-14T02:45:00.000-05:00

So today I was in a meeting with a client. I have worked with this client for a couple of years on the same project and now we have been asked to do some other work for them (luckily for me it is in the GIS category that will keep me busy for the next 8 years, talk about job security). Anyways, today's meeting was with a couple of the same people I have been dealing with all along... but there were about 7 of them that were new to the group. I sat down with my bag and everything was fine. I pulled out my Toshiba M4 and started to look at some information for review. I was about 5 minutes early. As I looked around, nobody noticed me as I sat there with my 'laptop' working - seems like old hat now a days doesn't it.

Now for the good part. It was getting close to meeting time and everybody was sitting down, chatting away. The last guy we were waiting on came in the room and sat down and everybody kind of ended their conversations. At the same time many people reached around the table and pulled out their pen a paper and got ready for the meeting - then the silence came... While everybody was ready to start the meeting I took my screen, turned it around and clicked on OneNote 12 to start taking notes. About that time I noticed the silence so I looked up... AT EVERYBODY LOOKING AT ME!!! What a shock! To make a long story short(er) they were amazed that my 'laptop' would do such a thing.

The best part of the story was that for the first 10 minutes of the meeting we talked about my tablet and what it could do... Kind of funny to have an experience like this.

Has this ever happened to you?

3D Ink - sample from the MS Tablet PC Team

2006-01-10T21:36:00.000-05:00

What a great program the Tablet PC Team over at MS have put together. This sample is to show the future of the Windows Presentation Foundation graphics. It took a lot of DL'ing to get it going, but it was worth it in the end. Wonder what this will bring to the future of Tablets...

I'm Back

2006-01-09T19:34:00.000-05:00

OK, so I am back to this... A lot has happened since my last post. I will keep you up to date as the days go by...

in the mean time, go check out my fav place

TabletPC Buzz

Office 12 Beta!!!

2005-11-17T07:12:00.000-05:00

So as of this morning I am doing a ghost of my drive (just in case) and going to install Office 12 Beta!! I can't wait to see OneNote!

New Tablet PC Show on the air!!

2005-11-01T00:07:00.001-05:00

OnTheRun with Tablet PCs is the podcast all about ink and slate and show #1 is the inaugural effort of James Kendrick and Marc Orchant. This show features a special guest- the newest Tablet PC MVP Warner Crocker and covers a range of topics about the Tablet PC. Marc fills us in on his decision to order the new Gateway Tablet PC and Warner discusses how he uses his Tablet PC in his job at the Wayside Theatre.

Check it out here
Tablet PC show

Programming OneNote issue???

2005-10-30T20:56:00.000-05:00

So tonight I have been doing some work looking into the import feature of OneNote. I have found a problem that is really bugging me. When you try and update a page, the original date and time stay on the page... there seems to be no way to change it. I wonder if this is something I am doing, or if it is a know issue with the xml schema they are using.

Paint/Photo Program for the Tablet

2005-10-29T23:32:00.000-05:00

So I was jsut looking at some pictures with a program I have been using for a while. Guess what, it works with ink.

Paint.NET v2.5

Not a true paint program like some of the other tablet specific programs... but does a good job. almost a clone of Photoshop. Great program for photo editing and what not.

Just thought I would pass on the program to others.

Programming Change

2005-10-29T21:42:00.000-05:00

OK, so I have been programming in MS Access for way to long... time for a change.

I have had my tablet for a little over 2 months now and love it. I am going to change and start doing some programming for OneNote. I have some new ideas but will have to wait until the new version of Office 12 comes out.

More on the new ideas later.

The First Post

2005-10-27T10:00:00.000-05:00

The first post!!!

And my new Tablet Blog