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getting things done when your hands are broken
esj | Apr 22 2006
all of this emphasis on writing down notes on note cards etc. is great unless your hands don't work right. Most of the notes I have in my writing notebook are illegible and are lost to me because the scribbles no longer trigger a memory of what I was writing. So, how does one use these simple techniques when your hands are damaged and writing is impractical. By the way, how I use computers is with speech recognition with all of its attendant problems. 15 Comments
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 For NextActions could you record...Submitted by esj on April 23, 2006 - 10:08am.
emory wrote:
For NextActions could you record the task, file it into @Context on the recorder and leave it? Why not work solely off audio? you've never worked from large volumes of information embedded in audio have you? let me suggest you try living with it yourself for about three months and see if you still use the audio recorder. As a heads up, here's how it failed for me. impossible to index. My wife needed the same information for our family and business calendars. Same is true for task lists. Information became hidden extremely quickly (now where did I record that appointment for XYZZY co?). Lack of clarity or obliqueness because of other people in area of recording. It's almost that the point where it might make sense for me to use a small stencil set to allow me to form letters clearly. Interestingly, the original PalmPilot graffiti was relatively easy for me to use because I had a large area to write in, recognition was robust in the face of my my tremors, and if I use a big fat stylus, it didn't hurt my hands as much. The reason the PalmPilot failed was because I could not get a consistent backup or synchronization working and lost data too many times. » POSTED IN:
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