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Newton management (Palm works, too)
mcwitt | Sep 18 2006
I use a Newton, on a daily basis. It does handwriting like no other machine, has an excellent primitive outliner mode, and exports OPML to the desktop for easy processing later on. I use it for my dates/tasks management, brainstorming, note-taking in meetings, and so on. It's a collection place, and a place to do some processing of that collected material. I bring up my hacked method of organizing my life (or links to things I wrote elsewhere) simply to share how an organic filing system arises over a decade's use. Moving away from it now would really hurt. The links to what I wrote for another group, without any further explanation, are at: It's relatively brief in both cases, but it's how I manage my life as an academic. I'm sure you can do a Palm in the same fashion (using NoteTaker rather than the anemic memo), and my Alphasmart Dana would do much of it really well, too. Anyway, the point is to look at the system and not the hardware that I use. Enjoy! 6 Comments
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 re: Syncing ToDos with NewtonSubmitted by Todd V on December 16, 2006 - 9:01am.
mcwitt;7227 wrote:
And, worst of all, it doesn't absorb synch files from the Newton ToDo soup. If it gathered in the ToDo soup, I'd be happier. Do you have a solution that, by the way? Using the newest version of the ToDo Sync I believe it is possible to sync the Newton ToDos. You can download the lastest one here. And there are also some other nice Newton-syncing programs for sycning with OmniOutliner, OPML, TextSync, DateSync for iCal 2, etc. http://www.thenowhereman.com/hacks/newton/index.html The only downside is that the todos tend to sort in the order in which they were created rather than by title etc. so that can be a real drag in terms of how it organizes the todos on the Newton. It also doesn't sync the notes of the todo on the Newton with the notes of the todo in iCal. Another solution is to sync via text files, but the Newton has a limit of how long a note can be (I think it's 999 characters or something) and the sync workarounds like those at the site above still have certain characters that trip up the sync (e.g. like parenthesis characters). But I'm working on a solution. I would like to get it to the point where I can streamline text-files of my Ready-Set-Do! inventory to the newton by bypassing some of these limitations. When I do I'll let you know. Currently I've been syncing my iCal todos with my iPod and that has been a nice workaround for now. The TextSync plugin above is also fabulous for uploading all of my notes from the Newton onto my computer for processing. Also, with the scripts, if you use your Newton instead of iCal you can make a new folder somewhere on your computer and call it "Look at your Newton" or something and then change the alias of the "Calendar" icon on the desktop to link to this new folder. Then the review scripts would bypass iCal and just open up this folder so you could walk through your reviews on just your Newton without having to look at iCal. » POSTED IN:
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