Today's EEE post

[dvandom]

I took notes at Heckler's talk using my EEE, and by a few minutes in I was going for stretches with "no looking at the computer" touch typing, so it looks like I can adapt to the keyboard. :) I wouldn't want to try using it for all my notetaking, though, because sometimes I have to sketch diagrams and stuff that I can't do quickly in Open Office. Not to mention I rarely sit near an outlet, and an hour-long talk ate about a third of more of the battery strength.

A couple other salient points. OO on the EEE defaults to saving as a Word document (the version of OO we installed on our tablet PCs in the labs default to saving in OO format). And 16 point font is the minimum I can use and not have to lean forward to see what I'm typing.

I saved the file to my SD card, and then used Thunderbird and my gmail account to send a copy to my work account so I can clean it up tomorrow and maybe add a few diagrams while I still remember them.

Comments

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

Well, some sessions are 3 hours long, and I wouldn't have a chance to do a full recharge until the end of the day. Not so much complaining as recognizing that it wouldn't be the right tool for the job.

[alroderick.livejournal.com]

I guess that is paper's number one advantage. Like a wise man once said, "The power goes out, who holds all the cards? ()"

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

Paper's number two advantage, over anything but a tablet, is the ease of sketching on the screen in cases where it's important to add a diagram or draw arrows around. Drawing programs are slow and awkward even when you're familiar with them, but on a tablet you can whip out the stylus and sketch something. Not sure if all tablets let you draw on the screen in laptop mode though, some may require you pick either keyboard or stylus, not both.