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Posted by Pierre Paul Landry
Apr 2, 2018 at 05:46 PM
nathanb wrote:
>Pierre, this made me smile. You are a fellow Windows Ink nerd!
>Microsoft was kind of ahead of it’s time with it’s first Tablet PC attempts back in…2003 was it?
Hi nathanb,
Take 10 more years off this…
I owed and loved using a Compaq Concerto… It came out in 1993… !
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compaq_Concerto
p.s. notice how the Concerto form factor is so similar to the Surface Pro with its flip-up keyboard !
Pierre
Posted by Pierre Paul Landry
Apr 2, 2018 at 05:54 PM
Coincidentally, this video shows your new Surface Book alongside a 1993 Concerto !!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhWoBb—mBw
Posted by Dr Andus
Apr 2, 2018 at 06:51 PM
Pierre Paul Landry wrote:
Dr Andus wrote:
>> It wasn’t entirely clear to me though whether these are handwritten
>notes or the pen makes changes digitally as if one
>>was using a keyboard (crossing out a word deletes it):
>
>Word has had pen support for comments since v2002 and within the
>document since v2007:
Well, it’s one thing to have support for pen and handwriting, and another for the hardware and software and the OS to provide a satisfactory experience. I have experimented with a Windows tablet back in 2011, and it just wasn’t up to par with the iPad back then, even just as a touchscreen device.
There have been many touchscreen devices and apps supporting various styluses, but whenever I tried them, they failed in real-life situations, such as needing to take handwritten notes quickly at a meeting. Either there was a lag, or it was too awkward to get to the app quickly, or something else.
There must be a reason why even in 2018 in a rich country like the UK, in academic, government, and corporate contexts, I virtually never see anyone using a stylus to work with their devices (other than the occasional Samsung smartphone or tablet user).
I am an early adopter of stylus technology. I was a big Palm fan, but even the Palm hardware just wasn’t up to the job. I’m glad that there are more devices now that appear to be useable, but it seems a relatively recent phenomenon where people are suddenly talking more about taking handwritten notes on their devices.
I am mostly hearing about the Chromebook devices, such as Samsung Chromebook Plus and Pro, and the Pixelbook, where taking handwritten notes in a meeting context actually seems to work now (people tell me).
Posted by Hugh
Apr 3, 2018 at 08:11 AM
Dr Andus wrote:
Pierre Paul Landry wrote:
>Dr Andus wrote:
>>> It wasn’t entirely clear to me though whether these are handwritten
>>notes or the pen makes changes digitally as if one
>>>was using a keyboard (crossing out a word deletes it):
>>
>>Word has had pen support for comments since v2002 and within the
>>document since v2007:
>
>Well, it’s one thing to have support for pen and handwriting, and
>another for the hardware and software and the OS to provide a
>satisfactory experience. I have experimented with a Windows tablet back
>in 2011, and it just wasn’t up to par with the iPad back then, even just
>as a touchscreen device.
>
>There have been many touchscreen devices and apps supporting various
>styluses, but whenever I tried them, they failed in real-life
>situations, such as needing to take handwritten notes quickly at a
>meeting. Either there was a lag, or it was too awkward to get to the app
>quickly, or something else.
>
>There must be a reason why even in 2018 in a rich country like the UK,
>in academic, government, and corporate contexts, I virtually never see
>anyone using a stylus to work with their devices (other than the
>occasional Samsung smartphone or tablet user).
>
>I am an early adopter of stylus technology. I was a big Palm fan, but
>even the Palm hardware just wasn’t up to the job. I’m glad that there
>are more devices now that appear to be useable, but it seems a
>relatively recent phenomenon where people are suddenly talking more
>about taking handwritten notes on their devices.
>
>I am mostly hearing about the Chromebook devices, such as Samsung
>Chromebook Plus and Pro, and the Pixelbook, where taking handwritten
>notes in a meeting context actually seems to work now (people tell me).
I am happy with the handwriting performance of the iPad Pro and the Apple Pencil. Over the weekend, I took the opportunity to try out handwriting on a relative’s Microsoft Surface Book 2, and that was pretty good too - expensive, and early days for the technology, but pretty good. Of course, handwriting recognition is another matter.
Posted by Dr Andus
Apr 22, 2018 at 12:03 PM
Another idea occurred to me about how to use index cards to ensure that key activities (and associated projects) are covered every day (or that one is compelled or reminded to do them), and am wondering if there could be a digital or hybrid implementation.
I have four key areas of activities that I’m supposed to engage in daily, or at least make progress on a weekly or monthly basis, if one one dominates due to reasons outside of my control (such as a heavy teaching schedule):
#research, #teaching, #admin, and #personal.
I could start each day with four blank index cards (analogue or digital), and as the day progresses, record on them the activities for each category. Perhaps one half (or side) of the index card has the planned todos, and the other half/side the completed ones.
The idea is that by having these 4 cards in front of me would remind me that time is running out and that if e.g. my #research card is still blank, I better switch to it for the remaining part of the day.
The completed cards could serve as a record in my archive and help write the diary entry at the end of the day.
This could be implemented with analogue index cards (with different colour for each category).
Digitally speaking, I could use Google Sheets with 4 columns for the 4 categories, with the date in a column in front of them.
Or Gingko’s calendar template, where each day would have 4 additional sub-cards with the given category.
Any other possibilities (online preferrable)?