John
2013-06-01 10:14:03 UTC
Well, it has finally happened and my last Palm has died. This means that My only access to Shadow is on the PC, so hard decisions are being made.
I think I have been fairly loyal to the Palm platform over the years and they have not always been very resilient. Or perhaps I am just a little heavy handed...
This is palm casualty list:
Palm III.....(Stolen)
Handera......(Broken screen)
Handera......(Broken screen)
Handera......(Run over by car)
Treo 650.....(Slowly fell to pieces)
Treo 680.....(Broken screen)
Treo 680.....(Broken screen)
LifeDrive....(Suddenly died)
The decision has been made not prolong the agony by buying another one. The only reason I have bought the last 3 devices was to continue with ShadowPlan.
Some of my lists on SP are very useful and some are absolutely mission critical. I realise that I still have access to SP on the PC and that is great but the ability to sync with something mobile like a palm is soooooo useful. In the absence of an alternative to SP I have come up with different solutions for different lists and I thought that some of you may be interested. I am certainly receptive to other suggestions.
GTD "To Do" type List...
SP is great for GTD but I have migrated to mGSD (Formerly known as Monkey GTD)...http://mgsd.tiddlyspot.com/#mGSD. Basically it is a wiki on one html file. I have put this on a server and can access from anywhere. This works fantastically well.
Shopping type lists...
Back to a pen and paper. This is painful but working OK for now.
Check lists...
These are my check lists for Holidays, building servers, installing cabling etc. Not found a good solution yet so am still using them on SP.
Tech support type List...
This is a big problem for me because this is a massive list and useful to have in a portable format. Basically this is a repository of hardware and software problems and the soutions I have used successfully. It uses the Notes field extensively.
My possible solutions at the moment are:
1. To create a little nest of text files, with directories for different subjects.
2. Create some kind of Wiki. mGSD is working so well that I would be quite receptive to this idea.
Hope this helps
I am open to suggestions
John
I think I have been fairly loyal to the Palm platform over the years and they have not always been very resilient. Or perhaps I am just a little heavy handed...
This is palm casualty list:
Palm III.....(Stolen)
Handera......(Broken screen)
Handera......(Broken screen)
Handera......(Run over by car)
Treo 650.....(Slowly fell to pieces)
Treo 680.....(Broken screen)
Treo 680.....(Broken screen)
LifeDrive....(Suddenly died)
The decision has been made not prolong the agony by buying another one. The only reason I have bought the last 3 devices was to continue with ShadowPlan.
Some of my lists on SP are very useful and some are absolutely mission critical. I realise that I still have access to SP on the PC and that is great but the ability to sync with something mobile like a palm is soooooo useful. In the absence of an alternative to SP I have come up with different solutions for different lists and I thought that some of you may be interested. I am certainly receptive to other suggestions.
GTD "To Do" type List...
SP is great for GTD but I have migrated to mGSD (Formerly known as Monkey GTD)...http://mgsd.tiddlyspot.com/#mGSD. Basically it is a wiki on one html file. I have put this on a server and can access from anywhere. This works fantastically well.
Shopping type lists...
Back to a pen and paper. This is painful but working OK for now.
Check lists...
These are my check lists for Holidays, building servers, installing cabling etc. Not found a good solution yet so am still using them on SP.
Tech support type List...
This is a big problem for me because this is a massive list and useful to have in a portable format. Basically this is a repository of hardware and software problems and the soutions I have used successfully. It uses the Notes field extensively.
My possible solutions at the moment are:
1. To create a little nest of text files, with directories for different subjects.
2. Create some kind of Wiki. mGSD is working so well that I would be quite receptive to this idea.
Hope this helps
I am open to suggestions
John