Re: [NTLK] Experience with NewtSync and a suggestion

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> Actually, I don't see the need to have my calendar on my computer.
Well, the reason I do like to is only because of screen real estate,
it's not so tight to work or look to, so that's why I do like the
desktop equivalent.
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> However, it is easy to envision problems if you use both.
I'll have to agree with you there, absolutely, one day without
syncing and it could be a problem. I would say that anyone who relies
on their schedule would be conscious of the fact that they must sync.
Nonetheless, it's a valid point you make.

> …You enter a meeting in iCal, and then forget to sync it with your
> Newton. You are expecting your Newton to remind you--but it
> doesn't, and now you are sunk. Or almost as bad--and this
> is something that bugs me about my Palm syncing with iCal. An alarm
> goes off
> on my Palm, and within microseconds, goes of in iCal, and now I
> have to turn
> off two alarms at the same time. What a pain! I wish I could turn
> of iCal
> alarms automatically, but I haven't found a way yet.
Hmm…As I was typing the previous point I had thought of how a daily
iCal reminder could be of use but as I began to read your next point
I became confused about what causes the alarms on your end.

I appreciate that the alarms may in fact be normal but can I ask what
triggers the alarms? Is it simply prompting you of a successful sync?
I would love to help you figure out the annoyance you are
experiencing but I think I would have to get clarification on what
the alarms signify. Let me know if you can.

Back to the topic at hand…I absolutely agree that it is countless
times simpler to gesture a PDA from one's table top and input some
entries but the larger desktop screens certainly can yield better
visualization of a week's schedule than the Newton can. The screen
size is the Newton's strength but it seems clear that a larger screen
can lend a hand when it comes to visualizing multiple schedules,
where they may overlap, where they don't etc. and it just makes
determining what is coming ahead in visual terms potentially simpler.

Perhaps you may disagree, actaully I wouldn't expect you to agree as
you are obviously comfortable with how you are taking care of you
scheduling issues - your PDA.

In summary, large screens are useful for visualizing complex data sets.
Small devices like PDAs are great to lug around EVERYWHERE and to use
sporadically, calendars come to mind and really it is wonderful to
pick something small up and enter data into it.
SYNC to the desktop and from there, use something like iSync to
visualize the data.

Ideally (as in my summary) syncing would travel mostly towards iCal,
with occasional trickle back.

So after all, I guess I would have to agree with how you do things.

Alex

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