[Tfug] PDA non-usage
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From: "David Cowell" <davidwcowell>
To: "Tucson Free Unix Group" <tfug at tfug.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2008 2:36 PM
Subject: [Tfug] PDA non-usage
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The biggest obstacle to PDA usage is that we
<B><I>already</I></B> easily accomplish most of the tasks
that we would like to move to a PDA.<BR>
<BR>
For example, if someone gives you their telephone number,
you jot it on a piece of paper... if you're me, you don't
put a name on it, either. So why on earth would you fiddle
around pulling a PDA out and eentsy-weentsy typing
everything in (including a name), for something you may
never need again? Five seconds versus 20-30 seconds.<BR>
<BR>
On top of this, remember that if you have a duplicate system
of information storage and retrieval you will have a harder
time retrieving any one bit of information if that
information is filed in randomly between systems. (Say
somewhere between 1.4 and 2.0 times the searching time of
the more efficient system: "Let's see... did I have my
PDA with me at that moment?")<BR>
<BR>
Efficiency would require abandoning one method or the other.
Otherwise, <I>reduced</I> efficiency will result, at least
in the short run.<BR>
<BR>
So guess which method most of us abandon? The one that
requires additional effort at the present moment.<BR>
<BR>
The way I see it, the only people who would change to a PDA
are either <B>highly</B> motivated to do so (I know but one
person who has done so, and he is a self-made
multi-millionaire) or are so young that the change in
procedure would cause minimal relearning.<BR>
<BR>
This, incidentally, is why "old fogies" find it
hard to adapt to new technologies. They have become so adept
at the older way that the loss of time in learning the new
way of doing something that they already do quite acceptably
(at least by their own standards) is something they view as
wasted time. (Most of us are not terribly interested in
<I>future</I> savings of time. Additionally, the older we
get, the more times we have gotten huckstered by promises of
time savings that just didn't pan out.)<BR>
<BR>
So, I guess you could say that you're an old fogey. <IMG
SRC="cid:1201987917.26299.21.camel at adam-desktop"
ALIGN="middle" ALT=":)" BORDER="0"> Like most of us.<BR>
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<TT>Hi, Tim,</TT><BR>
<BR>
<TT>--- Tim Ottinger <<A
HREF="mailto:tottinge at gmail.com">tottinge at gmail.com</A>>
wrote:</TT><BR>
<BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#342861">> > One reason that
I love using PDA's as examples is</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#342861">> I</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#342861">> >
have</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#342861">> > yet to come up
with a good understanding of why</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#342861">>
*they*</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#342861">> > are so poorly
accepted (the *concept* sounds</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#342861">> >
wonderful;</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#342861">> > yet I haven't
met anyone who continues to use</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#342861">>
his/her</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#342861">> > PDA after a few
months with any regularity :< )</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#342861">>
</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#342861">> Great point. I
have had three, not counting the</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#342861">> PDA phone. I
only use the media player, phone</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#342861">> numbers, and the
alarm feature. They're just</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#342861">> not really
convenient.</FONT></TT><BR>
<BR>
<TT>Yes, but *why* (not)?? :< The
idea seems *perfect*;</TT><BR>
<TT>keeping track of all this *cruft* that is just
not</TT><BR>
<TT>worth remembering (appointments, phone
numbers,</TT><BR>
<TT>addresses, etc.) -- yet is
"inconvenient" to</TT><BR>
<TT>*forget*!</TT><BR>
<BR>
<TT>I've tried playing with several and find that
I</TT><BR>
<TT>have to force myself to carry it -- and only
at</TT><BR>
<TT>certain times (e.g., while I do my daily walk
I</TT><BR>
<TT>carry one to log my time exercising and busy
my</TT><BR>
<TT>mind -- Soduko -- while walking). I.e. I
am</TT><BR>
<TT>not *compelled* to carry it.</TT><BR>
<BR>
<TT>I.e., it is "entertainment" for me
just like</TT><BR>
<TT>the mp3 is for you.</TT><BR>
<BR>
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