[Tfug] PDA non-usage

Sat Feb 2 16:30:33 MST 2008

I didn't notice a problem.. gmail seems to take care of it.. but even
pine will process HTML.  Are you telnetting to the mail server and
reading your mail that way? :P

Jeff

On Feb 2, 2008 4:22 PM, johngalt1 <johngalt1 at uswest.net> wrote:
> What's the deal with posting in HTML?
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> 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>
> <BR>
> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>
>     <BLOCKQUOTE>
>         <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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