Eric Mack talks Tablet (again)

Productivity guru, technologist and good friend Eric Mack sat down with productivity consultant Kelly Forrister and had a 50+ minute discussion about the Lenovo ThinkPad x61 Tablet PC.  He’s released this discussion as a podcast and I highly recommend it if you are curious about the x61.  Kelly didn’t know much about Tablet PCs so it’s also a good discussion for Tablet PC newbies as Eric walks Kelly through the advantages the x61 brings to his work.  Here’s just a few of the topics the two cover:

  • Discussion of screen sizes 
  • What makes up the Tablet PC Experience 
  • Hardware: laptop mode 
  •         X61 Hardware Overview 
  •                 Pen, fingerprint reader, buttons, navigation 
  • Kelly and I belong to the same club 
  • How Kelly would use a Tablet PC 
  • People love flashing lights and gauges on computers 
  • Kelly takes the X61 for a spin 
  • Vista is a great Tablet OS 
  •         Unfortunately, many of my apps (e.g. Palm desktop) won’t work with it. 
  • "You had me at the pen, Eric" 
  • Windows Journal – notepad on steroids 
  • MindManager 7 and the ribbon UI 
  • Now, look at MindManager in Pen Mode! 
  • Tables allow the brain to move fluidly between linear thought and creative thought 
  • The value of having low-tech capture tools around you for creative capture 
  • OneNote Launch button for quick capture (27:00) 
  • Lotus Notes on the X61 tablet PC – demo of a non-ink enabled app (31:00) 
  • Gentle prompt to IBM, calling for ink support in Notes 
  • Don’t look at my in-box; not healthy. 
  • Oh my, Kelly walked out of the house without a capture tool. (34:00) 
  • Flicks in Vista for most common keyboard tasks in non-ink enabled apps 
  • How I use the Tablet: Laptop vs slate mode 
  • How Kelly might use the Tablet PC 
  • Scanning books into the Tablet – paperless challenge 
  • PDF annotator for document review & markup 
  • You can create your own handwriting font 
  • Tour of Tablet Apps 
  • Dragon Naturally Speaking with the Sony MX20 handheld voice recorder 
  • ArtRage – the ultimate art studio for Tablet PC 
  • Using the Tablet PC for presentations; annotate on your PPT slides 
  • Michael Sampson mind mapped his presentations in real-time w/Tablet PC 
  • ActiveWords Inkpad for the Tablet – gotta have it 
  • The X61 Tablet makes computing fun again 
  • Tablet PC as a digital capture tool 
  • Benefits of using a Tablet PC in meetings (50:00) 
  • Tablet PCs are more people friendly, more natural in meetings 
  • Use a Tablet PC and people pay more attention to you, really. 
  • Thank you, Lenovo, for allowing me to use the X61 Tablet PC. I can’t wait to see what’s next!

Whew!  No wonder it’s a good, long discussion!  :)

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