Comments on: The Lazy Way to Learn Any Subject Faster With Outlook’s Notes Feature http://persistenceunlimited.com/2007/01/the-lazy-way-to-learn-any-subject-faster-with-outlooks-notes-feature/ Goal Setting and Productivity for People Who Like Technology Tue, 08 Jan 2013 10:17:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: anna http://persistenceunlimited.com/2007/01/the-lazy-way-to-learn-any-subject-faster-with-outlooks-notes-feature/comment-page-1/#comment-8417 Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:09:38 +0000 http://persistenceunlimited.com/2007/01/the-lazy-way-to-learn-any-subject-faster-with-outlooks-notes-feature/#comment-8417 Rod- I know what you mean about the office suite and paintshop pro taking up heaps of room on the notebooks. Mine is going to die soon. I have spent about an hour I don’t HAVE to use. It’s so boring now. I usually have heaps of random programs that are so great…. not anything anymore.

]]> By: Bob Walsh http://persistenceunlimited.com/2007/01/the-lazy-way-to-learn-any-subject-faster-with-outlooks-notes-feature/comment-page-1/#comment-6533 Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:20:34 +0000 http://persistenceunlimited.com/2007/01/the-lazy-way-to-learn-any-subject-faster-with-outlooks-notes-feature/#comment-6533 Excellent idea Brad! Do you know of anyone who’s done either a Outlook Notes to Google Desktop or Microsoft Vista widget?

]]> By: Rod2020 http://persistenceunlimited.com/2007/01/the-lazy-way-to-learn-any-subject-faster-with-outlooks-notes-feature/comment-page-1/#comment-6362 Tue, 06 Feb 2007 03:26:44 +0000 http://persistenceunlimited.com/2007/01/the-lazy-way-to-learn-any-subject-faster-with-outlooks-notes-feature/#comment-6362 Megan, you do get used to it – I suffer from dual-screen withdrawal if I have to go on a business trip and have only the one screen on the laptop.

When I started a new position recently, the first thing I did was to disconnect the laptop from the docking station so that I could use the provided monitor as the second one. IT told me it couldn’t be done. WRONG!

I understand what you mean about having large numbers of programs open at once – in the days of Windows 3.11 I was frequently having to reboot because one of my 8 or 9 open programs had crashed Windows … Crashes have become rarer, but my laptop does seem to run slowly sometimes when I am using memory-hungry (read most of the Office suite, and Paintshop Pro) programs together … I guess it is all about focusing on the tools for the job at hand. Somewhat like achieving those goals that Brad keeps on about!

]]> By: Megan http://persistenceunlimited.com/2007/01/the-lazy-way-to-learn-any-subject-faster-with-outlooks-notes-feature/comment-page-1/#comment-6318 Mon, 05 Feb 2007 15:55:43 +0000 http://persistenceunlimited.com/2007/01/the-lazy-way-to-learn-any-subject-faster-with-outlooks-notes-feature/#comment-6318 You’re welcome, Brad. I’m a review-reader, too. I can hardly buy a stick of gum without checking its online reviews first. :)

Rod, I’ve always wondered about the second monitor thing. It seems so strange to me! I’m sure I’d get used to it… I just fear I might get TOO used to it. I’m already a computer addict… I can just picture myself ending up with two widescreens and forty programs running at once… Is there such thing as being TOO productive?

]]> By: Rod2020 http://persistenceunlimited.com/2007/01/the-lazy-way-to-learn-any-subject-faster-with-outlooks-notes-feature/comment-page-1/#comment-6241 Mon, 05 Feb 2007 03:21:10 +0000 http://persistenceunlimited.com/2007/01/the-lazy-way-to-learn-any-subject-faster-with-outlooks-notes-feature/#comment-6241 I don’t have a wide screen, other than the one on my laptop. However, I do have a second monitor, which I find is a wonderful time-saver – XP allows me to extend my desktop to the second monitor. Some programs will not run properly on it, but, for example, when I am reviewing a manuscript and need to check the reference, I can have the Word document open on one monitor and the Acrobat Reader file open on the other.

People have asked me how I can work with 2 computers at once! When they see how easy it is to copy and paste from one program to the other, they are almost speechless! I just wish that Microsoft PowerPoint would allow 2 instances to run on the desktop – at the moment I can only stretch the program across the 2 and arrange the open files in the resulting wide window. Not ideal, but it is better than on a single monitor.

Rod

]]> By: Brad Isaac http://persistenceunlimited.com/2007/01/the-lazy-way-to-learn-any-subject-faster-with-outlooks-notes-feature/comment-page-1/#comment-6229 Mon, 05 Feb 2007 00:56:14 +0000 http://persistenceunlimited.com/2007/01/the-lazy-way-to-learn-any-subject-faster-with-outlooks-notes-feature/#comment-6229 Thanks Megan for posting that. I was looking at some the other day at Circuit City but I like to read reviews before buying monitors.

I’m going to start looking at some reviews. :)

]]> By: Megan http://persistenceunlimited.com/2007/01/the-lazy-way-to-learn-any-subject-faster-with-outlooks-notes-feature/comment-page-1/#comment-6225 Mon, 05 Feb 2007 00:15:18 +0000 http://persistenceunlimited.com/2007/01/the-lazy-way-to-learn-any-subject-faster-with-outlooks-notes-feature/#comment-6225 I thought about mentioning that, Brad, because I only recently got a widescreen monitor and I’m quite sure that’s the main reason why the sidebar doesn’t bother me anymore.

I have to say it’s well worth it to get a widescreen, but I find that the more room I get, the more I need. Where I used to have two programs running and wished I had room for a third, now I have six programs running and wish I had room for a seventh!

Still I highly recommend getting a widescreen or at least a big screen… For me it improves my efficiency nearly as much as going from dial-up to highspeed. No exaggeration. I use others’ computers with tiny monitors and I can hardly work. Of course the resolution you set it to makes a big difference as well.

]]> By: Brad Isaac http://persistenceunlimited.com/2007/01/the-lazy-way-to-learn-any-subject-faster-with-outlooks-notes-feature/comment-page-1/#comment-6202 Sun, 04 Feb 2007 19:25:51 +0000 http://persistenceunlimited.com/2007/01/the-lazy-way-to-learn-any-subject-faster-with-outlooks-notes-feature/#comment-6202 @Megan, I just learned this week the main reason I have to minimize stuff like that is I’m not on a widescreen monitor. So I run out of room quickly.

]]> By: Rod2020 http://persistenceunlimited.com/2007/01/the-lazy-way-to-learn-any-subject-faster-with-outlooks-notes-feature/comment-page-1/#comment-6177 Sun, 04 Feb 2007 14:32:22 +0000 http://persistenceunlimited.com/2007/01/the-lazy-way-to-learn-any-subject-faster-with-outlooks-notes-feature/#comment-6177 Jeanne, and others who wish to learn Japanese – check out KingKanji by Gakusoft. There are several different methods of learning, and there is even a program on the PC to create your own cards.

I wouldn’t try to use the Pocket PC in the car unless someone else is driving!

Rod

]]> By: Megan http://persistenceunlimited.com/2007/01/the-lazy-way-to-learn-any-subject-faster-with-outlooks-notes-feature/comment-page-1/#comment-6121 Sat, 03 Feb 2007 23:12:01 +0000 http://persistenceunlimited.com/2007/01/the-lazy-way-to-learn-any-subject-faster-with-outlooks-notes-feature/#comment-6121 Brad, the desktop sidebar I use is actually called Desktop Sidebar. :) Accordingly, the website is http://www.desktopsidebar.com. Although it can be a bit buggy, It has tons of ways it can be customized, so I almost never find that it’s in my way enough for me to want turn it off.

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