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TPCU: Mechatronics Engineering

31 July 2005 Posted By: Tracy
Posted in: Tablet PC University Series

Man, I’m sorry guys. I’m JUST NOW getting around to posting these two and I’ve had them since mid-March! This is cool though because I had never heard of Mechatronics Engineering before the surveys, and both of the following are majoring in it.

Today we’re hearing (finally) from Chris Renton (of Australia) and Oliver Budack (of Germany), both engineering students who use their tablet in the classroom. Thanks, guys!

How to PDF Your Books with Acrobat

30 July 2005 Posted By: Tracy
Posted in: Adobe Acrobat, Digital Books, Scanning

We’ve talked a lot about scanning books, and we’ve talked a lot about reading and marking up books, but we’ve kinda neglected the creation part of it. This post will try to fill the gap between buying the scanner and having a finished product to play with.

Summary:
1. Why Adobe Acrobat
2. The Scanning
3. Making the PDF
4. OCR
5. Other Methods

To-Do List Mind Mapping

28 July 2005 Posted By: Trevor
Posted in: MindManager, Tips / Tricks

Saw this over on The Mindjet Blog - Managing your "To Do List" with MindManager:

We are all very busy and keeping track of every single project or task is sometimes difficult. I am one of these people that likes to actually see that I am making progress. I feel more in control of my work when I know exactly what are the key priorities and projects that need to be tackled.

Enjoy!

Free Copy of MathJournal 2.0!

27 July 2005 Posted By: Trevor
Posted in: Other, Software Info

Well, sort of. xThink, the developers of MathJournal are hard at work on Version 2.0 and they need your help.

Simply go to this page: http://www.xthink.com/MathJournal2.html and follow the instructions.

If you complete all the problem sets (you don’t have to solve them, just write them) you will get a free copy of MathJournal 2.0 when it comes out. You can also earn a 50% off coupon on MJ 2.0 by completing half of the problems.

The samples you turn in will go towards making the recognition in MathJournal 2.0 better than ever.

The Tablet Demo to Show Your Parents!

25 July 2005 Posted By: Trevor
Posted in: Tablet Concepts

Microsoft released this tasty flash demo today with the Education Pack.

This is a quick, visual way of showing your parents what a tablet can do. I know many students are looking to get their college computers right now, and I think this is a compelling way to show your parents that you need that tablet.

See it here!

Yahoo! Widgets

25 July 2005 Posted By: Trevor
Posted in: Other, Software Info

What a great day for freeloaders!

With Yahoo’s acquisition of Konfabulator, you can now get it and all the widgets for free!

Check out http://widgets.yahoo.com/ for more info.

Microsoft Tablet Education Pack!

25 July 2005 Posted By: Trevor
Posted in: Other, Software Info, Study Aids

Microsoft released the Tablet Education Pack today. It contains some useful tools for students. I’ve been betaing the pack for some time now and it’s a great thing to have for free.

Download from here

or read more for more info on what’s included…

The Acer 302’s on eBay as we speak

23 July 2005 Posted By: Tracy
Posted in: Low Budget Tablets, Tracy's Updates

Hey y’all. I have the tablet on eBay for $1,199 buy it now for the next five days. I also have pictures of the puppy (taken yesterday) here.  The only thing used about it is the thin coat of paint around the edges from putting it in and out of the case. The keyboad, inverter, and hinge are all new. Please, someone in that big wide world buy my tablet…I lowered the price and everything…lol.

Printing Software Every Student Should Try

16 July 2005 Posted By: Tracy
Posted in: Other, Software Info

Wow, major thanks to the creator of this software (and to Rob Bushway, Warner Crocker, and Scott Hanselman for pointing me to it). My life as a tablet owner just became that much easier.

FinePrint gives you the option to preview anything you’re about to print and modify the wazzoo out of the layout. Print 2, 4, or 8 pages on one sheet, make a booklet, add a watermark, zoom or shrink to fit on one page, modify the margins, skip graphics, add a header, etc.

A Good Reason to “Get” Tablets While In School

16 July 2005 Posted By: Tracy
Posted in: Tablet Concepts

What I’m meaning in the title is everyone in schooling right now who has a chance to understand how to work a tablet will have an instant upperhand in the future workplace.

Much like how children of today will have far superior computing skills than those who never saw a computer until they were 35, acquiring the skills now for tablet use will be one less thing to worry about later in life when learning is only harder. How many times have you had your parents ask you how to do something on the computer? Face it, the earlier in life you experience learning something, the easier it will come to you. Think about how fast little kids pick up languages.

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