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Would this idea work as an ink-blogging tool?

29 September 2007 Posted By: Tracy
Posted in: Software Info, Tablet Concepts

OK, I’m not a programmer, but it makes sense to me that this would somehow work.

What if someone created an ink blogging program that (excuse me if I misuse terms) would parse the ink into individual pictures for each word.

Follow me here:

1. The same way the ink post plug-in for Windows Live Writer works, it would pop up a Journal-like window that you can write however much you want.
2. At the bottom of the ink window, it would have two buttons:
   1. one that auto-created the individual images,
   2. and one that quality controlled it first with a window where you could fix the recognition and word spacing.

Any Topic Requests? (ink post)

29 September 2007 Posted By: Tracy
Posted in: Blog Related

Old Vs New

26 September 2007 Posted By: William
Posted in: Choosing a Tablet PC, Low Budget Tablets

The X61 vs Everything Else - Part 2 (better late than never)

It’s a fact that students are not the most wealthy people. It’s a combination of being busy studying and being lazy. It’s these facts that make it difficult for most students to afford desirable pieces of tech like tablet PCs.

You may have realized that the purpose of this 3 part series isn’t just to critically analyze the Lenovo X61t but also to have a look at what else is out there.

Buying a second hand tablet is something that hasn’t been discussed much lately on STPC but it’s an excellent way to get your first tablet. Second hand tablets are relitavely cheap which makes them ideal for students who are not sure if tablets are for them or those who can’t justify the expense of a new one.

Tracy’s "Already at uni" Software Box

26 September 2007 Posted By: Tracy
Posted in: Software Info

As a follow up to Robert’s post, I thought I’d share as well, though I’ve been back to school since late August. I also just had to use the word “uni” since I think it’s funny, as a person who never heard someone call it a uni until Robert and William jumped in. And, for clarification, I’m still an undergrad engineering student and proud of it.

In summary, my software box hasn’t changed much lately since I’ve found something that works well for me and so why change, right? I will try to list all the small things that make my computer sing in chorus to make it at least a little interesting.

What’s in Robert’s ‘back to uni’ software box?

20 September 2007 Posted By: Robert
Posted in: Software Info

I know a lot of our readers are already well into the new term and I hope you’re all getting on fine. However in my corner of the globe (if globes have corners? :o)), the new semester doesn’t begin until October 1st so right now I’m sitting slap-bang in the middle of my yearly ritual of Tablet PC re-formating, and deciding on what changes, if any, I’m going to be making to my software setup. Therefore I thought it may be of value to some of you if I shared a few of the major software decisions I’ve made for the upcoming term and why. Read on to find out what’s going to be in Robert’s ‘back to uni’ software box.

Linda Epstein’s Candy Shop Window

19 September 2007 Posted By: Robert
Posted in: Choosing a Tablet PC, News

Remember when you were small and you pressed your nose up against the outside of the candy shop window and coveted all of the tasty treats inside? Well Linda Epstein over at TabletPC2.com let’s us all recreate that childhood memory in a much more geeky grown-up sort of way with her latest epic post in which she both compares most (all?) of the latest Tablet PC models while answering a lot of important Tablet PC related reader’s questions. Essential reading for anyone who wants a knowledgeable opinion from a Tableteer who gets her hands on pretty much everything. Thanks Linda! ::via JKonTheRun

Snapter Competition Winners

19 September 2007 Posted By: Robert
Posted in: Contests/Give-aways

Well the results are in and I’d like to announce that the three winners of the Snapter Ice competition are, in no particular order:

• David (Shure SE 210 earphones)
• Ashley (AVerMedia AVerTV Cardbus)
• Brandon (Verizon XV6700)

Congratulations! If all three of you can send me an email to robert[at]studenttabletpc[.]com, I’ll get the prizes out to you ASAP.

Thanks to everyone who took the time to enter the competition. As cliched as it may sound I wish everyone could have won the prize as it was such a difficult task picking only three winners out of that great bunch.

eTextBook/Resource Database? Are You Up for it?

17 September 2007 Posted By: Tracy
Posted in: Digital Books

A big undertaking, perhaps, but I think it’d be very useful for the digital student to have a big list of textbooks and good resources that are available free online. Even simple textbook companion resources would be useful. There’s so much out there that is just hidden in the mass of the web but is for the free taking.

I’m not saying illegal textbook sharing (although…no, that’s wrong), but ones that your teachers make available for free, course notes, your notes, books that have free digital copies online somewhere, books that have website companions that are so good they can sub for the book. Just stuff like that. Maybe we could arrange it by subject matter and just populate it based on stuff we find, like informative blogs, instructional videos, etc.

Snapter Competition Reminder

16 September 2007 Posted By: Robert
Posted in: Contests/Give-aways

Hi guys. Just a quick reminder that entry to our competition to bag one of 3 full licenses of Snapter Ice 2.0 ends tomorrow at 12pm (GMT). There’s lots of great entries already but there’s always room for more right? Full entry details can be found at competition post so get yourself along there ASAP.

Free IEEE Computer Society Mag - ‘Tablet PCs in education’ articles

14 September 2007 Posted By: Robert
Posted in: News

K-12 Computer Science Academic Relations Manager for Microsoft, Alfred Thompson links to a FREE (for one month only) PDF magazine from the IEEE Computer Society which contains a bunch of ‘Tablet PCs in education’ articles (Alfred in turn credits Jim Vanidas of HP for the ‘heads up’). A quick skim tells me the articles are more from the perspective of developer and educator rather than student but there’s still a lot of worthwhile reading for the general Tablet PC student. Of particular interest, to me at least, is an article on Classroom Presenter , a developing University of Washington software solution that allows Tablet PC based digital inking on electronic presentation slides between student and teacher. Nice!!

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