About Us

30 July 2006 at 4:06 pm

Posted By: Tracy
Posted in: Blog Related

Tracy Hooten, MVP - Tablet PC

Webmaster, Author

o School: The University of Texas at Austin

o Major: Petroleum Engineering

Tracy’s first tablet was an Acer C110, then switched to an Acer C302XCi November of 2004, and then moved to a Toshiba M200 August of 2005. In 2004 she was named an Agilix All-Star for community support and founded the Student Tablet PC December of that year. In January 2006, Tracy was named a Microsoft MVP for the Tablet PC platform.

William

Author

o School: University of Adelaide; Adelaide, South Australia

o Major: Mechanical Engineering & Mathematical and Computer Sciences

Will has a strong passion for technology and has been into Tablet PCs for a long time. He has owned numerous PDAs and actually made his own slate out of a old Compaq Aero. Will loves DIY and pushing technology beyond its intentions and limits. He also successfully runs his own business in computer services including tutoring, repairs, upgrades and sales. Meaning he is always up to date with current technologies and get lots of people’s feedback and experiences in using computers every day.

Will uses his tablet for a myriad of things including car navigation, yacht routing, industrial design, art sketching, software development, network diagnosis on top of the more common and student oriented; taking notes, doing assignments. reading news and communications stuff.

Andrew

Author

o School: Colorado School of Mines; Golden, Colorado

o Major: Electrical Engineering

Having used a laptop all through high school, Andrew was very excited to be able to use a tablet for college. He hasn’t looked back since. His first tablet was an Averatec C3500. However, after serious issues with overheating, he quickly switched to a Toshiba M200.

He was a System Information Services intern at Nordstrom in the Summer of 2005. For the summer of 2006 and 2007, Andrew was an intern at The Boeing Company, Integrated Defense Systems division, where he worked on the AWACS.

Trevor

Contributor

Trevor Claiborne is an Associate Product Marketing Manager at Google Inc. At Google, Trevor works on Google AdWords. Trevor is a 2006 alumnus of the University of California, Berkeley where he double majored in Psychology and Linguistics. Trevor is also a Microsoft MVP for the Tablet PC platform. Trevor has worked in a variety of roles including a small mobile marketing firm, www.ipsh.net, and as a Product Planner for Microsoft CRM. Trevor is currently the president of the Computer Science and Business Association and a founding member/Executive Director of the Berkeley Entrepreneurship and Technology Association. After college, Trevor hopes to follow the entrepreneurial spirit and start his own business though he will likely pursue marketing in the short term. When he’s not busy with school, Trevor enjoys listening to music, cooking, and playing tennis.

Trevor’s first tablet was a Motion Computing M1200. He has since switched a number of times to a shiny new fully-loaded M1400VA. He now owns a Motion Computing LE1600, a Lenovo X41, and a Gateway M280.

Frank

Contributor

o School: Cal State University - San Bernardino; La Verne, California

o Major: Mathematics

Robert

Contributor

o School: University of St. Andrews, Dunfermline, Scotland

o Major: Mediaeval History and Archaeology

Robert is a ‘young at heart’ mature(ish) student currently studying at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. No stranger to the world of academia this is his second degree having already attained a BSc. in Multimedia Development from Napier University in Edinburgh. He is a dedicated lifelong learner and has a particular passion for all aspects of creative learning.

Robert has used TabletPCs since early 2005 after adopting them as a quirky way to operate more paperlessly. He says he’s never looked back and uses his TabletPC daily in all aspects of his life both at university and at home. Consequently he has become adept at using many TabletPC orientated software packages and their application. Despite being a ‘PC man’ since the early 90’s Robert has recently begun dipping a toe into the world of Macs and is enjoying it immensely. However he remains adamant that nothing will ever make him replace his invaluable ‘inking companion’

Robert lives with his wife and 2 daughters in the ancient Scottish capital Dunfermline which lies about 10 miles away from the current Scottish capital Edinburgh.

Ryan

Contributor

o School: The University of Texas at San Antonio

o Major: Geology

Ryan is a third-year geology student with a Motion M1300 that he’s had for three years, though plans on an upgrade in the summer of 2008!